Want to get cooking, literally and figuratively, with your main squeeze this Valentine's Day?

This year the 14th falls on a Saturday, so you can spend at least part of the day getting creative in the kitchen. Here are our top picks for the best cookbooks to offer romantic inspiration:

(1) The New Intercourses (10th anniversary edition) by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge): more than 135 couple-test recipes incorporating 19 sensual foods ranging from black beans and oysters to honey, pine nuts and chocolate. (www.intercourses.com)

(2)  Seduction and Spice (130 recipes for romance) by Rudolf Sodamin: gorgeous color photography accompanies such gourmet recipes as Roasted Pheasant Breast with savoy cabbage, garlic cloves and sage.(www.rizzoliusa.com)

(3)  Naked Chocolate by David Wolfe and Shazzie: celebrates the world's best loved aphrodesiac. Great recipes in the "Chocolate Alchemy" chapter such as Fruit-topped chocolate pizza and Kumquats stuffed with chocolate hazelnuts (www.naked-chocolate.com).

(4)  Fork Me, Spoon Me/ the sensual cookbook by Amy Reiley: "forget the bedroom" insists Riley - "the new sensual spot is the kitchen" where you can prepare such specialties as Love Linguine with Almond Pesto (www.lifeofreiley.com).

(5)  Kissing and Cooking (A recipe to add Spice and romance to your Marriage) by Kim Reutzel: Designed for couples, complete with advice to keep marriages lively while enjoying such dishes as Creamy Mushroom Ravioli with Shrimp (www.kimreutzel.com).

(6)  The Seductive Chef: A cookbook & more for Lovers by Ginnie Siena Bivona: includes a shopping list for a variety of finger-lickin' menus that include Tomato Roses and Blueberries in Creme Fraiche (www.theseductivechef.com).

(7) 88 Ways to Her Heart: Cooking for Lovers from the Kitchen to the Bedroom by Chef Jernard A. Wells, Sr.:"because food has always been the cornerstone for love making" for easy recipes with such clever names as Head over Heels Banana Pudding and I Want You So Bad Broccoli Casserole (www.authorhouse.com).

(8) Chocolate for Breakfast by Barbara Passino: Passino is proprietor of Oak Knoll Inn in Napa Valley and her recipes for such delicacies as Triple-Threat Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are accompanied by stunning photos by Marc Hoberman (www.hobermancollection.com).

(9)  Tasting Along the Wine Road Cookbook:  A collection of recipes from the wineries and lodgings of the Alexander Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys in Northwest Sonoma County, CA (www.wineroad.com) to inspire lovers and lovers of wine to cook and create Italian Tomato fritters, Spinach-Cheese Egg Bake and lighter-than-air Ricotta Pancakes with Blackberry Syrup.

Until our next food find...may all your food finds be fabulous!