All of us at Cooking Vacations know that everyone is counting down the days to, but days are getting longer already! And although temperatures are below here in some parts, Melody, Giuseppe and I are busy in our Test Kitchen cooking up a score of delicious foods! San Valentino has our recipes books turned to February with ideas for romantic dinners for 2 including, antipasto Mare e Monti, Pasta ai Frutti di Mare, Grigliata di Pesce, and a rich Torta Caprese con Gelato, white or dark. An espresso after dinner drink, spiced with Cointreau and a baci will have you exchanging love messages in Italiano!
I love the story of San Valentino! He was Italian! I love handmade cards shaped in big hearts and organic chocolate sweet made with bakers hands. I love giving homemade gifts, when eye brows rise with smiles wide. San Valentino is the saint of love comes from Italy. He dates back to 500 Ad and was named after the Christian martyr that was created by Pope Gelasius. Sadly the sweet little holiday was edited off the Roman Calendar of Saints in 1969, but churchgoers and believers still honored him. It was the writer Geoffrey Chaucer who put it on the map when he penned beautiful love stories! Juno, the Roman goddes of marriage, added fire to the flame and immortalize the name of Saint Valentine.
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