Dimitris and Damocles are in love. The trouble is, they're in love with the same woman--the deliciously fruity Nana. She's a pretty special lady, what with her iridescent crimson toenail (yes, just the one) and high-heeled, peep-toe mules decorated with black tassels and tiny ostrich feathers. Irresistible. The only answer is a duel; as Nana is a slave to her taste buds, it's to cookery that the cuckolded lovers turn. The dishes they tempt her with are fabulously far-fetched--sea urchin corals drowning in a spoonful of Aegean water, stuffed vine leaves à la Gialantzi, Constantinople artichokes. Plus there's plenty of sauce--lemon-squeezing sessions in the kitchen, with only a chef's hat and an apron for garnish.Mouthwateringly measured, Les Liaisons Culinaires bubbles between morsels towards a grand finale of just desserts. It's delectably hedonistic, punctuated by traditional Greek recipes and illustrations by Jeff Fisher, and told with a light, tantalising touch. If all this talk of lavish gastronomy isn't getting the juices going, there's an erotic charge that won't fail to whet the appetite. Now where's that lemon. --Jane Honey