If you look up right now, the calendar will tell you we have reached February. If you are like me, then you kind of consider the first week of February as a tipping point in the Winter season. Yes, we are likely still in for a couple of weekends of biting cold here and there but it is fair to say we know some late February weekends can offer something in the way of mild temperatures. The kind that invite the waving of green flags across the landscape. The next thing you know…boom. But that’s a story for another Wednesday.

Right now, and most importantly for the men out there, you are on notice as you read that we are in a two week sprint to February 14th. Valentines Day. Flex your love day. Buy flowers, take her out to dinner. You know the drill. “Walk the Dog” Day. Perhaps literally as well as figuratively.

If you are lucky you know what the lucky lady likes. If the threat of Valentines Day makes you break out in a cold sweat because you just don’t have any idea whatsoever how to handle this particular Hallmark Holiday, then I am here to tend to your needs.

Savannah Tech is back this year with one of the city’s best kept Valentine’s Day secrets. The Savannah Tech Sweetheart Sale is essentially a bake sale just like we had at school when we were kids, except these creations are made by Savannah Tech Culinary Students.

The selections are not only impressive but delicious. They include Eclairs, Macaroons, Chocolate Dipped Strawberries and more for under $10. Sure, you can splurge on a Lemon Raspberry Mousse Cake for $24 or a box of Assorted Truffles for that same price. They are all over the map with their offerings, yes, but the point being you can spend a little or you can spend a smidge more than a little for some handmade sweetness.

The proceeds from this sale (and their Thanksgiving Season sale) all go into the Savannah Tech Junior Chefs fund which is used for things like travel to culinary competitions.

The deadline to order some of these goodies is next week, February 8th. Pick up happens on campus at Savannah Tech on White Bluff Road on February 10th and 11th. They will even make plans to deliver to you at their Liberty County or Effingham County campus if you make arrangements in advance. 

This a perfect something different for your Valentine. Don’t delay, the best sweets out there will likely be either pretty expensive or gone or both if you proscrastinate on this one. The Savannah Tech Sweetheart Sale will be glad to take your order online any time between now and next Tuesday.  

Visit bistrosavoir.com for a full list of items available and a link to place an order.

This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2022.