Food for Valentine's Day

When most people think about food-related holidays, Valentine's Day probably isn't the first one that comes to mind. Still, food and love are intimately tied in many people's minds. I don't hold much to the idea of aphrodisiacs, but food can be seductive in its own right.

Image by Paul Irish...so can the care, effort, and skill that go into producing it.

Last year, for Valentine's Day, I posted about a cheese and chocolate concoction that is still one of the most popular posts on the site.

I was thinking about what to make this year for Valentine's Day. Perhaps steak with a mole-inspired chocolate-based sauce? As I was thinking about possibilities, I realized that I kept coming back to ideas centering around chocolate. It seems like most people associate Valentine's Day with chocolate. I know that my mind automatically associates the two.

Are there any other foods that you associate with Valentine's Day?