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Chocolate and Hallmark aside, Valentine's Day is a high-pressure holiday for good dining. Ask Chowhounds about the best places to go for a Valentine's Day meal, and tell us your best (and worst) experiences! Also get advice on what to cook, from chocolate desserts to romantic pasta dishes.

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Perfect Roast Potatoes
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Red Velvet Cake
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French Macarons with Pomegranate Ganache
Pomegranates Christmas Valentine's Day French Cookies Macarons Cocktail Party Holiday Cookies Hard Meringue Eat: Bon Appétit!
196 Saves

Easy Whipped Cream
Dessert Cream Easy Christmas Thanksgiving Valentine's Day French Baking No-Cook Gluten Free Vegetarian Dairy Vanilla Extract Holidays DIY Sugar Comfort Food
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Braised Rabbit with Garlic Caramel Sauce and Risotto
Atlanta Italian Braising Rabbit Spring Eat: Bon Appétit! Valentine's Day Roasting Dinner Party Chevre Parmesan Rice Butter Garlic Kale Dinner Risotto
14 Saves

White Chocolate Mousse with Blackberry Compote
Dessert Blackberries White Chocolate Academy Awards Valentine's Day Dinner Party Chocolate Cornstarch Eggs Lemons Mint Sugar Cream Eat: Bon Appétit!
306 Saves

Strawberry Cheesecake
Strawberries Cheesecake Easter Christmas Thanksgiving Valentine's Day Dessert Birthday Potluck Dairy Eggs Butter Lemon Juice Cakes Holidays Flour Sugar Cream Spring Summer Medium
702 Saves

Easy Crab Cakes
Seafood Crab Shellfish Appetizer Pescatarian Crab Cakes New Year's Eve Christmas Thanksgiving Valentine's Day Dinner Party Bridal Shower Mayonnaise Eggs Lemon Juice Lemons Chives Cilantro Celery Garlic Dinner Sub / Sandwich Snack Weeknight Dinner Cocktail Party Easy Panko Breadcrumbs Eat: Bon Appétit!
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Pretzel-Crusted Crab Cakes
Manhattan Valentine's Day American Dinner Party Pretzels Crab Old Bay Appetizer Crab Cakes Easy Mayonnaise Eggs Butter Clarified Butter Peanut Oil Lemons Cayenne Pepper Chives Celery Onions Dinner Eat: Bon Appétit!
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What are you baking these days? February 2018 edition! [old]

by buttertart 9 months ago

Here we are in the not terribly merry month of February, home to Valentine's Day at least. Seems to call for sweet tr...

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skleg commented 7 months ago

Valentine's Day Baking What Are You Baking? Cookbooks
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What's for Dinner #412 (February 2018) - Lover's Edition

by MidwesternerTT 9 months ago

"All the world loves a ^food^ lover." : An only slightly modified version of the essay line by American poet Ralph W...

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sallyt commented 8 months ago

Valentine's Day What's for Dinner Meal Planning
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Zonin Brut Rosé (187 ml)

Melanie Wong
 by Melanie Wong 8 months ago

A small bottle (187 ml) with a screwcap closure of Zonin Brut Rosé made from 100% Nerello Mascalese grapes was a ligh...

Valentine's Day Italian Rosé Imported Foods

Where can I get a heart shaped pizza for Valentine's Day?

by gutreactions 2 years ago

Would like to surprise my love with a heart shaped pizza on or around Valentine's Day. I hear that Gennaro's on Centr...

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gutreactions commented 8 months ago

New York State (e... Valentine's Day Westchester County Bronx Pizza

Favorite Valentine's Day indulgences...

by gutreactions 1 year ago

What special foods or dining venues do you like to share during Valentine's Day?

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nemo commented 9 months ago

Valentine's Day Romantic

Something other than sugar cookies?

by beagles8mydough 1 year ago

I make sugar cookies every year for valentine's day- hand painted with egg tempra, crystal sugared, chocolate drizzle...

ZoeyCovey

ZoeyCovey commented 9 months ago

Valentine's Day Baking Cookies

Home-Cooked Valentine's Dinner

by masha 1 year ago

Thought it would be fun to break out a discussion on home-cooked Valentine's Day dinners. Because it's a weeknight, ...

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BethNH commented 1 year ago

Valentine's Day
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Burger Kings in Israel selling an Adults-only Valentine's Day meal

by EM23 1 year ago

Bizarre promotion! The meal includes 2 Whoppers, 2 packs of french fries, 2 beers and an adult toy.

Multifoiled

Multifoiled commented 1 year ago

Valentine's Day Burger King In the News

Needed: Earthshattering Valentine's Recipe for Heart Pan

by Libranflight 1 year ago

I have this heart pan, that holds about 4 cups of ingredients. This leaves a little bit of expansion room before it ...

queenscook

queenscook commented 1 year ago

Valentine's Day Baking Aluminum Dessert Tarts
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Spoon Pop-Up on Valentine's Day - John Tesar

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 by mrfourpointo 1 year ago

I purchased two tickets plus the wine pairing and my wife and I are unable to attend. It is a pop-up dinner of Tesar'...

Dallas-Fort Worth Valentine's Day Seafood Celebrity Chefs Pop-Up

Help finding "classy" place to take a date

by Moogie007 3 years ago

I need help finding a "classy" place to take my girlfriend for Valentine's day. This is the first time since we start...

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Moogie007 commented 2 years ago

Great Lakes Valentine's Day Ann Arbor Lansing

Family dinner group (11) on Valentine's

by evex3 2 years ago

Hi, My dad is retiring soon and our family would like to take him out for a celebratory dinner. There will be 11 of...

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ted commented 2 years ago

Atlanta Valentine's Day Group Friendly

Valentine's Day Meals

by arp29 2 years ago

Anyone making a special meal for Valentine's Day? I'm kicking around a few different options, but am not fully commit...

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munchkin1 commented 2 years ago

Valentine's Day

Cozy w. Fireplace this Weekend in NYC?

by r0cc00 2 years ago

Making our semi annual sojourn to NYC this weekend 02.13th. Setting aside the obvious tourists visiting the Apple du...

Ttrockwood

Ttrockwood commented 2 years ago

Manhattan Valentine's Day

Gary Danko Bar, 2016. Seen old threads, not recent ones... so easy question....

by unclefishbits 2 years ago

It's likely a bad idea to ask, of course, but to all those kind and deferential people who won't show up 5 minutes be...

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JonDough commented 2 years ago

San Francisco Bay... Valentine's Day

Titillating tastes & venues for Valentine's Day...

by gutreactions 2 years ago

Time to pucker up! Valentine's Day is coming Sunday, Feb. 14th. Make a whole weekend out of it. Suggestions about foo...

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gutreactions commented 2 years ago

New York State (e... Valentine's Day Westchester County

Valentine Weekend input!

by Gup 2 years ago

So last minute! Would love input on where to go. Wife and I are thinking of doing the valentine day weekend in Manha...

Ttrockwood

Ttrockwood commented 2 years ago

Manhattan Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day Weekend in Austin

by SobeChower 3 years ago

I will be visiting Austin in February and it will be over Valentine's Day Weekend. I need 3 dinners and 2 lunches. ...

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Optimista commented 2 years ago

Austin Valentine's Day BBQ Trip Planning Restaurant Intel

Partners for Valentine Pasta ?

by Kaymoz 2 years ago

Look what I found the other day when I stopped by Aldi to pick up a gallon of milk....the cutest pasta in ages! Its ...

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nannygoat commented 2 years ago

Valentine's Day Dried Pasta Pasta Sauce

V-day dinner suggestions - young couple

by dunjailic 2 years ago

Hi guys! V-day falls on a Sunday this year and the SO and I both work in the restaurant industry, and both of our ...

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caviartothegeneral commented 2 years ago

Ontario (inc. Tor... Valentine's Day Romantic

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