Gift-giving is fun, gift-shopping sucks. But, at least it has become far easier since the advent of the Internet that allows you to shop from bed with only your fingertips and a credit card. I confess that the following curation reflects my interests in things foodie, sexy and funny.

GUY FIERI, have you really designed each piece in your Out of Bounds products collection with "real deal quality and performance that delivers?" Are you really "stoked to share the same tools of the trade" that you use in your house and...

"I'm having an orgasm," came the shout heard around the quad.

It was clear. It was unmistakable. It was unavoidably audible.

And timed perfectly to cause maximum shock value.

My teen-aged daughter and I were on our sixth and final college campus tour. By now, the routine had become...

Rick Santorum is not only anti-abortion and anti-contraception. Rick Santorum is anti-climax.

He has actually rejected the idea that "you have the right to consensual sex within your home." No joke, you can Google it.

As someone who zealously regards sex as abhorrent, Santorum would be our first...

The very idea of ingesting the liver of a calf or chewing voluntarily on a cow's tongue seems to be sufficient in itself to qualify "liver" and "tongue" as repulsive sounding foods to some. I vehemently disagree with the premise, for I relish not only those parts, but also take...

Based on the huge volume of responses to my recent piece on this subject, here are another 25 definitions that divide my father and my kid:

Get Busy
To my father: To occupy yourself.
To my kid: To occupy yourself having sex.

Cougar
To my...

To my father, Spam was canned ham. To my daughter, it's naughty, annoying email. Here are 21 more expressions which mean something totally different to him than to her.

Tweet
To my father: what a bird says.
To my kid: what Kim Kardashian says.

Tea party
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Trash the cookbooks. This delicious and simple recipe transforms an ordinary piece of meat into an extraordinary meal. And there are 10 good reasons to do it.

1. It is easy to make. (And hard to screw up.)

2. It's inexpensive.

3. It requires only one pot.
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It started with nibbling, munching, even licking every clam I could get my tongue on.

It was coastal Maine, America's very own heartland of clam, and I was on a clam bender.

In the midst of my mollusk frenzy, I took a moment to post an image to Facebook. It...

If you don't already know who Gary Vaynerchuk is, at some point you will. Such is the trajectory of a kid who was born in Belarus, grew up in New Jersey, and who has just written his second bestselling business book, The Thank You Economy, currently #2 on the New...

It is amazing how easy it can be to add a lot of flavor to food. That may sound obvious, but we often eat the very same food, prepared the very same way, over and over again. Yet, with the simple shake of a little glass jar, you can bring...

"Bad boy" Wall Streeter Ross Mandell remains under arrest and free on $5 million bail for allegedly defrauding investors out of millions in a sophisticated international stock scheme. But a historic Supreme Court decision just might make the legal battle for his life completely disappear.

Since last reporting on

At precisely 7 A.M. on July 8th, 2009, Ross Mandell turned himself in to the FBI at their headquarters in downtown Manhattan.

A devoted husband, loving father and multimillionaire Wall Street stockbroker, Mandell was happily "living the dream," semi-retired in Boca Raton, Florida. Now free on $5 million bond...

Jeffrey Hayzlett is a big, boisterous, pickup truck drivin', pheasant hunting, South Dakotan cowboy. Part time. Most of the time, he is one of the most successful and well-known marketers in the country, having spent the last four years as the Chief Marketing Officer of Kodak. Hailed as a "celebrity...

Last night, at a perfectly decent, but otherwise nondescript Italian restaurant in the middle of Manhattan island, I was momentarily transported to the countryside of Umbria as my taste buds rejoiced upon the first bite of the night's "special."

Up until that dish, I had enjoyed exactly 464 meals so...

If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher

Women have always impressed and inspired me. As the son of a dynamic mother, the husband of a superstar wife and the father of two glorious daughters, my fortune is to...

"Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow.
But if we are wise, we know that there's always tomorrow.
Lean on me when you're not strong and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on. For it won't be long 'til I'm...

Tiger Woods. Ex-NY Governor Elliott Spitzer. ESPN sportscaster Steve Phillips. Actor David Duchovny. These are but a few of the male species who have raised the awareness of what is currently being termed Sexual Addiction, rendering it a virtual 'mandemic'. The question is: where do you draw the line between...

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Hunt is a professional idea man. At the highest level.

He helped Nelson Mandela get elected. He has won awards as an author and...

For this quintessential American holiday, I asked food and wine luminaries for their Thanksgiving meal plans, thoughts, memories and advice.

RR: WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE THANKSGIVING EXPERIENCE, WHETHER FABULOUS OR FIASCO?

DANA COWIN: (Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine Magazine)
My most memorable Thanksgiving fiasco took place about 20...