You can learn a lot about your romantic compatibility with someone by eating with them. Here's how to do it.
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On NPR today, I discussed the benefits and pitfalls of eating alone, with some help from Deepak Chopra. He makes a distinction between eating alone and "in solitude," and offers advice on how to get the most out of the experience.
Dan experiments with novel meals to cook for your loved one this Valentine's Day. This is the most beautifully romantic video ever posted to the internet.
To help you take your Valentine's Day to the next level, we experiment with new uses for chocolate hearts and candy conversation hearts. Plus, we make the case for adding another type of heart to the holiday.
We're prepping for next week's GastroLab video shoot, in which we'll put together a rather absurd Valentine's Day meal. Today we got the five pound bag of candy hearts we ordered. Can you guess what we plan to do with them? (If you haven't seen some of our past GastroLab videos for Slate, check them out here.) See the full gallery