{"id":7605,"date":"2011-02-13T02:02:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T02:02:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-13T02:02:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T02:02:29","slug":"Cocktails-in-the-Name-of-Love-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=7605","title":{"rendered":"Cocktails in the Name of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Perhaps I&#8217;m being presumptuous, but if you are a male and in a relationship, chances are you are responsible for coming up with a Valentine&#8217;s Day plan.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s the lame prix-fixe dinner for which you probably got the lousy 6 p.m. seating because she said you didn&#8217;t have to do anything. (V-Day Rule No. 1: She wants to celebrate, even if she says she doesn&#8217;t.). Then there are the overpriced flowers, the overpriced chocolates, the overpriced pedi-cabs, the, well, you get the idea. (V-Day Rule No. 2: Everything is overpriced.) But, as they say, it&#8217;s all in the name of love. <\/p>\n<p>There is one thing in your control that you can get right and feel good about, however: Champagne cocktails. The simplest is the Champagne Cocktail: just pour the champers over a brown sugar cube soaked with a few drops of Angostura bitters\u2014this extra sweetness plays nicely off the wine&#8217;s acidity. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I suggest the nice Champagne like Veuve Clicquot Grande Dame or better with strawberrys to bring out the taste.  <strong><em>Did you hear that??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704422204576130163737550864.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Food%26Drink\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps I&#8217;m being presumptuous, but if you are a male and in a relationship, chances are you are responsible 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