Breakfast in Bed Recipes for Mom

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Remember: cereal does not cut it on Mother's Day!

Mother's Day is just around the corner and if you are a procrastinator, you have done nothing about it. To help you out, here are some recipes culled from popular food mags, so you can treat that special lady in your life to a meal that's memorable...

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Top Chef All-Star Sells Cookies Online

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If you've ever watched Top Chef and thought, "Damn, that looks gooood! Wish I could try it!"  then your prayers have been answered! Top Chef All-Star and shoo-in for fan favorite this season, Carla Hall, now sells a little taste of Top Chef via her D.C.-based catering company,  Alchemy.
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How Not to Ruin a Date: Eight Tips

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"Table for two, please!"


It's finally happened, you got a date with the cutie you've been dreaming about for months. You made dinner reservations at a nice restaurant, in hopes to woo your date. Now's your chance to not to blow it.

If you have a history of never securing a second date, you may want to check out our tips after the jump to help ease you through your dinner. Follow these simple guidelines and romance may come your way.



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Last Call for Valentine's Day: Engagement Chicken (Recipe)

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Sarah Schiear

​First comes love, then comes marriage...

Wait! We forgot the chicken.

That's right. What if a chicken were the only thing stopping you from getting that coveted proposal you've been so patiently (or, not so patiently) awaiting? Surely, you've heard it before: "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." But what if the way to the alter were just as simple?

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Jimmie's Candies Is A Sweet Paradise

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General Manager Rob Granado with Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
​There's no doubt that people have a love affair with chocolate.  Chocolate is more than a candy - it can send a message of love of friendship, cheer you up when you've had a lousy day or just plain make you feel good. Next week millions of people will celebrate Valentine's Day with chocolate. Bet you didn't know that some of the best chocolate is hand made in Dania. Jimmie's Candies makes and sells chocolate locally and has two retail locations - in Dania and Wilton Manors. General Manager Rob Granado showed us around this real-life Willy Wonka Land and gave us some words of wisdom. 

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Foods Not to Order on a Valentine's Day Date

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Delicious and ready to wreck havoc on your sex life.

Everyone knows that garlic, onions, and super-stuffed bean burritos are the kiss of death for a hot Valentine's Day date, whether it's a first encounter or you and your honey are approaching that seven-year itch. Other time-tested items that you can add to that Do Not Eat list include; bbq spare ribs, all-you-can-eat Indian food buffet, beer cheese soup, hot wings, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the crusts cut off that your mother packed for you before you left the house. 

Presuming you like your date, there are some other highly-suspect foods and beverages that should be avoided lest your night end with you in your sweatpants, alone on the couch with nothing but a marathon of MacGyver and your disappointment to keep you company. On the other hand, if you're looking to ditch out on your Valentine's Day companion, consider this a step-by-step guide on how to bring the evening to a screeching halt.

Below are the 7 deadly things to not order on a Valentine's Day date:

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Looking to Score Extra Points This Valentine's Day? Try a Romantic Picnic

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Sarah Schiear
​Bypass the 5 p.m. seatings, overpriced prix fixe menus, and -- whatever you do, don't even think about going to the Melting Pot. Valentine's Day is a walking cliché in itself, and we don't need any heart-shaped-balloon-filled tables to make matters worse.

Take this opportunity to show your girl you've got some edge. You do have more to offer than a cheesy box of chocolates and last-minute roses from the checkout lane at CVS, don't you?

(And no, Ferrero Rocher - while a step up from Russell Stover - is not considered a luxurious gift. Anything sold within a five yard radius of your Axe Body Spray is not V-Day material. Oh -- and lose the Axe Body Spray. Seriously.)

While men often get the bad rap of being thoughtless, last-minute, and cheap, now is the time to show your lucky lady that she's nabbed her very own exception to the rule. Or, at least, that's what she'll think. You don't have to tell her that you didn't think of this plan all by yourself, that it was surprisingly easy to throw together, or that you did, in fact, save some money on the deal.

That's right, fellas; it's picnic time. Grab your favorite wicker basket (or head to your nearest Target, Williams-Sonoma, or Macy's to pick one up) and read on to find out what you'll need to fill it up for a simple, sexy picnic for two.

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Valentine's Day Candy at To the Moon Marketplace

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Clean Plate Charlie caught up with To the Moon Marketplace owner Antonio Dumas, who gave us a sneak peek at some of the sweet treats the shop is offering for Valentine's Day. We stood by while he broke open boxes that came back with him from a national candy convention. We were like a kid at Christmas, watching him unpack one delicious goody after another.

Here are some of our favorites:

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Troubling Decisionmaking at Little Moir's Food Shack

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My best girlfriend and I have always had a long-distance relationship. She lives in the same state, but somehow we always end up at least five counties away. Now she's up in Volusia, but we make excuses to see each other regularly. This time, I had to pick up a new car in Palm Beach, so she schlepped down to meet me in Jupiter. Besides, we had lots to catch up on now that she's recently dumped her man and I'm committed to a guy who I hope will be The One. I used our reunion as the perfect excuse to dine at Little Moir's Food Shack, a restaurant I had heard so much about. 

Now LMFS is no shack, but it's no Taj Mahal either. The spot is tucked in a strip mall and, from the outside -- to steal the words of Halle Berry's character Ginger Knowles in Swordfish -- it "sure don't look like much." But inside is near pandemonium. Even on a Tuesday night, it was packed with customers, taking up every table and barstool. From what we could deduce, no one inside this
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The Meat of the Matter at Texas de Brazil in Hallandale Beach

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Now that Mr. Persnickety and I are nearing the sixth month of our courtship, I've started to become obsessively concerned that he try new foods nearly every time we go out to eat, and I have become more vocal in my insistence that he join me on my quest to unearth every dive, scour every foreign food market, and taste even things I can't pronounce nor define.

Though he's been by my side as I've sucked down barbecued eel, nibbled on food that surely is considered toxic, and swallowed parts of animals that God certainly didn't intend for consumption. Yes, I later learned that clear, slimy part of the conch that I devoured so gleefully in Turks and Caicos was, indeed, its penis. But thankfully for him, we also go to places like Texas de Brazil that make such quandaries moot. He feels comfortable there, knowing the churrascaria will
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