Find. Eat. Drink. Sweet Valentine's vs Un-Valentine's Options

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Edition: 05 February, 2010

Looking for a sweet way to spread the love on Valentine's Day?

Not in the mood for Valentine's Day?

The Labs at Brooklyn Kitchen
A 2-hour Anti–Valentine's Day Dinner Class serving up hearts on a plate.

Balthazar
If you feel like dining out, this is one of the places that won't gouge you with a prix-fixe menu.

Brooklyn Bowl
Hit the Brooklyn Bowl for some lanes, Blue Ribbon eats, and the music of Jackie Greene.

The Anti-Valentine's Day Handbook
Learn which movies are best for a night alone, identify signs that a date isn't going well, discover why having a date can be worse than not.

Won't cha bee mine? Bee Raw Honey sells raw, unfiltered honeys with flavors like blueberry, buckwheat, sourwood, and sweet yellow clover. Packaged in jars or hand-corked lab vials, sealed with bees wax and stored in an American Oak block. Elegant presentation and a perfect accompaniment with cheeses. 4 vials sell for $45.

Spark an explosive "love chemical" reaction with Bespoke Chocolates' Pomegranate Lemon Dark Chocolate Hearts. Just for Valentine's Day, they have special romantic red recycled-paper boxes with a chocolate brown satin ribbon. Each chocolate is $2.25.

Papabubble artisanal candy makers are spinning sugar into little Valentine's Day jewels decorated with bows and arrows, hearts, and even broken hearts. They also sell an I Love You mix, double-sided lollipops, and edible rings. Bags $5, rings $10, jars $14.50, large jars $25.

Give the gift of chewy goodness with Mari's Brownies Love is in the Air assortment featuring two of her seasonal brownie flavors. (Rasp)Berry Good with homemade raspberry jam and Figgy with Black Mission figs and 10 year old tawny port. 6 brownies for $19.

The Red Hook Lobster Pound guarantees a full night of whoopee with their $140 day Valentine feast in a pot with: lobster, steamer, Liddabit Sweets, Rick's Picks pickles, The Meat Hook sausage, Crop to Cup coffee, and wine from Red Hook's newly opened Dry Dock Wine and Spirits.