Thursday, February 17, 2011

Valentine's Day Dinner to Warm the Cockles of Your Heart

Valentine's Day is an annual event that celebrates love and affection people have for one other. A day on which lovers express their affection by giving flowers, candies, greeting cards and best of all, a day to entice your mate with culinary concoctions to arouse their amorous side.

Pull out the candles, set a nice table with your favorite dishes (they don't even have to match) and prepare a holiday feast that will be a prelude to a memorable night. There's nothing like concocting the perfect Valentine's Day Dinner, using spices and herbs to perfume the air; a little sorcery in the kitchen to stir up passion. You truly can get to another's heart through their stomach. The shared preparations for your romantic dinner can be a time for connecting, sharing and having fun in the kitchen.

Choose your dishes for your Valentine's Day dinner with passion in mind. Foods, as aphrodisiacs, have been around for centuries. Before the dawn of the Roman Empire, Romans and Carthaginians both thought their shrimp to be superior to the others as a delight before lovemaking. Eating artichokes has been compared to foreplay. Rich flavorful spices are reputed to stimulate desire.

Your romantic dinner may consist of:

Spicy Shrimp Cocktail
Sea Bass with Champagne and Grapes
Sultry Grilled Asparagus
Chocolate Cr?me Brulee

Whether you give flowers, a card or candy, preparing a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day is a sure way to win the heart of your loved one. I agree with Virginia Woolf who said, "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."

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