Love Dinner Kit
Milo’s Whole World Gourmet

Everything you need for a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner is in this delicious Love Dinner Kit from Milo’s Whole World Gourmet.  A romantic floral bouquet with a lavender sachet, Vino de Milo Mediterranean Pinot Grigio pasta sauce, specialty pasta, Vino de Milo Artichoke Parmesan Dressing, Chocolove chocolate, recipes, and instructions for a romantic evening. Best of all – the kit is just under $35! In other words – you don’t have to be a chef to create a memorable dinner for your love!

Milo de Vino’s Recipe for Romance
Open up the love kit, and arrange the bouquet on the table. The lavender scent will awaken the senses. Prepare the Chicken Parmesan recipe (below) and serve with the pasta. Serve with a side of sliced avocado, and steamed asparagus that’s been drizzled with Artichoke Parmesan Dressing. Both asparagus and avocados are known aphrodisiacs. Light some candles and turn on some Barry White. Start with champagne – add a vanilla bean to each flute – vanilla is known to increase desire. After dinner, savor the chocolate with a glass of sexy dessert wine.

Milo’s Whole World Gourmet is a small artisanally-run company that produces exquisitely flavorful, small-batch all-natural artisanal sauces and dressings while supporting social responsibility throughout the business. The wine-based Vino de Milo products are prepared in small batches under the careful eye of founder Jonathan Milo Leal. The production of the sauces and dressings is a labor-intensive work of love, and results in the highest-quality, freshest products on the market today.

The company is named after founder Jonathan Milo Leal. Milo is a family name passed down for generations, originating with a great-great uncle in the 19th century.

Jonathan has traveled extensively and is incorporating his travels and knowledge of world cuisine into the company. As a child growing up in Nepal and Mexico, he gained a deep appreciation for food and the role it plays in the cultures of the world. His passion for exotic flavors expanded even more as he studied and lived abroad, spending significant amounts of time in more than 30 countries. Jonathan eventually returned to the U.S. and earned his MBA from Ohio University. He then began a catering business in 2002, which led to the creation of Milo’s year later. “I’ve been a cook from my earliest experience Jonathan says. “Growing up I used to cook for my parents, and when I founded this company, had a vision of sharing great foods from all areas of the world in ways that lets everyone bring artistic, ethnic food to the table.”

With Vino de Milo, Jonathan and his team of foodies have made it easy to enjoy the many flavors of the world in a healthy, delicious way. And because Jonathan has been welcomed by so many of the world’s cultures, he has committed the company to social responsibility in an effort to repay the favor.

In addition to his MBA, Jonathan also holds a French education bachelor’s degree and a French master’s degree from Ohio University. He lives in Athens with his partner Barry Tadlock. He is still innovating in the kitchen, and more Vino de Milo products are in the works. Be on the lookout!

Jonathan was a featured guest on Champagne Sundays online radio show on January 25, 2009. To meet the rest of the guests and listen to the entire, unedited show, please click here. To listen to Jonathan's interview, please double click on the Play Button below.