Food shortages. They were a fact of the pandemic. And then they stuck around. What's the deal?

We'll let you know. We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, authors of over three dozen cookbooks, including THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK, with every recipe sized for every size of machine. You can find it here.

Besides our discussion of the current food shortages, we've got a one-minute cooking tip about making steak fries. We've got a great interview with the sensational Lukas Volger, author of SNACKS FOR DINNER. And we tell you what's making us happy in food this week.

Here are the segments for this episode of COOKING WITH BRUCE & MARK:

[01:10] Some current food shortages around North America.

[08:15] Our one-minute cooking tip: Use an apple corer to cut a potatoes into perfect steak fries.

[09:56] Bruce interviews Instagram sensation Lukas Volger, author of SNACKS FOR DINNER.

[23:57] What’s making us happy in food this week? Sheet cakes and summer-sweet watermelon!