The willingness to try new foods is sexually desirable, study claims

If you're hoping to be successful on a dinner date, be more adventurous when choosing from the restaurant menu, a new study suggests. Researchers in Pennsylvania have found that people who are open to try new foods are perceived as more sexually desirable and less sexually restricted. Meanwhile, a reluctance to try new foods – known as'food neophobia' – and sticking to the safe option on the menu is perceived as something of a turn-off. A willingness to engage in trying something new at the dining table could be a'cue' for a willingness to have an intimate experience with someone new as well, the experts suggest. Interestingly, this pattern is specific to willingness to try new foods, not general willingness to try other new things, like hobbies, music or TV shows, they report.