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Macy's Culinary Council's Celebrity Chefs Offer Valentine's Day Recipes

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Macy's Culinary Council's Wolfgang Puck offers favorite recipe for Valentine's Day

Macy's Culinary Council, which includes some of the best known chefs in the world from Wolfgang Puck (above) to Nancy Silverton, have offered us some of their favorite recipes for celebrating Valentine's Day. From a goat cheese fondue to a butterscotch budino with caramel sauce, these recipes are bound to make your Valentine's Day entertaining a special one.

Chef Rick Bayless suggests serving his famous "Red Hot Margaritas". The recipe calls for Ferrara Red Hots, which provide the kick. The chef's recipe for the limeade can be used for other types of margaritas as well. "We were trying to come up with a margarita for our winter bar menu at Frontera Grill," says Bayless. "So we were thinking mulling spices...bright red color... and then someone said it: 'The drink should taste like a liquid version of those Red Hot candies.' Bingo."

Chef Takashi Yagihashi, proprietor of Takashi Restaurant in Chicago, suggests making his intensely flavorful Curry Kaffir Lime Soup recipe, which is best served to guests in little cupfuls. It can be passed as an appetizer, with colorful garnishes on toothpicks for a complete dipping and sipping experience. Kaffir lime leaves gives this soup its floral aroma and flavor.

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Eating Your Way Through Argentina

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Argentina444 is code for foodies in the know: 4 chefs, 4 cities, 4 seasons. Each season of 2010, one famous chef will accompany 16 people on a culinary expedition of Argentina. The 10-day food-themed tours are first-class in every regard and the prices all-inclusive.

The tours include the country's historical, architectural and cultural highlights but are carefully curated to include a food experience of local market tours and chef's tastings. And each evening, the hosting chef cooks in collaboration with a local top chef.

Why would a chef of Nancy Silverton's caliber and fame agree to be a group leader?

"Argentina is a country I have always been excited to explore," said the founder of La Brea Bakery and co-owner of Mozza. "When I was presented the opportunity to lead a culinary focused tour, it seemed like the perfect way to see Argentina for the first time." Her restaurant Osteria Mozza was nominated as the best new restaurant by the James Beard Foundation in 2007 when it opened. It earned a Michelin star in 2008. She has authored seven cookbooks.

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