Suggestion: Food Love

I think all of us can unanimously agree that there has been a point in our lives when we fell madly in love with something edible. Single, dating, married, hopeful, bitter--we all have a true food love. For me, it's cheese. Preferably when mixed with an assortment of carbs and starches and fats. But of course there's also chocolate, the food that does not satiate hunger but obsession. For my Mr. it's things like tofu and carrots, mainly because I think his life's work is to be the most perfect specimen of human being ever. Ugh.

Anyway, I think it's safe to sing the praises of the food and drink lovers in your lives, regardless of your romantic inclination. Here are a few of my favorite recipes to accompany this lovely week:

Roasted Fig, Blue Cheese, and Honey Tartines. Strong soft cheese, smokey floral figs, sweet sticky honey--all adjectives that can otherwise be used to describe other feats of pleasure. Plus, I hear that figs are supposed to be a fertility boosting food so if you're headed in that direction this evening...

Blissful Eats

901 Smoked Peach Cocktail. I had this cocktail at Williams & Graham in Denver and fell hard (I only had one drink so I didn't actually "fall hard"--just theoretically speaking. But too many of these suckers will send you flying so drink responsibly.) Spicy silver tequila meets smokey Mezcal. Garnished with a slice of Colorado-grown Palisades peaches and you're in heaven.

A History of Drinking

Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake. Rich dark chocolate cake, divided by layers of salted caramel buttercream, slathered with fudge icing. I think the combination of salty and sweet brings out a bit of dualism in us--naughty and nice, one piece or two, fat or somewhat-less-fat. Anyway, you get the picture.