Aphrodisiac Alcohol and Non-alcoholic Love Potion

Kama Sutra Nectar

Mix equal amounts of ghee (clarified butter), honey, licorice root and sugar. Combine with milk and fennel juice.Source: Kama Sutra (via Secrets of Venus, Vera Lee, Ph.D.)

Moses Maimonides' Mixture
From Medieval Israel Mix mustard seed, white pepper and kilkil grain. Grind and purify. Knead the resulting powder with oil of jasmine and drink three times a month. Source: Secrets of Venus, Vera Lee, Ph.D.


Spicy Vanilla Milkshake
1 cup milk
15 whole cloves
15 cardamom pods2 cinnamon sticks
1 vanilla bean, split1 cup vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
honey to taste (up to about a tablespoon)

Place milk, cloves, cardamom, and cinnamon in a saucepan. Scrape in vanilla seeds from pod. Heat but do not boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool, then refrigerate until chilled. Strain, discarding spices. Blend milk, yogurt or ice cream, and honey until smooth and frothy.Source:

Vanilla Rose Cordial

1 lb. Fresh or 4 oz. dry rose petals2 oz.
vanilla extract or 4 vanilla beans4 oz.
vitex4 oz. damiana
1 liter brandy

Thoroughly mix all ingredients. Cap and age for 2 weeks in a cool, dark place, shaking daily. Strain and bottle. Stir 1 to 3 tablespoons into a cup of hot coffee or tea or into a glass of cold
mineral water. Alternately, have up to a wineglassful at night, sweetened with honey or a few drops of essential oil of rose.Source: Amanda McQuade Crawford, M.N.I.H.N.