InterCourses

{{Short description|Cookbook by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge}}

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| name = InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook

| image = File:InterCourses.png

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| author = Martha Hopkins
Randall Lockridge
Ben Fink (photography)

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| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Cookbook

| publisher = Terrace Publishing

| release_date = 1997

| media_type = Print
ebook

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InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook is a 1997 cookbook written{{cite web|magazine=Mother Jones|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/1997/09/hotmedia|title=HOT!media|date=September–October 1997}} by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge{{cite web|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-18-fo-20201-story.html|title=Los Angeles Times Cookbook Hot List|date=February 18, 1998}} with photography by Ben Fink, and published by Terrace Publishing.{{cite web|title=InterCourses Authors|url=http://www.intercourses.com/authors.htm|website=InterCourses}}

It focuses primarily on recipes and foods appropriate for romantic settings and seduction, covering traditionally sexually-associated foods such as chocolate, strawberries, oysters, honey, and avocados, as well as less-traditional foods such as pine nuts, coffee, and chiles.{{cite web|title=InterCourses Aphrodisiacs|website=InterCourses|url=http://www.intercourses.com/aphrodisiacs.htm}} The recipes are illustrated with numerous personal stories interviewed for each edition and extensive, non-explicit erotic photography.

The book was followed by another edition entitled The New InterCourses,{{cite web|publisher=Gayot|title=Best Romantic & Sexy Cookbooks and Recipes|url=https://www.gayot.com/food-cooking/best-romantic-sexy-cookbooks-recipes/}} which was released in 2007 circa the tenth anniversary of the book.{{cite web|publisher=Google Books|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_Intercourses/GA9pQwAACAAJ?hl=en|title=The New Intercourses|date=2007}}

Both books have received extensive media coverage, including The New York Times, Food Network, CNN, The Splendid Table, Los Angeles Times, and many others. The original edition was given a 1997 Firecracker Alternative Book Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.readersread.com/awards/firecracker.htm|title=Firecracker Alternative Book Awards|work=ReadersRead.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133738/http://www.readersread.com/awards/firecracker.htm|archive-date=Mar 4, 2009}}

In total, InterCourses has sold more than 325,000 copies, as well as foreign rights to England and Australia.{{cn|date=May 2024}}