Flowers and sweets. Beauty and pleasure. Everyone could do with a little more of each. So, whether partnered or single, embrace the tradition. Order up something lovely and delicious for a Valentine, galentine, palentine, secret crush or that sexy thing in the mirror, to say, “Hey. I like you. Enjoy.”

Independent specialty small-batch baker Crystal Froberg of Honey Bloom Bakery (formerly Passion Flour) in Forked River didn’t know exactly what to expect this year, but she had a feeling in her…