Mexican writer Laura Esquivel (1950– ) wrote Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies as an extraordinary tale of the unique relationship between the magic of love and the sensuality of food.
Kamasutra acknowledges the Hindu concept of purusharthas, and lists desire, sexuality, and emotional fulfillment as one of the proper goals of life.
Kamasutra, the oldest extant Indian prose treatise (sutra) on the subject of pleasure (kama)— sexual pleasure, desire, love, and the pleasures of good living generally conceived.
Contrary to popular belief, the Kamasutra is not only about lovemaking and sex positions. The book also covers topics such as the art of living well, the nature of love, finding a life partner,...