Cooking to Hook Up: The Bachelor's Date-Night Cookbook

Forget about being yourself: if you want to impress a potential mate, figure out what""type"" she is, then cook her dinner based on what you presume are her preferred tastes. At least that's what Michaels, who edits a matchmaking Web site, and Campbell, a Universal Studios employee and author of two show business guides, would have readers believe. Their blatant attempt to help men score in the bedroom by impressing women in the kitchen presents menus that, the authors say, will please various categories of women. The Academic Girl, for example, will go for""Papa's Tapas, or A Moveable Feast: Hemingway's Picnic of Spanish Tapas""; while The Career Girl should respond to""Midtown Power Dining: Ahi, Shrimp, Scallops and Vegetables on a Bed of Baby Greens."" Despite its ridiculous hook, the book does offer an array of appetizing dishes of various levels. The authors offer helpful suggestions, including shopping lists, timetables and ideas for scoring""bonus points"" (e.g., serve fajitas in a cast-iron skillet because""sizzling is festive"").