Author:  ROMPINI Omero [PRAMPOLINI Romeo] (1910c-1974) 
Title:  La cucina dell’amore. Manuale culinario afrodisiaco per gli adulti dei due sessi. Rigenerazione fisica, virilità e giovinezza ricuperate per l’impiego appropriato dei cibi, condimenti, aromi, salse, ecc. Formule storiche, afrodisiaci igienici prodigiosi, bibite e profumi eccitanti, suggestivi e rinvigoritori sessuali. (The cuisine of love. An aphrodisiacal culinary manual for adults. Physical regeneration, virility and youth can be had by eating certain foods, condiments, herbs, sauces, etc. Historic formulas, drinks and stimulating perfumes that will invigorate your sex drive.)
Language: Italian
City of Publication: Catania
Publisher: Libreria Tirelli
Printer: Libreria Tirelli di F. Guaitolini
Date of Publication: 1926
Other Editions: Catania, Tirelli, 1926; Rimini, Guaraldi, 1977; s.l., Cantucci, 1977; Cagliari, Demos, 1993; Bologna, Atesa, 2000; Acquaviva Picena, Fast Edit, 2001; Siracusa, Romeo, 2005.
Format: Standard Italian Format 8
Pages: 211
Category: Cookbook
Subjects: Culinary Arts: Italy; Recipes
Notes: A rare and sought after single subject cookbook on aphrodisical cuisine written by Dottor Omero Rompini, (a.k.a. Romeo Prampolini, a second generation librarian and publisher from Catania). Rompini was an intellectual and “bon vivant with no written track record of his biographical, literary and sexual escapades.” His life mirrored that of the Frenchmen like Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (La Culinary Arts d'amour) and Sire de Baudricourt. His is an original and playful cookbook, which can not only whet your appetite with the most refined (and expensive) recipes, but awaken your senses at the table with numerous, elegant anecdotes, autobiographical, historical and literary. The book has an exquisitely “libertine” approach and an enjoyable style, due to the doctor’s originality and mischievous elegance.