On this night, cooking class had a different ring to it

Frances Chumley always plans her aphrodisiac cooking classes with a military precision that leaves plenty of room to "set the mood." The casual course, held at Ms. Chumley's Organically Scrumptious Cooking School on Whitehall Road near the Bay Bridge, is filled with romance-seeking, fun-loving twosomes.

The class starts with eight couples nibbling on tasty organic pansies, plump figs and each other's fingers while tasting an assortment of wines from Giolittis of Annapolis. Two hours later, sated with the lush meal they helped prepare, the couples are ready to ignite a few fires at home. Not necessarily in the kitchen.

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