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The Atlantic reports: Over the past few months, the best place to trace America’s deepening pandemic anxieties has been the shelves of grocery and big-box stores. The first common household goods to disappear were disinfectants: hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, Lysol. Bottled water and toilet paper were snatched up once companies started advising workers to stay home. Amid these disappearances, one …

Reuters reports: Shoppers cut spending on ready-made meals and bought more fruit and vegetables, turning to healthier eating during coronavirus lockdowns, preliminary results of a research project showed. People forced to stay home also tried new recipes and threw away less food, the survey of nearly 11,000 shoppers in 11 countries found. “Amid lockdowns people are eating healthier, are cooking …

CNN anchor Brian Stelter reports: Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61. CNN confirmed Bourdain’s death on Friday and said the cause of death was suicide. “It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague, Anthony Bourdain,” the network said in a …

Clip recap: Kick off my European culinary quest as I travel abroad to Madrid, Spain and prepare a popular and traditional plate called “Albóndigas En Salsa Española”, aka Meatballs in Spanish Sauce. The twist is that I switch up this new format by taking the viewer out of the kitchen for a moment in a flashback sequence to the restaurant …

Nearly nude and frying bacon. Risky! Today’s dish: Adrian is back again cooking another delicious and simple delicacy, Pappardelle Pasta with Bacon and Peas, inspired by a dish from one of his favorite New York City Italian restaurants, Bar Pitti in Soho. This pasta is so special to him mainly because this flavor-bomb combines two of his favorite ingredients: bacon …

Clip recap: In this episode, Adrian unveils more of his cooking talents and secrets and, a little more skin….with his new Italian dish, Paccheri Con Gamberi (translates to tube pasta with shrimp), as he reminisces of his visits to the Amalfi Coast from where this creation was inspired. The beauty of this dish is in its simplicity, highlighting the freshness …

JMG reader Chris points us to this: “Join Adrian De Berardinis on the season premiere of The Bear-Naked Chef where he invites you to cook one of his favorite dishes, Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter’s Chicken) which is a secret family recipe that is near and dear to him and is sure to delight anyone on the quest of the perfect comfort …

I recently trekked out to Crown Heights, Brooklyn to hang out with the gay foodies, a world in which many of my friends (and you, maybe) are deeply immersed, but one that is, regrettably, rather alien to me. The event was called Gay Food 101, where self-publishing giant Blurb Books hosted LGBT chefs, food columnists, and authors who explored the …

Casting call: Are you restaurant owner that is guided by your passion for cooking and faith? Does cooking for others give you a spiritual satisfaction? Are you a leader in your community and enjoy giving back through sharing food with others? Do you have delicious, faith-inspired recipes that you want to share? If so, we want to hear from you! …

The foodies among you may already be familiar with Sweet Paul, which began years ago as Paul Lowe’s personal cooking blog and has since grown to become a wildly popular print and online magazine. Lowe (above left, also known as “the gay Martha Stewart”) does the kitchen work while the business side of the enterprise is handled by “the other …

Last night former “ex-gay” poster boy John Paulk competed on the cooking reality show Cutthroat Kitchen. The show was promoted by Go Local PDX on Friday: “The fast-paced energy I experienced while taping the episode last summer was exhilarating,” said Paulk. “I’ve never had more fun in my life competing with other talented chefs.” This in not Paulk’s first appearance …

Frog eye salad. Dirt pudding. Pretzel salad. Never heard of ’em. Embiggen or go here for details.

Share your favorite recipes and if you’ve got them, photos of the finished products.

Tell us your favorite holiday recipe. What’s delicious?

UPDATE: Interestingly, the video was made private moments ago after receiving hundreds of comments at YouTube. I’ll repost if it goes live again.  The clip had already been posted on Huffington Post and dozens of other sites.  The New York Times has posted a lengthy recap. UPDATE II: Raw Story has mirrored the clip. UPDATE III: Deen has posted a …

What’s delicious? Share your latest recipes.

In response to an online petition, Hasbro says they are working on the launch of a gender-neutral version of the long-selling Easy Bake Oven. McKenna Pope, 13, of Garfield, N.J., got more than 40,000 signatures on her online petition at Change.org and the support of celebrity chefs including Bobby Flay, who backed her call for Hasbro to make a gender-neutral …

Another from AOL’s “You’ve Got” series. Because hello.

Family Circle announced today that the First Lady squeaked by Ann Romney in their election year cookie recipe battle.  Cindy McCain won in 2008.  Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton won both of their match-ups in previous years.

Family Circle has launched a cookie recipe contest between Michelle Obama and Ann Romney. Each of their submitted recipes are at the link. The silly season just got sillier. And the freeping has apparently already begun, at this writing I can’t get Family Circle’s vote widget to open, no doubt due to heavy coverage in Wingnutistan.