Let's talk about menus. Not the kind you swipe through on your phone while ordering takeout, but the more... personal variety. In my experience (and honey, there's been plenty of... research), men are like menu items. Some are meant to be savored briefly, others stick to your ribs, and a select few? Well, they're worth every calorie.

There's a reason the phrase "wine and dine" has stood the test of time. Long before dating apps and social media, humans understood something fundamental: food and romance are natural bedfellows. From Eve's forbidden apple to modern-day chocolate-covered strawberries, what we eat has always been intimately connected with how we love.

What was a woman who loved life and adventure to do in Charleston in the 1700s? I mean, how much could you sit and do needlework by a fire or greet callers or read or play the piano? Dear readers, some women aren't made for parlor games and polite conversation.