Do Valentine’s Day your way (with or without a date)

🍳 Today’s tip: For a fun evening activity, pretend you’re on Chopped.

Happy Valentine’s Day! If your plans have been derailed along with everything else these past 11 months, we have your still-kinda-fun Plan B.

As Drew Magary writes in Forge, there are plenty of ways to have a great pandemic date night at home — whether your date is your partner, your five best friends on Zoom, or your Snuggie. Why not pretend you’re on the cooking show Chopped and dramatically make a meal with the stray ingredients in your pantry? The idea is to manufacture an escape from the everyday. Writes Magary: “The challenge is using your imagination, along with whatever physical materials you have on hand, to make your home feel like it’s not home.” The best part is you won’t need to fight traffic to get there.

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