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What's the perfect thing to serve for Valentine's Day? Blogger Chubby Hubby recommends against the heavy restaurant meals so popular among lovers and lusty gourmands; as he points out, "I know all I ever want to do after having eaten till bursting is lie down and take a nap. A light dinner ensures that both you and your companion have the energy for some good old-fashioned cardiovascular fun."

He suggests a menu of scallops with bacon and parmesan; confit of salmon hijiki and ikura with mushrooms; and the "utterly sexy" chocolate red wine soup with strawberries.

Other ideas of sultry food that will give you room to romp afterward: artichokes with romesco sauce; cold cucumber soup; goat cheese salad; salt cod cakes; this iceberg salad pictured here (dressing: mix one cup mayonnaise with 2 tbsp balsamic mayo and 1-2 ounces crumbled blue cheese; salt and cayenne pepper to taste); and panna cotta.

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I picked out a package of pork chops for dinner tonight, and I was walking home from Trader Joe's, I got to thinking: are pork chops romantic?

I'm making a nice meal for my husband and I to eat after the boys go to sleep, so it will be just a touch romantic. And I like to think of pork chops as in this photo from the Saveur recipe I'll be following: entwined, bone-to-bone, in the carnivorous equivalent to entwining your arms when you perform the all-time most cheesy possible champagne toast.

But pork, it's pig, and pigs - they're not so romantic. But then, neither are cows, or strange-looking red shellfish with pointy claws. Can a hunk of meat be romantic? And if so, which one is worthiest of your special ménage à deux?