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Lovin’ spoonfuls
Single? Married? Don’t have a date? Clinch your Valentine’s Day plans with our guide

Sweetheart deals
You’ll be passionate about these Valentine’s dining choices

Splendor at the ‘grass
Tallgrass continues to enchant with refined food, quality service

Tote cuisine
From steak to sushi, takeout takes off with delicious upscale dinners to go

Luce change: Top chef leaving Spruce

In a bleu mood? Consider ordering a homage to fromage

Leigh Behrens is the Dining Editor for the Chicago Tribune and Metromix.com, the Tribune’s on-line entertainment guide. She develops and produces stories, reviews and trend packages that appear in the newspaper’s feature sections, on its front page and in its on-line editions. She also manages Chicago’s Choice, an interactive reader poll series exploring dining and entertainment topics through features in the Tribune and on Metromix and Tribune-owned radio and TV stations.