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Why You Shouldn’t Always Follow The Recipe When It Comes To Garlic Shutterstock By Molly Harris/July 22, 2021 11:08 am EST Garlic can add so much flavor to dishes. However, a lot can go wrong, too, when cooking with garlic. Common mistakes include using too much or crushing and peeling cloves with the wrong tool. (In fact, one of the biggest mistakes people make is incorrectly using a garlic press, which can accentuate the worst aromas and flavors of garlic....

Classic Lemonade Talking Rain The name “Classic Lemonade” raises certain expectations. First, you would expect it to taste, you know, classic. Second, you would expect it to taste like lemonade. That’s not asking much, really. Unfortunately, Sparkling ICE’s brand of Classic Lemonade is neither of those things. It’s somewhat reminiscent of a lemon-lime soda, but like most mainstream lemon-lime sodas, the lemon flavor is not very strong. We weren’t able to detect much citrus at all, which is definitely a strike against anything with “lemon” in the name....

3-Ingredient Crème Brûlée Recipe Sophie Putka/Mashed By Sophie Putka/Aug. 13, 2021 9:18 am EST It’s easy to associate crème brûlée with fancy dinners out and detailed methods in the kitchen that seem too complicated to recreate. After all, the French name, the delicate custard, and the seemingly complex hard sugar layer all lend it an air of elegance. But when you get down to it, the components of crème brûlée — sugar, cream, vanilla, and egg — aren’t super unique....

Aldi Fans Are So Excited For This Returning Coconut Whipped Cream Instagram By Aimee Lamoureux/March 22, 2021 12:31 pm EST If you like to add a little extra sweet something to your desserts or are looking for something tasty and unique to liven up your morning coffee, then Aldi has just the product for you. Their delicious coconut whipped topping has just returned to store shelves and Aldi fans couldn’t be more excited....

Chrissy Teigen Had Her Own Julie & Julia Moment With A Fan George Pimentel/Getty Images By Ralph Schwartz/April 7, 2021 3:08 pm EST In the 2009 movie Julie & Julia, Julia Child is the bored wife of a diplomat in postwar France that goes on to write a game-changing cookbook: Mastering the Art of French Cooking. While, Julie Powell, is an unfulfilled writer in 2002 New York that decides to blog about her effort to cook her way through all 524 recipes in Child’s book in one year (via IMDb)....

Costco Bakery Just Brought Back This Citrusy Seasonal Favorite Shutterstock By Alia Hoyt/Updated: July 11, 2021 3:40 pm EST Against all odds, Costco is now even more amazing, if for a limited time. Their ultra-popular key lime pie is back for a limited time! Make haste to your local Costco before they’re gone because these bad boys fly off the shelves right into people’s mouths. The perfect addition to any pool party, backyard cookout, or regular old Tuesday night, Costco’s key lime pie is a seasonal item....

Costco Fans Are Loving These Pre-Cooked Beets Instagram By Aimee Lamoureux/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 8:51 am EST Beets are a healthy vegetable that contains a host of health benefits. They are a low-calorie source of many essential vitamins and nutrients, including folate, iron, manganese, and potassium. According to Healthline, beets may also help improve cognitive function, aid in digestive health, and even boost athletic performance. The antioxidants in beets may also help reduce the risk of some diseases, including high blood pressure, diabetes....

Don’t Make A Pastrami Sandwich Without One Of These Condiments Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Jan. 26, 2021 4:13 am EST From cold cuts to lox and shmear, there are a lot of delicious sandwiches you can order at the neighborhood New York City deli. But for the most authentic Big Apple bite, it’s hard to argue with the classic pastrami sandwich. Thick, fluffy slices of seeded rye bread piled high with slices of meaty, peppery pastrami — drooling yet?...

Everything We Know About Robert Irvine’s New Alcohol Brand Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/May 4, 2021 8:54 am EST If you need a little inspiration in life, celebrity chef Robert Irvine is a good person to turn to. The chef, entrepreneur, television personality, cookbook author, and philanthropist has a success story that’s worth emulating. According to his Food Network bio, Irvine has often used his fame to help others in need....

Everything You Need To Know About The New Fiery Line At Carl’s Jr. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 4:35 pm EST It’s the middle of winter, and for many of us, the weather is cold, cold, cold, with no end in sight for the next 100 years. Well, two to three months, but it sure seems like an eternity in a Siberian gulag. Well, you know what could really heat things up?...

Eye Candy: Release Dates, Episodes, And More - What We Know So Far The Roku Channel/YouTube By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 4:32 pm EST “Eye Candy” will finally get some eyeballs. For all the Victoria Justice fans out there, we’re not talking about a second season of the digital crime drama called “Eye Candy” that MTV canceled back in 2015 (via Screen Rant). You probably can give up on that one at this point....

Here Is What’s Actually In Freddy’s Fry Seasoning Bloomberg/Getty Images By Ni’Kesia Pannell/March 2, 2021 10:58 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you’re one of the lucky people who live near a Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers location, you have most likely found yourself craving one of their mouthwatering burgers topped with Freddy’s sauce more often than not. For those that may not be familiar with the long-standing restaurant, according to the official Freddy’s franchising site — Freddy’s Franchising — the chain is named after World War II veteran Freddy Simon and began operating in 2002....

Here’s What Top Chef’s Gail Simmons Actually Eats In A Day Emma Mcintyre/Getty Images By Amanda Tarlton/Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 10:11 am EST As a judge on Top Chef and a former director at Food & Wine Magazine, Gail Simmons has gotten to eat a lot of amazing food in her lifetime. The Food Network star even shared some of her all-time favorite dishes from the cooking competition on her website....

High Heat Vs Low Heat: What’s Really The Best Way To Cook Scrambled Eggs? Shutterstock By Sophie Putka/Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 4:09 pm EST Scrambled eggs are one of those foods that most people think they can pull off — eggs and heat, how hard could it be? But when you’re presented with a plate full of the good stuff, it might finally come to you: You’ve been doing it wrong the whole time....

How Much Employees Really Make At Boston Market Bruce Bennett/Getty Images By Brittany Gibson/March 10, 2021 2:53 pm EST Have you ever heard of Boston Chicken? If you lived in the Boston area around 1985, the name might ring a bell (via The Balance Small Business). When the restaurant was first created that’s the original name it went by and later became Boston Market. It didn’t take long for the rotisserie chicken store to gain popularity among customers, with its delicious meat options and mouth watering side dishes like mashed potatoes....

New Study Reveals Why Your Brain Chooses Junk Food Over More Nutritious Options Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/July 8, 2021 1:37 pm EST Junk food is hard to resist. Even when we tell ourselves we want to make healthy diet choices, lots of us may struggle to stick to those choices when faced with the temptation of our favorite sweets or snacks. And while many people often blame a lack of willpower for our failure to stick to healthy options, a new study recently published in “Nature Human Behavior” reveals a different reason (via Eat This, Not That!...

Only 10% Of People Consider This Classic Girl Scout Cookie Their Favorite Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/March 9, 2021 4:59 am EST March is here, and you know what that means? March Madness? St. Patrick’s Day? First day of spring? Yeah, yeah, all that stuff, but more importantly, it’s Girl Scout cookie season! Okay, so these cookies aren’t necessarily a March-only thing. In fact, People reported that in some areas, Girl Scouts started taking cookie orders as early as January, and also notes that this year you can get them delivered by Grubhub (should you be wealthy enough to afford the zillion percent markup and add-on fees)....

People Are Freaking Out About This Viral TikTok Subway Order Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Brittany Gibson/March 10, 2021 3:51 pm EST We’re all guilty of overindulging from time to time, whether that means treating yourself to an entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s, or asking for an extra layer (or two) of cheese on your pizza. That same “treat yo’ self” mindset applies to ordering sandwiches too, which is probably one of the reasons why the beloved fast-food restaurant, Subway, is so popular....

The Biggest Mistakes You’re Making When Shipping Baked Goods Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 8:53 am EST The 2020 holiday season is definitely going to be different than previous years. With the COVID-19 outbreak, lots of people are reducing the size of their holiday gatherings and limiting the number of parties they plan on attending. Unfortunately, this means that many of us will not be able to see all of our loved ones in-person this holiday season....

The Doctor Who Reference You Never Noticed On Guy’s Grocery Games Christian Petersen/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Aug. 5, 2021 10:22 am EST Guy Fieri’s “Guy’s Grocery Games,” also known as GGG, has been on the air since 2013, per IMDb TV. The show, which pits chef against chef, takes place in a grocery store — also known as Flavortown Market — where the contestants do all their shopping and cooking. They are competing for a chance to win a whopping $20,000, and the show never fails to impress....