“If I Overcook My Carbonara And It Turns Into Scrambled Egg Pasta, Will My Girlfriend Still Love Me?”

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Dear Infatuation: A Valentine’s Day Restaurant Advice Column

Dear Infatuation,

If I overcook my carbonara and it turns into scrambled egg pasta, will my girlfriend still love me?

Thanks,

Cautious Chef

Dear Cautious Chef,

 We can’t speak for your girlfriend, but… it’s probably good to have a back-up plan? Maybe in the form of something you don’t have to make. 

Chinatown’s Sesame has put together a special V-day box ($50), filled with delicious coffee pour over sets, dark chocolate-covered dates, shortbread cookies, and other snacks. If she’s into wine, 1010Wine in Inglewood has one of the largest collections of Black-owned wine labels in the city, plus a three-month wine club ($75) where she’ll be sent two curated bottles a month. Or you could go to Vinovore in Silver Lake or Eagle Rock, where they sell wine, cosmic kink boxes, and flower bouquets.

 For a more practical lady, Gjusta Goods in Venice has everything from one-of-a-kind ceramic bowls made in Oaxaca, to beeswax candles, to colorful linen aprons. Oh, and Antico Nuovo, an excellent Italian restaurant that sits between Larchmont and Koreatown, sells a variety of antique goods on their website—including a $550 Puglian ceramic pitcher estimated to have been made around 1880. And what says “oops, sorry I ruined V-Day dinner” more than a $550 antique Puglian pitcher?

XOXO,The Infatuation LA ❤️