If you're a linzer tort freak like me, you know that all too often the cookies are ruined by cheap, commercial, industrial-grade raspberry jam filling. But for Bouchon Bakery's heart-shaped linzer torte for Valentine's Day they use their own...
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What is it that makes fondue so inherently romantic? Perhaps it’s that fondue is meant to share between two. Perhaps it’s the slow, methodical process, spearing, and dipping, and swirling, and eating, draws out the meal, inviting conversation and...
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The West Village bakery Milk & Cookies will let couples personalize pints of cookie dough all day Saturday for $25. They'll set you up at a table with parchment paper, give you mix-in options—like chocolate chips, coconut, sprinkles, caramels—to...
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The $19.90 Valentine's Day meal deal mentioned on Serious Eats applies to the Red Hook location, for the record....
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Chef Terrance Brennan of the fromagerie and bistro Artisanal stirred a pot of melted cheese on the Early Show this morning, plugging the hands-on Valentine's Day treat. Some Serious Eaters watching were bewildered by his pronunciation of gouda. ("Gowda") As...
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The Valentine's day chocolates for your non-sappy loved one. Jessica Sagert makes sure you know she's not a hipster foodie or a "lovely" food blogger. Her approach to chocolate-making, instead, has a rough and industrial style where the chocolate spills...
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Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday this year—great news for all the couples who'd rather not squeeze in a candlelit dinner between work, errands, and bedtime. (And, perhaps, even better news for the anti-V-Day singles, out making their own good...
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There's nothing too complicated about the heart-shaped Krispy Kreme doughnuts, available now until February 14. They taste like doughnut holes, but are slightly bigger, and have nothing inside (no creme or jelly, sadly). The anatomy: white icing (sugar), Valentine's...
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