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Looking for Anime Recommendations?
Try "Food Wars" / "Shokugeki no Soma"
It has a wide appeal and is popular right now.
A Shokugeki is a one on one, skill based, food cooking/grilling/baking/ect. battle. It is like a fighting anime at times without any actual fighting. Which is why I gravitated to it. (also the artist was a former hentai artist *wink*). Another reason I like it is the wide cast of characters with varying skills.
You will respect the world of food sooo much more after watching this. So basically the characters make food so good that those who eat it have their clothes explode off. The characters go into their food preparations so in depth that you can cook them yourself. (The manga actually includes the recipes!)
First season was a double (24 Episodes), Second season was relatively recent and if you can't get enough start buying the manga which is probably 1-2 seasons ahead in anime time.