Cooking as an act of love, in a hundred recipes: for self, family and friends, as well as for driving love objects wild. Like Norman Douglas in his aphrodisiac Venus in the Kitchen, McAlpine offers up some very romantic and delicious dishes for two; but there’s no leopards marrow in goat’s milk here, or anything else to frighten the horses, but rather ricotta polpette, risotto, scallops, gratin…