
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, November 17, 1995                   TAG: 9511170033
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: NANCY GLEINER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

SMELLS LIKE A FIRST DOWN

Football widows take heart - there is a cure for pigskinitis and it's right in front of your nose.

If you want to switch his focus from huddle to cuddle, have some lavender potpourri around when you serve the pumpkin pie.

If your armchair quarterback comes back for seconds, it may not be because of a light, flaky crust.

The Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago (no, really, it's where all tasteless Chicagoans go) has shown that the combination of the two aromas can influence men's... well, desire to score.

We won't go into the scientific explanation (and there is one) in this family newspaper.

Must be part of a divine plan. Football season starts around the same time the pumpkins are ripening.

This mix of l'amour and le menu is not really a new idea. The Aphrodisiac Growers Quarterly (sounds like more fun than the Begonia Society Newsletter) reported that in more than 500 literary seduction scenes, 98 percent began with a meal.

It must be true what they say about the way to a man's heart.

Of course, food may not always be the cure-all for a romance gone sour. In the words of Prince Charles, who was offered an arousing cup of camel's milk (not available at the Smell & Taste place) post-Diana: ``Fat lot of use it's going to be to me now!''

Surely, Camilla knows how to make pumpkin pie.

by CNB