Book excerpt: A delectable medly of stories filled with glorious food, smatterings of sex and Mennonite angst. Along the way we meet a bootlegging herbalist, a benevolent drug-lord, a runaway shotgun bride, women in pursuit of their dreams and men vainly trying to understand those self-same women. Sweet Carmen is too young to meet her untimely and bizarre death, and Fixer Frank, can fix almost everything - except, perhaps, a relationship. We learn about love potions through the ages, and how Parisioan chocolate can change your life. And, to top it all off, there's a recipe for making orgasmic chocolate eclairs!