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As we shared with you last year, new phrases are introduced on conversation hearts every Valentine's Day. At an event emceed by acclaimed chef Ming Tsai last week, the candymakers at Necco revealed that this year's hearts will spell out food-inspired phrases. They include:

• Recipe 4 Love
• Table 4 Two
• Stir My Heart
• Top Chef
• Sugar Pie
• My Treat
• Yum Yum
• Honey Bun
• Spice It Up

I don't know about you, but my favorite has to be (you guessed it) Top Chef. It may have something to do with one popular TV show . . . Will you be on the lookout for them in stores? Which slogan is your favorite?

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Earlier, PartySugar tipped you off to the fact that new phrases are introduced on conversation hearts each year. This year, the people at Necco are turning up the heat and have declared that "Love's in the Forecast". For those that don't speak marketing jargon, this year's ten new phrases are all weather and nature inspired. The new phrases are:

• Melt My Heart
• In a Fog
• Chill Out
• Cloud Nine
• Heat Wave
• Sun Shine
• Get My Drift
• Wild Life
• Nature Lover
• Do Good

If you want to see them for yourself, there's still time for love in your forecast! Head down to your local store for a bag, or better yet, wait for tomorrow when they're sure to be on sale!

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Some folks like to eat Necco wafers, but Baltimore-based artist Denise Tassin enjoys drawing on them. In a new solo show at San Francisco's Zinc Details gallery, Tassin utilizes an assortment of pens — including fine-tipped Sharpies — to create miniature drawings on Necco wafers. Her drawings have currently taken a scientific route and include carefully detailed inkings similar to those found in biology books. Who would have thought that candy and fetal pig respiratory systems go hand in hand? If that's too odd for your tastes, she also has a series of Christmas related items featuring dolls and Santas, as well as a series of individually re-sealed wafers featuring random sketches.

For those of you who haven't had the joy in experiencing their chalky sweetness, Necco wafers are thin sugar wafers made by the New England Confectionary Company — hence the name Necco. They come in eight flavors and colors and make for an interesting art medium. In fact Tassin likes them so much, she has even been known to carry a pen and pack of Necco wafers with her wherever she goes. "t's like having a little studio in your pocket."

If you're in the San Francisco area, you'll be able to see her wafers up close and personal at Zinc Details from September 9 to October 31.

However, if you can't make it to the show, be sure to check out more of her artwork after the jump, just read more