Award-winning communication teacher / scholar and cook, Dr. H.L. (Bud) Goodall answers the question "What do women really want?" with lessons guaranteed to provide the most kitchen-shy guy with what he needs to know to satisfy the most ravenous feminine appetites for cooking and for conversation. In this book guys will learn how to: plan a romantic menu ; shop for food and wine ; improve listening and responding skills in ways that women appreciate ; organize and maintain a kitchen ; think creatively about food and its metaphorical meanings for intimate relationships ; develop interesting talking points for dinner dates ; use spice and seasonings ; manage nonverbal presentations of self while dining ; create easy-to-prepare and flavorful pasta, chicken, pork, beef, seafood, and vegetarian meals that are thematically linked to the mood they want to inspire ; enhance relational dialogues ; handle romantic conflicts ; coordinate meals with romantic occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, and Valentine's Day ; interpret and more successfully respond to gender difference in relational talk ; improve intimate communication skills. So what do women really want? They want a man who knows how to cook well and who engages them in meaningful conversations. They want a "guy's guy" who knows his way around a kitchen and is also an everyday romantic. Which is to say, these days women want it all. Now we have a book that teaches men how to give all of it to them."--