What to Do for Valentine’s Day in New York

22 non-cheesy ideas that may or may not involve actual cheese.

Here we are again, lovers and haters. Valentine’s Day is a week away and even if the world at large still feels particularly unromantic, there is magic to be found, as long as you know where to look. So here are 22 delicious, exciting ideas — over-the-top butcher spreads, a bougie cookie gram — to make your 2022 Valentine’s Day as special as it possibly can be.

Pretend you cooked something special from scratch.

Ipsa, a chef-y prepared-meal service, has a February menu that includes two new lasagnas, Belgian beef stew with egg noodles, and much-loved bake-from-frozen cookies in flavors like chocolate pepita, rye cherry chocolate chunk, or chewy honey. As long as you can hide the packaging, nobody will know someone else did most of the work for you. By Alyssa Shelasky