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VALENTINE'S DAY TREATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Greenwich Village's Blue Hill restaurant serves golden waffle wedges with warm maple syrup and rich hot-chocolate mousse (75 Washington Place)_Champagne truffles from N.Y.C.'s Teuscher tingle your tongue (620 Fifth Avenue)_No one makes ginger-molasses cookies better than Aspen's Paradise Bakery (320 South Galena Street)_Pull together your favorite spices, honey, and chocolates and pack them into a pretty colored tin at Fouquet in Paris (36 Rue Laffitte)_Warm your lips with the decadent homemade hot chocolate at N.Y.C.'s SoHo shop Lunettes et Chocolat (25 Prince Street)_The Swiss-chocolate nougats from L. A. Burdick in Walpole, New Hampshire, are as popular with adults as they are with children (47 Main Street).... The bouquets of both sugar and chocolate cookies from Deluscious Cookies in Los Angeles are divine (829 North Highland Avenue)_The nutty fudge slices from Murdick's Fudge in Edgartown, on Martha's Vineyard, are a well-kept secret (21 North Water Street)_The macaroons and madeleines at Palm Beach's Blue Provence are magnifique (253-B Royal Poinciana Way)_The cookies from Manhattan's Levain Bakery are heavenly (167 West 74th Street)_And Geja's, in Chicago, is the perfect place to dip strawberries and pound cake into warm, velvety chocolate fondue (340 West Armitage Avenue).