Isn't It Romantic
In 1993 Hershey's introduced these "snuggly" candies that go well with Kisses
Hugs
In 1929 Al Capone's men massacred rival gangsters on St. Valentine's Day in this city
Chicago
Asparagus has long been thought to help in the romance department; for variety, try the European white type, grown in darkness so they lack this pigment
chlorophyll
For 5 months in 1998 & '99 Carmen Electra was married to this bad boy of basketball
Dennis Rodman
A young Shakespeare title character, he says "Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs"
Romeo
TV's Mrs. Brady, she was born on Feb. 14, 1934
Florence Henderson
The two of you can nibble on this Spanish array of appetizers that may include mussels & artichokes
tapas
Of the 30-year age gap between Frank Sinatra & this wife, Dean Martin quipped, "I've got scotch" that's older than her
Mia Farrow
Popular poetic question preceding "Let me count the ways"
How do I love thee?
Young ladies once pinned bay leaves to these on the eve of Valentine's Day to see their future husbands in their dreams
their pillows
In 1951 this "sweet" boxer defeated Jake LaMotta for the world middleweight title
Sugar Ray Robinson
Make the evening really special with a luxurious parfait prepared with champagne cream & caviar from this fish, historically associated with the Caspian Sea
sturgeon
Eddie Fisher married Elizabeth Taylor shortly after divorcing this woman
Debbie Reynolds
The song of Solomon's "My Beloved is Like a Roe or a Young Hart" compares a lover to this animal
a deer
By shooting arrows that made folks fall in love, this son of Venus made some people very, very happy
Cupid
Americans fell in love with her when she gave a TV tour of the White House on Feb. 14, 1962
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Top a steak with this eggy sauce named for an old province of southwestern France
bearnaise
Her 42-year marriage to Garson Kanin ended with her death in 1985 at age 88
Ruth Gordon
"Today I might snow, tomorrow I'll rain, 3000's always changing but you stay the same and I need that", rap this duo
Outkast
In a poem, this "Canterbury Tales" author wrote about birds choosing their mates on Valentine's Day
Chaucer
Stormie Jones received the first dual transplant of the heart & this organ Feb. 14, 1984
liver
These seductive chocolate treats got their name because they looked like a certain fungus
truffles
Her father Peter gave her away when she married composer Danny Elfman in 2003
Bridget Fonda
Continues the Tennyson passage "'Tis better to have loved and lost than..."
...never to have loved at all