Valentine’s Day: Love and Hate

Published on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, by The CHOW Editorial Team / Edit Post

Valentine’s Day is a pretty exclusive holiday—seems like you can only take part if you’re in love. But here at CHOW, we’ll grab any opportunity to celebrate. So your choice: love it? Celebrate with an indulgent feast for two.

But if you refuse to buy into the hype of it all—in love or not—then use it as an excuse to gather a group together and hate out the evening in style with our stinky-food cocktail party. Whichever side you’re on, we’ve got music to set the mood.

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  • I started early last night with a beet risotto recipe to ring in the holiday - I'm not one to celebrate V-day but it is certainly a good excuse to create great food and drink great wine!
    http://coldcerealandtoast.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/beetrisotto/

  • Throw in "Lover I Don't Have to Love" by Bright Eyes!

  • How 'bout "Song for the Dumped" by Ben Folds Five. Kind of the ultimate anti-Valentine song. Actually, half of that album (Whatever and Ever Amen) is anti-Valentine.

  • I am loving the Chet Baker idea!!! However, why doesn't the Valentine's day for haters have any good bite sized food? If I am going to throw a cocktail party for all my single friends on Valentine's day (which I am), then I was some really awe-inspiring food. The kind that makes you forget what the party is for in the first place. :)

  • Chet Baker, yes! I agree Diana. Where's the hot 'n' spicy for Valentine's? This menu is something I'm trying to avoid this year.

  • That's it? Sorta dull. My beloved would be asleep with this sorta unispired typical menu. How about some fire? Some passion? Something exotic or more?

  • I think I'll do a nice combo. Sort of a sweet and sour Valentine's Day, just like real life. Have a wonderful dinner and cocktails but play Chet Baker all evening. Sounds sublime!