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Hazelnut lovers, prepare for price increases. It seems a stinkbug invasion in Turkey is threatening the world’s largest hazelnut growing region. The brown marmorated stinkbug has been hitching rides in cargo containers. If the bug cannot be contained, it could damage about 30% of Turkey’s output, which would be close to 20% of the entire world supply of hazelnuts.

The latest food industry figure to announce that they have a coronavirus diagnosis is Nancy Silverton, who fell ill a few days ago. She had been operating a crisis relief center from her Los Angeles restaurant Mozza. Jessica Koslow will take over the relief operation following the (hopefully temporary) closure of her restaurant, Squirl.

If cooking and baking projects are helping you stay sane right now, food websites continue to churn out recipes that will make you think of better times. Southern Living is one; they’ve put together 35 happy spring recipes to make that will brighten your spirits. BBC Food also has several no-bake cheesecake recipes in case you are running low on flour and eggs.

Almost as if they were reading my mind (or at least yesterday’s post), Fine Cooking has assembled a list of 16 ideas for a smaller Easter dinner. With options like strawberry-rhubarb fool (pictured above), roasted carrot salad, and pea and scallion soup, you will be able to pull together a tasty meal without all of the leftovers.