Galloping Horse - The famous Chinese lovemaking position. The man begins by kneeling and holding his partner's thighs, as their passion increases and the pace quickens he falls forward onto her.

Gamahuche - Also called cunnilingus. This is the technique of exciting a woman's sex with lips and tongue. Gamahuche can be foreplay or an alternative to genital lovemaking. A more important sexual skill than fellatio because of differences in a woman's response, but try to enjoy both. As usual, the man should proceed more slowly than he will want to. Open her legs gently, kiss the sensitive insides of her thighs. Start near her knees and move up slowly. When you have opened her do not go straight to her clitoris. Vary where you kiss and how you kiss. Use your tongue like the infinitely variable and sensitive thing it is rather than an electric drill attachment which only has one action. If you think you are overdoing the slowness of your approach - ask her. If you think he is too slow - tell him, or push his head where you want it. End with lapping at her clitoris as a cat laps its milk. Do not begin by doing that. Some women are inhibited about being kissed. With persistence and understanding this can be overcome. As with many things, one success will usually lead to others. Many women enjoy having their nipples manipulated while being kissed in this way. He really needs both hands where he is: you should have no inhibitions about caressing your own nipples. (See also: Breasts and Nipples, Fellatio)

Game - Duck, pheasant, partridge, venison, hare - in fact all game appears regularly in aphridisiac cookery. This may have to do with the strong aromas and tastes involved or the fact that many of the animals have forgotten associations with ancient fertility deities. For example the hare was sacred to Aphrodite. (See also: Eating and Food, Erotic Cuisine)

Garlic - Universally valued as an aphrodisiac, garlic is an essential feature in most of the world's culinary traditions. The Chinese were using garlic both in cooking and medicine two thousand years' ago. The Egyptians considered the plant sacred and garlic cloves were found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. In ancient Greece athletes chewed garlic for vitality before the Olympic games and Pliny recommended crushed garlic and coriander in white wine as an infallible sexual stimulant. There are only two things which amorous cooks need to remember: add garlic late in the cooking or it becomes bitter, and both of you have some. (See Plate 14).

Ginger - This deliciously hot and tangy spice is a native of India, where it has always been important in cooking. Ginger's virtues as an aphrodisiac were recorded in many of the early works on medicine, especially in China and the Arab world. The courtesan Madame du Barry used ginger omelettes to inflame the passions of Louis XV. Whenever possible use fresh ginger in cooking. (See also: Essential Oils)

Ginseng - Once known only in China and Korea, the mandrake-like root of Panax ginseng is now available the world over. Among a wide range of other benefits which are claimed for ginseng is its ability to stimulate the sexual appetite in both men and women. It is available in a variety of forms which includes an infusion for tea. (See also: China)

Goat - The woman should be well-supported by cushions in this lovemaking asana so that she can rise to meet each thrust of her lover's penis.

Goose - Perhaps because the bird was sacred to the phallic god Priapus, goose has appeared in many aphrodisiac recipes - usually accompanied by a highly-spiced sauce. Its reputation is not improved by its use in English slang to describe an uninvited and unexpected lunge under someone's clothes in imitation of a farmyard goose.

Grapes - Always associated with the Greek fertility deity Dionysus, grapes were eaten during the wild orgies held in his honour. The Roman equivalent, Bacchus, was also identified with grapes and wine. Grapes are very nutritious. In addition to glucose and fructose they are rich in vitamin C and B especially in the lighter-skinned varieties. They also contain quantities of iron, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorous. The most delicious and sensuous dessert grapes are the different varieties of muscatel grown in various parts of the world.

Greece - Although the necessity for moderation is a recurring theme in the writings of the Greek philosophers, sexuality had none of the associations with 'guilt' and 'sin' which characterise Judaeo-Christian civilization. In his 'History of Animals' Aristotle anticipates Desmond Morris's brilliant 'Naked Ape' by several thousand years, regarding it as self-evident that there is something to be learned from studying what is clearly common ground between animals and man. In Greek drama (especially that of Aristophanes), art and religion, sex was accorded its rightful, central, place. But it is interesting that sexuality as an aspect of human activity was not isolated: there is no word for it on its own. Michel Foucault observes that every sexual practice had its own word, but 'sexuality' as a category did not. Aphrodisia - the acts of Aphrodite - include not only sex but all those things which give us pleasure of a similar kind: perfume; colour; shape; taste; the arts.

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