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All the suggestions so far are wonderful, and honestly I don't have a lot to add.
One thing I do want to suggest is that rather than do Kir Royale or raspberry puree with champagne, serve the champagne with fruit, fresh is best, though some places have fairly nice frozen (not mass produced frozen, I'm talking like a farmer's market or something. My local "veggie stand" has a freezer section with frozen veggies and fruit that are done locally). Of course, serve it defrosted, but serve small bowls of strawberries, raspberries, peaches, blueberries..... whatever you like. Most fruits taste wonderful with a good champagne, and the whole dipping and eating can be quite sensual.
My hubby, a retired chef, actually tends to favor a really good steak when he makes me dinner for a special occasion. He usually makes either French Onion soup (which he excels at.... his French Onion is to die for) or homemade cream of mushroom soup, with lots of different kinds of gourmet mushrooms. He grills veggies, and serves some sort of herbed rice or pilaf or even potatoes, like the herbed rosemary red potatoes already mentioned or smashed red potatoes. Salad is either caesar or spinach with hot bacon dressing. His specialty for dessert is chocolate chip bread pudding, with a Bourbon chocolate ganache. Sometimes he buys a cheesecake (he doesn't make cheesecake, lol) from a local bakery that I like a lot, or makes tiramisu. He always has great wines, and gives me a lot of attention (that, of course is the best part. *winks*)
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