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3 Love Lessons From The Supermarket

Good love advice can come from unlikely sources, such as your local grocery store.

Good love advice can come from unlikely sources, such as your local grocery store. We Love Buzzers don't exactly have cold hard correlations, but it sure is interesting to think that a study about consumerism can speak volumes about human relationships. Here are three consumer food studies that translate well into love lessons.

A Better Way To Say I Love You

A Better Way To Say I Love You

Step aside, Hallmark. There are better ways to say “I love you.”

Those three little words are sometimes just that: three little words. If you need more than eight letters to express the enormity of your passion, you're short on evidence that the world has enough love to go around, or you'd just like to win your next game of "I-love-you-more-no-I-love-you-more," check out ILoveYouMoreThanBlank.blogspot.com. The site is part of a graphic design studio's endeavor to determine the real things–literally, figuratively, and often humorously– that people use to measure their love. Answer range from competitive ("I love you more than she loves you") to alarming ("I love you more than the smell of a fresh pack of Crayolas"? Put down the crayons, buddy!) but this blog sure puts Hallmark to shame.

Four Red-Hot Recipes From An Aphrodisiac Cookbook

Four Red-Hot Recipes From An Aphrodisiac Cookbook

Recipes from The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook.

Want to seduce someone with food? We've got four sexy meals from The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook, that will titillate your taste buds and get you in the mood for love. Included here are recipes for Steamed Artichoke Leaves with Green Goddess Dressing, Chocolate-Almond Truffles, Grilled Red Snapper with Avocado Sauce and .Curried Oysters with Chardonnay. Of the last plate, one couple had this to say: “Making this dish reminded us of our honeymoon 29 years ago in Cape Cod. We ate tons of oysters in many different dishes on that beautiful paradise by the ocean. What oysters did for us then, they still do for us today (maybe it’s just the memories). Whatever the case, we believe it is romance in the form of food. Use wisely, and only with those who deserve it.” —Matt and Carol, married 29 years, Philadelphia, PA