THEWAY TOAMAN’S HEART IS THROUGHHIS STOMACH
In plain English You might think the average chap likes a woman with a sparkling personality, an infectious sense of humour and a few things besides. You’d be wrong. He likes a woman who knows how to poach an egg. Origins Thought to have been first coined by American newspaper columnist Fanny Fern in the mid 1800s. It might be true Scientific research into this is thin on the ground but Stephanie Smith certainly thinks it holds weight. The New-York-based journalist hit the headlines last year after making a deal with her boyfriend Eric Schulte: he’d propose to her if she made him a sandwich every day for 300 days. In the end, he popped the question after 257.
But Jared Alden, psychotherapist and couples counsellor at the German Neuroscience Center in Dubai Healthcare City, reckons this saying has a wider meaning. “I think it’s a metaphor that men – and women – fall in love with partners who are willing to do something for them,” he says. It might not be “In some cultures, where there is a big emphasis on the importance of food and its role in society – such as the Middle East – I think there’s an element of reality in this,” says Fadwa. “But I’m not sure you could say a man’s heart can be won by making him a meal. There needs to be other elements there.” The verdict There are many ways to a man’s heart. Having said that, cooking him a lamb dinner occasionally can’t do any harm.