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The Coronavirus Crisis
An employee places bouquets on shelves in Bogotá on Feb. 1, as Colombia prepares to export flowers for Valentine's Day amid the new coronavirus pandemic.
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There's A Good Chance Your Valentine's Flowers Come From Colombia

Feb 14, 2021
The country is the top flower exporter to the U.S. When the pandemic hit, farmers feared they'd have to destroy flower beds and lay off thousands of workers. Here's why that didn't happen.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Owner Donald Minerva outside Scottadito Osteria Toscana restaurant in Brooklyn, N.Y., which has been closed for indoor dining for two months. The restaurant is reopening at reduced capacity on Valentine's weekend.
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New York Restaurants Hope To Avoid Heartbreak On Valentine's Weekend

Feb 13, 2021
Now that they can reopen for limited indoor seating, restaurants in New York City are hoping customers show up for what's normally a busy holiday.
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Jazz Night In America: Video Episodes And Shorts
Taali and José James
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Alone Together: Jazz Couples (Stuck) at Home

Feb 12, 2021
Over the past year, we caught up with jazz couples to get a behind-the-curtain look at life during quarantine, alone together.
Fifth Street

February 11, 2021

Feb 11, 2021
*SPECIAL LOVEY-DOVEY ISSUE* | Why She Married a Twilight Cutout | Outdoor Girl Meets Indoor Dating World | How Restaurateur Couples Cook Up Success | Nevada's Famous Hookups and Breakups | How 'Wholesome Hate' Fought Marriage Equality
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Food
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Break-Ups And Throw-Ups: What It's Like To Work At A Restaurant On Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 2020
Valentine's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for restaurant staff. They have some ... stories.
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Slingshot
Jeff Freling and Erin McGrane of Victor & Penny are featured in a mini-documentary commissioned by 90.9 <em>The Bridge</em>.
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City Scenes: An Exploration Of Romantic Connections With 'LOVEsongs'

Feb 13, 2020
This Slingshot exploration of the Kansas City music scene features a mini-documentary series about romantically-involved musical duos, just in time for Valentine's Day.
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Food: The Shortest Way to the Heart

Jan 01, 2020

... is still through the stomach — especially if your loved one is a foodie. Here are some flavorful Valentine’s gift ideas that go beyond the standard candy and flowers

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Business
With increased channels of communication, millennials find that cards symbolize effort and send them for "cardworthy" occasions.
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Greeting Cards Are Still A Thing In The Digital Age. Thanks, Millennials

Feb 14, 2019
Greeting card companies have weathered some tough times as more people send good wishes online. But millennials are purchasing more cards, which has helped stabilize the industry.
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Will You Be Our Valentine? Love, NPR

Feb 11, 2019
Whether you spend Valentine's day canoodling or preparing to hit up those sweet post-holiday chocolate markdowns, one thing is certain: our love for listeners like you.
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Business
SweetHearts will be tougher to find this Valentine's Day. The company that used to make the popular candy went out of business. Its new owners aren't ready to start making new batches yet.
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Be Mine? Nope. SweetHeart Candies Hard To Find This Valentine's Day

Jan 28, 2019
The popular SweetHearts will be tougher to find this Valentine's Day. The company that used to make the candy went out of business. Its new owners aren't ready to start making new batches yet.
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Parallels
At flower stalls near a bridge in Karachi, workers stripped thorns off roses, arranging them into bouquets for Valentine's Day.
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In Pakistan, Valentine's Day Brings Out Roses And Culture Wars

Feb 14, 2018
Conservative Pakistanis keep trying to ban any celebration of the Christian saint of love, but flower sellers keep turning up for couples who mark the day.
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The Salt
If "I Love You" candy hearts aren't imaginative enough, you can always consider "Stank Love" or "Sweat Poo."
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Candy Heart Messages Getting Stale? Computer-Generated Options Are No Help

Feb 13, 2018
Computer programs known as neural networks learn by example. So a researcher plugged in some typical Valentine's Day candy heart messages — and got some weird new word combos. "BEAR WIG," anyone?
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All Songs Considered
Troye Sivan's "My My My!" is a LGBTQ anthem about throwing caution into the wind.
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Love Songs For A New Era

Feb 13, 2018
A compilation of songs that celebrate often overlooked love stories.
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Arts & Life

Protesting Through Poetry

Jan 15, 2018
Morning Edition co-host Rachel Martin talks to authors Kwame Alexander and Nikki Giovanni about protesting through poetry.
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The Salt
It was Cadbury that first linked Valentine's Day with those heart-shaped boxes filled with chocolates nestled in lace doilies. Here, women work on a production line at Cadbury's in England in 1966.
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How Chocolate Became A Sweet (But Not So Innocent) Consort To Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 2017
From the time of the Aztecs, chocolate has been seen as an aphrodisiac. (Casanova certainly thought so.) But it took many centuries for it to become the taste of the love holiday.
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Commentary
Sarah Hepola is the personal essays editor at Salon.com and the author of <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/30/427435929/a-path-from-blackout-drunkenness-to-sobriety-and-self-acceptance">Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to
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Lonely On Valentine's Day? Celebrate Love That Reaches Beyond Romance

Feb 13, 2017
Author Sarah Hepola is used to being alone and disappointed on Valentine's Days. But this year her outlook has changed. "My life is rich with love, even if it's not the kind I expected," she says.
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The Two-Way
The Netherlands exports more flowers than any other country in the world. Here, employees drive electric carts as they transport cages of flowers at FloraHolland, the largest flower trade center in the world, in Aalsmeer, Netherlands, on March 11, 2014.
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PHOTOS: Where Your Roses (Maybe) Came From

Feb 14, 2016
Most of the roses sold in the U.S. are imported — primarily from Colombia and Ecuador, but from a handful of other countries around the world as well.
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The Salt
Marriage proposals are pretty routine at America's high-end restaurants. They can lift the mood in the entire dining room, boost tips and create lifelong customers. Unless the answer is "no," that is.
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Dinner With A Side Of I Do's: For Restaurants, Proposals Are Good Business

Feb 13, 2016
Marriage proposals are pretty routine at America's high-end restaurants. They can lift the mood in the entire dining room, boost tips and create lifelong customers. Unless the answer is "no," that is.
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Poetry For Valentine's Day

Feb 12, 2016

If you enjoy poetry – and we hope you do - poetry about love is fun to read any day of the year. But Valentine’s Day gives us an extra special excuse to indulge.

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Lee Mallory, Las Vegas Love Poet

Jan 29, 2016

Poet Lee Mallory is carrying on a tradition of his own creation. For decades, he’s organized Valentine’s Day-themed poetry shows.These started in Orange County, California.

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Cocktail of the month
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Cocktail of the month: Two cocktails at the Cromwell

Jan 25, 2016

Early evening, on or around Valentine’s Day, and you lovebirds blow into the Cromwell for a night of — hey, none of our beeswax.

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The Salt
For Valentine's Day, Helen Jo, the pastry chef at Little Bird Bistro in Portland, Ore., mixes white chocolate with crunchy cereal, spicy pepper and a pinch of salt to make a French bonbon called <em>rocher</em>.
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The Other Chocolate Tries For Sweet Redemption

Feb 14, 2015
Some say white chocolate has a bad reputation because of its history of poor quality ingredients. But aficionados say its mellow sweetness can bring out flavors that bitter dark chocolate smothers.
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Apps Can Speed The Search For Love, But Nothing Beats A Real Date

Feb 12, 2015
Are those hours I spend swiping through Tinder getting me anywhere closer to actual romance? Yes, psychologists say. But chemistry doesn't come in an app, and that's what matters most.
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Love Locks in Lovelock

Feb 15, 2011
Every year in the tiny city of Lovelock, Nevada the town invites people from all around the country to participate in an old Chinese tradition. It' called an "eternal chain," and people are invited to celebrate their love by placing a lock on Lovelock's eternal chain in the center of town.
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For You, Valentine: Opera Love Songs

Feb 14, 2011
Ah, the love song! Suitors have wooed women for centuries with a few sweet notes, and lovers have cried over broken hearts. With Valentine's Day around the corner, three opera singers pay tribute to the songs of love, from La Boheme to West Side Story.
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