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Takeout Your Valentine's Meal Part Deux: Pairings

By Lauren Bloomberg Fri., Feb. 10 2012 at 2:00 PM

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Have a few drinks to loosen up, but go at your own pace. Don't want to end up like this guy.

You have a plan for Tuesday and now you're ready to stick with it. Ready for your next assignment? Beverage pairings!

No romantic meal is complete without a little (or a lot) of booze, and picking the right hooch is a nice touch. We've co-opted a handful of professionals who've thought long and hard to coordinate just the right alcohols to make your dinner a little more special. Choose one to take you through the meal, or pick up all of the accompaniments. Just don't get sloshed. As our consultant Lawrence Skrivanek says, "The dinner is ending, but the night IS NOT!!!!!!!!!!"

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Takeout Your Valentine's Day Meal

By Lauren Bloomberg Thu., Feb. 9 2012 at 1:00 PM

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Go balls-to-the-wall with your lovers favorite takout on V-Day.

There's something to be said for shelling out $100 plus per person for luxury ingredients and romance, but sometimes it's better to just eat at home, for a number of reasons. A) It's cost-effective and the economy sucks. B) You can control the setting and light as many candles and roses as you'd like. C) It's a shorter distance to lead your date from the dinner table into bed. However, cooking a huge, impressive meal...well that could just be a disaster.

Instead of messing up your kitchen, make a few strategic stops and let New York's restaurants do the heavy lifting this year. If your date digs panini, why not go the extra step and pick up a few from their favorite shop. Then top it off with a killer dessert, and maybe a well-curated glass of wine or two.

If this sounds like another big project, don't worry. We've taken the guesswork out of creating a memorable meal. Whether it's an Italian feast or Chinese dinner, we have a plan to help you out in this two-part VDay series. Just pick the feast of your choice, then hold your breath for tomorrow's follow-up: beverage pairings hand-picked by a series of special guest wine aficionados, including L'Artusi's Joe Campanale and Noble Media's Jonathan Cristaldi.

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Roasting Plant: Best Valentine's Day Cookies on the West Side?

By Alexia Nader Wed., Feb. 8 2012 at 12:15 PM

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While browsing online for Valentine's Day cookie options, I stumbled upon a Serious Eats post from 2010 in which Roasting Plant's cookies were crowned as the best chocolate chip cookies in New York City. I was skeptical. In fact, with Levain Bakery, Blue Ribbon Bakery Market, Milk & Cookies Bakery, and a branch of Birdbath as just some of its competition, I wasn't even sure it was the best cookie option on the West Side of Manhattan, much less the entire city.

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