Recipes and Romance by Chef Richard Pannell of Sacramento, California. As a chef, Richard had been delighting diners with creative and delicious recipes, such as his Gumbo Sandwich, Barbecued Lasagna, African Curry Soup and Deep Dish Sweet Potato Pie. In this book he has combined his recipes with his sensual poetry, taking readers from the kitchen to the bedroom. Richard Pannell, a native of Sacramento, CA, began his career in the culinary industry in 1982 by catering a yacht cruise in the San Francisco Bay Area for a local businessman and friend. Thus began a long and rewarding career in the catering business for Pannell. According to Richard: I was inspired to write poetry with the influence of food and sensuality is because I love them both. With food, we eat with our eyes before we eat with our mouths, as we do with people we are attracted to. By combining both attractions, we can create some of the most interesting, intriguing and sensual cuisines imaginable!