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This month, Virginia Willis, the food stylist for "The Main
Ingredient," shares some tips on chocolate, preparing your  Valentine's
Day meal, and a delectable recipe for chocolate truffles!  February
means Valentine's Day, and Valentine's Day means chocolate!  Who among
us doesn't relish receiving a box of sexy and delicious  chocolate
confections along with a beautiful flower bouquet from our  beloved on
Valentine's Day?  Rich, decadent chocolate has a somewhat mystical
quality. Is that  quality due to the silky delicious feel of the cocoa
butter on the  palate? Is it because the candy has really been kissed
by the loving  powers of Aphrodite? Does chocolate really arouse sexual
desire, as  Montezuma, the Aztec ruler who drank 50 goblets of
chocolate a day,  believed?  Making chocolates is a fine art that takes
years of study and  apprenticeship. European companies such as Valhrona
and Callebaut are  highly regarded for their couverture, or covering
chocolate, used in  the finest restaurants and chocolate shops in
making these little  mouthfuls of heaven.  But besides bathing in a vat
of sumptuous, molten, silken Valhrona,  what else can you do to
celebrate Valentine's Day? The easiest  decision may be to make
reservations at your favorite local  restaurant. However, if you really
want a just-for-two celebration  sans François, the arrogant waiter,
and several other hundred  couples also trying to be alone, you may
want to consider making  dinner at home. Have the sitter take the
children out to a movie and  spend some time alone.  Be adventurous in
your dining, but if you feel you're spending a small  fortune while
shopping at the supermarket, remember that the cost will  likely be far
less than whatever you might pay if you were to go out  to a "fancy"
dinner. Once you've returned home, share the  responsibility for making
dinner. While one cleans the greens for  salad, the other whisks
together the vinaigrette. As with any other  important dinner you'll
need to be organized, and don't do everything  at the last minute.  ©
1998 Lifetime Entertainment Services. All rights reserved.  MC
formatted using MC buster by Barb at PK  Recipe by: Virginia Willis
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