RFK Jr Launches YouTube Cooking Show as 2 Michigan Lettuce Deaths Deepen Health Strains
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 5
RFK Jr Launches YouTube Cooking Show as 2 Michigan Lettuce Deaths Deepen Health Strains
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 5
Summary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched “The Real Food Show” on YouTube, with a debut episode pitching healthy, affordable home cooking and featuring chef Andrew Gruel making crispy salmon cakes and salad.
The rollout comes as Kennedy’s department faces a cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce; Michigan officials confirmed 2 deaths on Monday, the first fatalities linked to the illness.
Federal and state health pressures are also mounting elsewhere, with 2026 already the worst U.S. measles year since 1991 and New York officials this week warning about tularemia, a rare tick-borne disease.
The show adds to Kennedy’s growing media profile alongside a new podcast, and fits a broader pattern of Trump officials taking on-camera roles while their agencies confront operational and public-health crises.