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Creamy Pasta Primavera Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 11, 2021 2:13 pm EST When we talk about recipes for “pasta primavera,” there are many variations that we might be referring to, but two things you can count on all of them having in common are pasta and vegetables. For this creamy pasta primavera recipe — which you’ll be happy to know is, in fact, “creamy,” but contains no cream — wellness coach and recipe developer Miriam Hahn of YouCare-SelfCare decided to place a strong emphasis on the vegetables....

An idea for the times Shutterstock The reason for Big Macs & Burgundy surpassing A Promised Land could be in part due to timing; Namely, Barack Obama’s high profile ensured hundreds of thousands of preorders for A Promised Land, with nearly 890,000 copies sold on the memoir’s first-day (via CNN). This number includes pre-sales. With so many books sold early on, fewer books were bound to be sold later. It is also true that 2020 and 2021 feel like prime years for the premise of Big Macs & Burgundy (though it was partially covered earlier in the 2010s by both Marie Claire and Vinepair)....

Given A Choice, 13% Would Drink This One Soda For The Rest Of Their Lives Shutterstock By Sophie Putka/Feb. 2, 2021 2:34 pm EST Even though drinking soda for the rest of your life probably isn’t such a good health move, many of us have our go-to. You know the one — a fizzy, cold treat that goes as well with some greasy fried food as by itself for a pick-me-up at work....

Here’s How Much Dutch Bros Employees Really Make Instagram By Boshika Gupta/March 8, 2021 6:34 am EST Coffee is always a good idea. Dutch Bros is one of those brand names in the coffee industry that can be easy to turn to when you’re in the need for a pick-me-up on a rough day. As per the brand’s site, the company is focused on trying to provide the right opportunities to its employees that can help them evolve and grow....

How Are Pork Rinds Different From Cracklings? Shutterstock By Keira Wingate/April 9, 2021 2:27 pm EST Crunchy and flavorful, both pork rinds and cracklings are from a hog fried to perfection. These Southern snacks are fried in lard and then salted right before serving them up, according to Indy Week. You can pick up a bag at any local convenience store or grocery store. Both pork rinds and cracklings (also called cracklins) are popular around the world....

How MasterChef Junior’s Dara Yu Feels TV Glamorizes The Culinary Industry Angela Weiss/Getty Images By Joe Nasta/Aug. 12, 2021 1:10 pm EST As avid viewers of TV shows and video content surrounding food, the culinary industry, celebrity chefs, and the inner workings of different kitchens, we know how easy it is to get sucked into the specific way the field is presented on television. Dara Yu, the now grown-up runner-up of “MasterChef Junior” Season 1 has some thoughts on the way TV shows about food happen to glamorize the culinary world....

How Michelle Obama Really Feels About Vanilla 52nd Naacp Image Awards/bet/Getty Images By Kalea Martin/May 18, 2021 11:40 am EST While Michelle Obama is well known for promoting healthy eating through her organization Let’s Move, within her family, she’s known for her triple chocolate chip cookies, too. “If we want to splurge, these white and dark chocolate chip cookies, created by the girls’ godmother, are the perfect special treat,” the former First Lady told TODAY....

How Rich Is The Qdoba CEO And What’s The Average Pay Of Its Employees? Shutterstock By Ni’Kesia Pannell/May 19, 2021 5:30 pm EST Whether you’ve been to a Qdoba restaurant recently or had your last visit back in the early 2000s, you’ve more than likely heard people rave about how delicious the food is. Embarking on a mission to, as its website notes, “bring flavor to people’s lives,” the restaurant has strived to be the go-to spot since opening its first set of doors in 1997....

Inside Duff Goldman’s Long History Of Charity Work Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock By Laine Doss/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 9:44 am EST Duff Goldman is a cake whiz, a cookbook author, and a Food Network celebrity. The owner of Charm City Cake in Baltimore, Maryland, and Los Angeles, California, Goldman is known for outrageous cakes that have been featured in a Katy Perry video and at Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration celebration. The author of three books is known for his creativity....

Instant Pot Japanese Curry Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/July 9, 2021 2:57 pm EST It’s really pretty exciting when you’re able to cook up a filling meal for your family in a single pot. The sentiment is even greater if your pot happens to be an Instant Pot, since the majority of the work is done for you. Thanks to the efficiency of an Instant Pot, you can have a full meal ready to enjoy pretty quickly, with minimal effort....

Rachael Ray’s Husband Just Released His First Album With His New Band Noam Galai/Getty Images By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 5:40 pm EST Rachael Ray says she and her husband, John Cusimano, have been “wildly busy” during the pandemic, producing the Rachael Ray Show from home (via BuzzFeed). Cusimano, in fact, is the show’s cameraman. Apparently, he’s been even busier than that, secretly putting together an album with a new band called Fastest Land Animal....

Ree Drummond Shares Her Best Cooking Tips And Kitchen Advice - Exclusive Interview Monica Schipper/Getty Images By Steven John/May 26, 2021 10:53 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The first thing you need to know about cookbook author and TV cooking star Ree Drummond, (or arguably better known as) The Pioneer Woman, is that it’s not an act: she really is that nice of a person....

Secrets Dairy Queen Doesn’t Want You To Know By DB Kelly/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 11:50 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Let’s be honest here, and say right up front that one of the best things about summer afternoons and baseball games while growing up was the celebratory trip to Dairy Queen. It even made losing not so bad, and when you could look forward to one of those perfectly formed cones or a Blizzard filled with all sorts of goodness… all was right in the world....

Shake Shack Is Teaming Up With Boyz II Men For A Valentine’s Day Throwback Shake Shack By Ceara Milligan/Feb. 11, 2021 3:54 am EST Boyz II Men made their debut in 1989 and have been charming hearts in the decades since (via Classic Motown). With chart-topping hits like “I’ll Make Love to You” and “End of the Road,” the Grammy Award-winning trio consisting of Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, and Shawn Stockman has reached icon status in the entertainment world....

Sweet Baby Ray’s Just Gave BBQ Sauce Fans 3 New Reasons To Talk Facebook By Felix Behr/Feb. 9, 2021 8:32 pm EST Sweet Baby Ray’s, the Illinoisan barbecue sauce company, has released three limited-edition flavors: Garlic Parmesan Wing Sauce, Korean Barbecue & Wing Sauce, and Nashville Hot Sauce. Previously, these were only commercially available to foodservice outlets, meaning you can now enjoy the tastes you’ve grown to like at home....

The One Thing Contestants Should Never Do On Guy’s Grocery Games John Lamparski/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/April 1, 2021 12:02 pm EST A popular TV show that tests its participants and pushes them to their limits is Guy’s Grocery Games, the Food Network show that requires participants to sort through groceries as they race against time to prepare impressive meals. As illustrated by E! Online, the format of the show is mind-boggling: Contestants have to explore Guy Fieri’s grocery setup, Flavortown Market, and buy groceries to come up with a delicious meal in just half an hour....

The Real Reason Broiling Crab Cakes Is Better Than Frying Them Shutterstock By Amy Hamblen/Feb. 27, 2021 2:46 am EST We admit it’s pretty hard to compete with the summer-evoking pleasure that comes from eating a juicy, fried crab cake. When cooked just right, crab cakes are a crispy treat with a hint of oil, and a sweet-briny flavor that will make you glad you ordered more than one. But, frying isn’t the only way to tackle a crab cake; broiling also has its advantages....

The Shocking Reason Some Frito-Lay Workers Are Going On Strike Shutterstock By Sara Cagle/July 16, 2021 8:29 am EST Dangerously cheesy? More like “dangerously greedy,” some Frito-Lay workers are saying about the company that employs them. Nearly 600 workers at one of the company’s largest manufacturing plants, located in Topeka, Kansas, went on strike this week. After weeks of negotiations between Frito-Lay and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers union, employees picketed outside their workplace demanding higher wages and less mandatory overtime, reports the Kansas News Service....

The Time Macho Man Randy Savage Got Into A Rumble At Waffle House Frank Micelotta/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/March 10, 2021 1:06 pm EST Macho Man Randy Savage is perhaps best known for his Hall of Fame career in the wrestling ring, but he had a few side gigs going on outside the squared circle as well. He once cut a rap album and even filmed a few episodes of a cooking show that, alas, wasn’t deemed ready for prime time....

The Truth About Swedish Fish Oreos Instagram By Kalea Martin/Aug. 19, 2021 12:41 pm EST If you’ve ever perused the cookie aisle in a supermarket, you know that Nabisco seems to have no shortage of ideas when it comes to coming up with new Oreo flavors. From s’mores to cookie dough, and everything in between, you’re guaranteed to find the Oreo form of your favorite dessert. Oreo has even dabbled in fruity flavors, like key lime pie and strawberry shortcake....