​Food Network Star Jeff Mauro on the Groceries He's Shopping for This Week — Shopping

"I think it's really important to shop [while] hungry," the host of Sandwich King and The Kitchen says. "That way you are more likely to buy things you wouldn't normally buy. Maybe you'll be more adventurous, willing to explore different flavors and different foods. But also you're gonna look at that pork chop or that whole chicken like, 'Oh, that sounds so good, I'm starving!' And then you're going to make it if you have it in your fridge, right? You're not going to not waste that $9 chicken."

Mauro is the chef of Chicago's Pork and Mindy's and the winner of the seventh season of The Next Food Network Star, and his grocery shopping advice might be unconventional, but it sure sounds fun, right? Going to the store when full is the boring, responsible grown-up thing to do.

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