Bowles, Wine, and Chocolate

We don't know anyone who watches "Today" at 9:45 a.m., so we missed Graham Elliot Bowles' Valentine's Floral Menu segment. However, the robust chef de cuisine of Avenues will be a very visible man this week. First, there's his showdown on "Iron Chef America" with Bobby Flay this Sunday; in a perfect world the secret ingredient would be Flay, served with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Foodie groupies will can watch the episode with Chef Bowles and his crew at Rockit Bar & Grill that evening. Also, Chef Bowles' preparation for Iron Chef is the cover story of this weekend's Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine (source: Hungry Magazine).

For couples wanting to get a head start on Valentine's Day, we hope you have tickets to Bin 36's "Art of Chocolate" event this evening. It's sold out. Wait until 6:30 to purchase tickets from scalpers.

Update: Martha Bayne at the Reader's Food Blog reports that Bowles' "Today" segment was pushed back to next week. Someone's watching television for us.