Food shoppers are checking out more than their groceries on trips to the supermarket, a new poll shows.

The “Food in America” poll by Food & Wine magazine and America Online indicates the supermarket check-out line is the most popular choice for a place to meet a mate.

Thirty-four percent of respondents picked the supermarket over adult-education cooking classes (31 percent), farmer’s markets (23 percent) and bookstores’ cookbook departments (12 percent).

The unscientific poll’s other findings include:

• Whipped cream is the sexiest food.
• Chocolate mousse is better than sex.
• A burger and fries is the quintessential American food.
• Merlot is the most favored red wine.
• Skinless chicken breast is the food of choice for healthful cooking.
• Chef Emeril Lagasse is the sexiest food celebrity on television.
• Ozzy Osbourne’s refrigerator inspires the most curiosity.
• Schatzi’s, owned by Arnold Schwarzenegger, is the celebrity restaurant most participants want to visit.

The poll is featured in the August issue of Food & Wine magazine.