We now live in a world of serial but temporary monogamy where a smorgasbord of endless possibility exists, where a broken heart is no longer terminal but easily and endlessly restorable, rejuvenated and reinvented with the helping hand of a culinary masterpiece or two. Today we seek not so much Mr. Right as Mr. Right Now, thus each relationship can be argued to exist somewhere in: "The Beginning" "The Middle" " The End" Each stage is described by Alessandra in humorous and toe-curlingly familiar detail, coupling the well-know art of love with the less well-known art of culinary bliss, offering advice, experiences and menus not just for the seduction dinner (beginning) or the comfort food zone (end), but a delicious selection of post-coital snacks, lazy Sunday breakfasts and morning after brunches for all those stages in between.