Here's another recipe from Nora Ephron's "Heartburn:"

Swiss Potatoes
Peel 3 large russet potatoes and put in cold water to cover. Start 4 tablespoons butter and 1 tablespoon cooking oil melting in a nice heavy large frying pan. Working quickly, dry the potatoes and grate them on the grating disk of the food processor. Put them into a colander and squeeze out as much water as you can. Then dry them again on paper towels. You will need more paper towels for this than you thought possible. Dump the potatoes into the frying pan, patting them down with a spatula, and cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes, until the bottom of the pancake is brown. Then, while someone is watching (because it's spectacular), loosen the pancake and, with one incredibly deft motion, flip it over. Salt it generously. Cook 5 minutes more. Serves two.

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This is an airflip, and I think Julia Child or the Joy of Cooking ladies would have put it out onto a big plate then flipped the uncooked side down into the pan for the last cooking. If the pan or potatoes look like they might stick, put a little butter or oil in the pan before returning the potatoes to it.

I have a confession to make: I have never had good luck getting potatoes to form a brown, crispy crust. I have a feeling it is because I don't use enough grease so they would be more like deep-fried. It's not the end of the world, but sometimes it's nice to accomplish these things once and move on by choice.

Okay, I'm not always the best with timing. I could've/should've been posting some recipes ahead of Valentine's Day, but I didn't. Sometime in July I'll get in the spirit and decide definitely not the right time, so never mind.

I did see an idea for how to make heart-shaped cupcakes or muffins: place a marble in the pan next to the paper so it makes an indentation. Easy as that! Too bad I don't have a picture of that.