What to Make for Valentine’s Day

Foods that say "you're my person."

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Some Thoughts on Valentine's Day and Loving Through Food Mariana Gonzalez, Email Editor I like the name for Valentine's Day that I grew up with the best: Día del Amor y la Amistad. I like the way friendship is front and center—right next to romance, just as important.   The most beautiful, transformative relationships in my life have always been friendships. They've been a source of inspiration, growth, and understanding in a way that I cherish beyond measure. I read an essay in The Atlantic that made me reflect on that fact a lot this week.   Jennifer Senior writes, "Practically everyone who studies friendship says this in some form or another: What makes friendship so fragile is also exactly what makes it so special. You have to continually opt in. That you choose it is what gives it its value."   Like any relationship, friendships need to be tended to, nurtured, and celebrated. And the best way that I know how to shower my friends with love is by cooking for them.   This Valentine's Day, I'd like to challenge you to call or text your friends and tell them you love them. Invite them over for brunch tomorrow and make them the dreamiest stuffed french toast and tres leches cake iced latte. Or maybe this gorgeous roasted vegetable quiche. Or this orange breakfast bread. If morning doesn't work, have them over for an evening of indulgence (dessert and drinks). Make them this super easy chocolate mousse if you're short on time or this olive oil cake if you're feeling more ambitious. Make them festive cocktails like our Dark 'n Fluffy or salted caramel martini.   And then do it again as often as you can. READ MORE If Love Was Food Roasted Vegetable Quiche Olive Oil Cake 10-Minute Chocolate Mousse Orange Breakfast Bread The Spruce Eats on YouTube 10 Romantic Date Night Recipes We Love Watch & Learn More From The Spruce Eats Dark 'n Fluffy Cocktail Tres Leches Cake Iced Latte Sugar Cookie Martini Did somebody forward you this email? Sign Up for The Spruce Eats Newsletter! Have feedback? Send us an email at contact@thespruceeats.com, subject line: Newsletter Feedback. Follow us:   You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to The Spruce Eats newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2022 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10005