The most efficient way to the heart is through the stomach, especially if you have a hooked or curved blade, as it’s the path of least resistance.
On a more serious note, yeah, I’m pretty sure just about everyone finds cooking skills sexy, I used to doubt the whole “the path to a man’s heart is through the stomach” thing until one time a coworker brought in cookies she’d baked and after one bite I was ready to get down on one knee and propose on the spot, I wasn’t thinking I just knew I needed those cookies in my life and saw the path to get there instinctually. Thankfully she wasn’t around so I had time for rational thought to take hold before I got myself fired or something over cookies, but still, cooking is a damn powerful attractor.
Azhrei Vep
I can’t imagine finding cooking skills sexy. Handy? Absolutely, but hardly sexy.
M!a
I got way more mileage from my cooking skills than from my looks. ?
M!a
Technically you’re right; it’s not cooking that’s sexy.
What is sexy is effort. Attention to the details. Inspiration. Presentation. And focusing all of these on creating something just for HER.
Oh, and eating really, really good food that she didn’t have to make herself.
Regret
I am instinctively attracted to people who give me food or drink. I am also attracted to competent people. And I am attracted to people who smell good. And I am attracted to people that do what M!a described so well. If they then also give me what comes pretty close to oral orgasms, I’m entirely sold.
As with all of my attrractions, especially the instinctive ones, I work to rationally analyze them (because I don’t entirely trust my instincts). I cannot find a flaw in my motivation here. People who feed me are good to me, they bring me joy, I trust them, and so they’re attractive. What’s not to like?
Jon S.
You never watched my wife melt as her other husband talked about how to make a roux.
S.R.
Skills, maybe. Someone putting a bunch of time and effort into making a thing for you and being good enough at it for the thing to be really really good? Hell yeah.
(it’s still pretty hell yeah if they aren’t necessarily very good at it, but primate brain love tasty food.)
Rose by Any other Name
I don’t know about men’s hearts, but it certainly has worked with sapphic women.
My own skills in the kitchen are certainly one of the things that appeals to my wife. And in turn, her baking skills, while rarely employed, are incredibly hot. And it isn’t just reciprocal – many of our friends have commented on it as well as recently as last week (when I cooked the main course for a Halloween party).
I see your Chef and raise you Chef!, with Lenny Henry and Caroline Lee-Johnson.
Janice: Ohhh… ohhh… gorgeous.
Gareth: Could you be critical, please?
Janice: How can I be critical with this in my mouth?
Gareth (modestly): That’s what all the girls say to me.
I remember watching that on PBS a long time ago, I’m thinking just after the turn of the Century, in the early 2K’s. One episode I remember was doing a salmon dish that was tasting “Prawny.” I’m not sure how salmon can taste like large shrimps, but that was what was in the script and on the TV. Also this was broadcast in SD, so might have been around the end of the’90s.
butting
… hate to tell you, but that’s the exact scene I just quoted!
Damnit Doc. That’s just a character she was playing. And her clothes were already half-off. I was hoping for notes on how Colin Jost seduced her so I could either off him or join them.
Interestingly enough the Ancient Greeks believed that it wasn’t the heart but the liver which was the source of one’s emotions, and given it’s proximity to the stomach that WOULD make a lot more sense hahaha XD
StClair
they also thought the brain was a radiator, to cool the blood.
which makes sense, sort of, given the info they had! (people in the past weren’t stupid, they just didn’t know things we do.) so much of the blood supply goes to it, it’s positioned and structured (at the macro/visible level – all those folds) to get rid of heat efficiently, like a home or auto radiator or a modern CPU cooler…
Yumi
Interesting, how would they make sense of (non-lethal) head injuries and the effects thereof in that model?
i think some community colleges might have a cooking class, tho i don’t know how many retired ppl or older adults that already graduated would have to sign up for college again as students versus just paying a fee and coming in on weekends or so that might be cheaper than a cooking class
That said certifications aside and stuff i’m sure in a place like this ver of Indiana where amazigirl can exist, he can start up some food truck business or so lol
well other than making ‘unique’ dishes, a lot of recipes are following instructions. “Pro” chefs look down on some ‘cheap’ ingredients when they’re in like cooking competitions like chopped or so but feels like a ‘true’ one can make anything work
Needfuldoer
The trick is learning how to improvise, and what things work together.
Some of the red sauce disasters I’ve made absolutely did not work.
Felgraf
I somehow have access to the black cookery magic that allows me to not just cook, but BAKE by eyeballing ingredients and substitutions.
“Eh close enough that should work.”
*turns out mostly okay*
Needfuldoer
It’s a rare power that must be wielded responsibly.
I started where Joe was and went to culinary school 4 years later. A lot of cooking starting out is according to instructions. You have to learn how things work
He is going to be a chef?
Joyce, do not lose Joe; those that can actually cook(not just prefab stuff like Mac n cheese, or frozen chicken) are rare, and should be treasured.
205 thoughts on “Career”
Ana Chronistic
uh-oh, did Joe find out about Yukihira cooking that, when fed to someone, makes their clothes come off?
Rose by Any other Name
I think he found out about Joyce’s mac and cheese fetish.
Now he wants to put more things in her mouth.
Sajuuk-Khar
Who can blame him
(Not Dorothy, that’s for sure
Because she also wants to put things there, you see)
Rose by Any other Name
She already did.
After all, she was the one who began the Mac and Cheese fetish in the first place.
S.R.
It /is/ possible he just realized he enjoys cooking for people for not-necessarily-sexy reasons.
Lysbeth
Epic reveal that Dumbing of Age is, in fact, the prequel to Shokugeki no Souma and Joe’s just Souma’s great-grandfather
TulipKitten
Oh no he found about Food Wars
Coatl
Hehe…the reference.
Throwatron
Joe has a new kink and it’s Joyce’s fault. That Slipshine is gonna go fucking hard.
Doctor_Who
Just wait until he sees the movie Chef (which all people interested in the culinary arts are required to watch).
Not only can you seduce Joyce by preparing pasta, it works on Scarlett Johansson too!
Dday
Making perfect aglio e olio is finicky work…
Psychie
The most efficient way to the heart is through the stomach, especially if you have a hooked or curved blade, as it’s the path of least resistance.
On a more serious note, yeah, I’m pretty sure just about everyone finds cooking skills sexy, I used to doubt the whole “the path to a man’s heart is through the stomach” thing until one time a coworker brought in cookies she’d baked and after one bite I was ready to get down on one knee and propose on the spot, I wasn’t thinking I just knew I needed those cookies in my life and saw the path to get there instinctually. Thankfully she wasn’t around so I had time for rational thought to take hold before I got myself fired or something over cookies, but still, cooking is a damn powerful attractor.
Azhrei Vep
I can’t imagine finding cooking skills sexy. Handy? Absolutely, but hardly sexy.
M!a
I got way more mileage from my cooking skills than from my looks. ?
M!a
Technically you’re right; it’s not cooking that’s sexy.
What is sexy is effort. Attention to the details. Inspiration. Presentation. And focusing all of these on creating something just for HER.
Oh, and eating really, really good food that she didn’t have to make herself.
Regret
I am instinctively attracted to people who give me food or drink. I am also attracted to competent people. And I am attracted to people who smell good. And I am attracted to people that do what M!a described so well. If they then also give me what comes pretty close to oral orgasms, I’m entirely sold.
As with all of my attrractions, especially the instinctive ones, I work to rationally analyze them (because I don’t entirely trust my instincts). I cannot find a flaw in my motivation here. People who feed me are good to me, they bring me joy, I trust them, and so they’re attractive. What’s not to like?
Jon S.
You never watched my wife melt as her other husband talked about how to make a roux.
S.R.
Skills, maybe. Someone putting a bunch of time and effort into making a thing for you and being good enough at it for the thing to be really really good? Hell yeah.
(it’s still pretty hell yeah if they aren’t necessarily very good at it, but primate brain love tasty food.)
Rose by Any other Name
I don’t know about men’s hearts, but it certainly has worked with sapphic women.
My own skills in the kitchen are certainly one of the things that appeals to my wife. And in turn, her baking skills, while rarely employed, are incredibly hot. And it isn’t just reciprocal – many of our friends have commented on it as well as recently as last week (when I cooked the main course for a Halloween party).
butting
I see your Chef and raise you Chef!, with Lenny Henry and Caroline Lee-Johnson.
Janice: Ohhh… ohhh… gorgeous.
Gareth: Could you be critical, please?
Janice: How can I be critical with this in my mouth?
Gareth (modestly): That’s what all the girls say to me.
Opus the Poet
I remember watching that on PBS a long time ago, I’m thinking just after the turn of the Century, in the early 2K’s. One episode I remember was doing a salmon dish that was tasting “Prawny.” I’m not sure how salmon can taste like large shrimps, but that was what was in the script and on the TV. Also this was broadcast in SD, so might have been around the end of the’90s.
butting
… hate to tell you, but that’s the exact scene I just quoted!
Aw damn, but I need to watch those again…
Decidedly Orthogonal
Damnit Doc. That’s just a character she was playing. And her clothes were already half-off. I was hoping for notes on how Colin Jost seduced her so I could either off him or join them.
ian livs
Okay, but panel 4 is really cute
Richard Barrell
Yes! The whole thing is really cute. Panel 4 is especially cute. ❤️
Reltzik
How did Joe cook up this idea?
shadowcell
it’s not sex *work*, it’s a sex *calling*
True Survivor
I feel like a sex caller would just be some sort of sports commentator for the bedroom.
Dara
“Ball two, high and outside”
Opus the Poet
(: thinking of Harry Cary and the baseball commentary from the Meatloaf song Paradise By The Dashboard Lights.
Dang Fool
Sorry, not Harry but Phil Rizzuto. But i like the reference
Dara
See I was hoping someone would reply about Joe’s good bat control but I guess it just wasn’t going to be xD
ian livs
So… what Joyce wants Dorothy to be?
Laura
Give me the play-by-play!
mindbleach
Moving from casual sex to ranked competitive sex.
Disastroid
Find a Sex Job you love, and you’ll never Sex Work a Sex Day in your Sex Life.
Deanatay
Is THAT what “call-girl” means?
NGPZ
As you earthlings often say, the fastest way to the heart is through the stomach.
For reals tho I bet he make a real good shakshuka ^^
True Survivor
I mean the fastest way is probably between the fourth and fifth ribs, but I guess you are less likely to hit bone your way.
NGPZ
Interestingly enough the Ancient Greeks believed that it wasn’t the heart but the liver which was the source of one’s emotions, and given it’s proximity to the stomach that WOULD make a lot more sense hahaha XD
StClair
they also thought the brain was a radiator, to cool the blood.
which makes sense, sort of, given the info they had! (people in the past weren’t stupid, they just didn’t know things we do.) so much of the blood supply goes to it, it’s positioned and structured (at the macro/visible level – all those folds) to get rid of heat efficiently, like a home or auto radiator or a modern CPU cooler…
Yumi
Interesting, how would they make sense of (non-lethal) head injuries and the effects thereof in that model?
NGPZ
ineffective cooling in the CPU can result in some real nasty shit like your operating system falling apart at the seems 0-0
Taffy
Hate it when I’m walking through Ancient Greece and some guy’s
all “Α, όχι, εγκέφαλό μου!”, like just get an ice pack, bro.
M!a
And all I can think of is the quantity of ancient grease I scraped/scrubbed/hosed out of the frat house kitchen as a pledge.
StClair
The Augean Stables got nothin’ on that.
Alongcameaspider
Does IU have a culinary department?
MM
They have a whole Food Institute, apparently.
anon
i think some community colleges might have a cooking class, tho i don’t know how many retired ppl or older adults that already graduated would have to sign up for college again as students versus just paying a fee and coming in on weekends or so that might be cheaper than a cooking class
That said certifications aside and stuff i’m sure in a place like this ver of Indiana where amazigirl can exist, he can start up some food truck business or so lol
Psychie
There are a LOT of food trucks around here, relative to the size of the city anyway.
DailyBrad
You know, I like that for him.
Red
Me too, I really do!! I went awwww.
Nono
Joe naked, only wearing a ‘Kiss the Chef down there’ apron.
Dday
“Kiss the C—k”
Abdomino
Stop reading Joyce’s diary.
Opus the Poet
Diary, that’s her slash fic.
Darkseide
didn’t know Joe could cook
Agemegos
He can’t. He made Kraft mac & cheese following the instructions.
anon
well other than making ‘unique’ dishes, a lot of recipes are following instructions. “Pro” chefs look down on some ‘cheap’ ingredients when they’re in like cooking competitions like chopped or so but feels like a ‘true’ one can make anything work
Needfuldoer
The trick is learning how to improvise, and what things work together.
Some of the red sauce disasters I’ve made absolutely did not work.
Felgraf
I somehow have access to the black cookery magic that allows me to not just cook, but BAKE by eyeballing ingredients and substitutions.
“Eh close enough that should work.”
*turns out mostly okay*
Needfuldoer
It’s a rare power that must be wielded responsibly.
Mel
I started where Joe was and went to culinary school 4 years later. A lot of cooking starting out is according to instructions. You have to learn how things work
Michael Steamweed
Joe didn’t know it, either. But he just discovered how happy he was, cooking for Joyce (and that was _before_ Joyce had her way with him).
Justnobodyfqwl
I really love the idea that Joe got a tug’n’squeeze so good that it changed his career forever
Throwatron
joyce is a powerful woman
Sajuuk-Khar
It is said that St. Peter could heal the infirm in the manner of Christ—so St. Joyce healeth the penis
Kyrik Michalowski
He is going to be a chef?
Joyce, do not lose Joe; those that can actually cook(not just prefab stuff like Mac n cheese, or frozen chicken) are rare, and should be treasured.
Nono
On the other hand, a lot of professional chefs will simply not want to cook elaborate stuff after a long day of work.
Masumi
On the other other hand, stuff with the ingredients not touching is probably not necessarily that elaborate.
Abdomino
Joyce is just a budding charcuterie board nerd