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What Chopped Winner Mario Tolentino Is Up To Now Instagram By Anthony Mastroianni/April 21, 2021 9:34 am EST Anyone who’s seen Food Network’s “Chopped” series is familiar with the feeling of rooting for a certain chef, if not straight up falling in love with them. Whether it be their personalities or what they bring to the kitchen. Or maybe it’s a combination of both. Whatever the case may be, sooner or later your favorite “Chopped” contestants, winners or chopped, are bound to fade into memory....

What It’s Really Like To Work At Sprouts Farmers Market Instagram By Boshika Gupta/March 2, 2021 3:06 pm EST Sprouts Farmers Market was first started in 2002 in a bid to offer natural food products to customers, who were looking for alternative shopping options in a burgeoning market full of competitive players. According to a description on its official website, the brand doesn’t like to compromise on its core mission even if it means not selling popular brand names in its stores....

Why You Should Never Buy White Bread Shutterstock By DB Kelly/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 5:29 pm EST Visit the bread aisle in any grocery store — or the bakery, if you’re lucky enough to have one of those nearby — and you’ll find yourself nearly overwhelmed with choices. Not only are there the old standbys like wheat and rye, but you’ll probably discover some more artisanal varieties, too. You might find some sourdough, rustic focaccia, a loaf of ciabatta, and maybe even some old-fashioned soda bread....

Wolfgang Puck Dishes On His Favorite Part Of Being In The Kitchen - Exclusive Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Molly Harris/Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 5:10 pm EST It’s no secret that legendary celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has spent a lot of time in the kitchens of his award-winning restaurants over the years. Naturally, Puck must really love the thrills and challenges that come along with working in the culinary arts, which requires a lot more than just talent....

You Should Be Eating More Prunes. Here’s Why Shutterstock By Audrey Michels/April 12, 2021 10:50 am EST Prunes get a pretty bad rap in the realm of dried fruits. After all, they’re practically synonymous with grandparents and their fixation on fiber content. However, if you’re willing to give them a try, dried plums actually have a lot more than just fiber to offer. According to Healthline, adding prunes to your diet can help with a number of health concerns, from digestive issues and overactive bladder to building stronger bones, muscles, and “mental acuity,” thanks to their high boron content....

You’ve Been Salting Mushrooms All Wrong Shutterstock By Audrey Michels/April 20, 2021 12:03 pm EST Mushrooms have a lot of upsides. They can add delicious umami flavor to any number of dishes. They’re low in calories while having no fat or cholesterol. Mushrooms also are densely packed with nutrients like B vitamins, copper, potassium, and antioxidants, according to Healthline. Still, maybe you find the texture of these fungi to be off-putting....

Authentic Sicilian Caponata Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/July 13, 2021 8:11 am EST Anyone with any Sicilian in their ancestry is most likely familiar with caponata, a traditional Sicilian dish consisting of diced eggplant, pan-fried with a mixture of sweet and savory vegetables (like onions, olives, celery, and capers) and herbs and sauced with a sweet vinegar-based glaze. Wellness coach and recipe developer Miriam Hahn, whose father’s family is from Sicily, told Mashed that she learned this recipe for authentic Sicilian caponata from her dad’s mom....

Bryan Ford Shares His Number One Tip For New Bakers Instagram By Lauren Cahn/July 12, 2021 12:47 pm EST When Joanna and Chip Gaines’ Magnolia Network makes its debut on July 15, so too will “The Artisan’s Kitchen,” featuring the recipes of New Orleans-based Afro-Honduran baker and cookbook author, Bryan Ford, according to Deadline. Ford will, of course, be on hand, offering his unique perspective. As reported previously, Ford has been on a mission to introduce and raise appreciation for baking traditions that go far beyond what we see in French patisseries (which many of us have been conditioned to view as the bakery standard-bearer), starting with his first cookbook, “New World Sourdough,” (via Food & Wine)....

Cat Cora Shared A Touching Message After This Tournament Of Champions Loss Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/April 2, 2021 4:32 pm EST Spoiler Alert: Cat Cora didn’t win Guy Fieri’s Tournament of Champions. But can we take a moment to appreciate what bada** she is, anyway? This Food Network star, who will forever shine as the first female Iron Chef, was friends with butter-loving Julia Child (via Money). She became a chef in the face of culinary school instructors who told her (as per what she once told HuffPost), “You shouldn’t be here, you should be back home in Mississippi, barefoot and pregnant....

Desserts For Anyone Who Can’t Bake Shutterstock By Laura Williams Bustos, MSEd/March 17, 2021 2:42 pm EST Baking can be a bit intimidating. For one thing, you may have a hard time focusing on getting your measurements exactly right — a challenge, considering how precise baking is supposed to be. Beyond that, many bakery-style dessert recipes are complicated and require hours of time to prepare correctly. If you end up botching a recipe after spending all day in the kitchen, it’s hard not to feel disillusioned by the whole process....

Easy No-Bake Cheesecake Cupcakes Recipe Tommy Leung/Mashed By Tommy Leung AND Mashed Staff/May 25, 2021 9:32 am EST If you’re a fan of no-bake desserts and cheesecake, then you need to try these no-bake cheesecake cupcakes. They take just 25 minutes to prepare plus five hours in the fridge to set. These mouth-watering treats are a spin on traditional cupcakes and are made with cream cheese, which adds a rich texture, as well as heavy whipping cream, which gives the cupcakes a fluffy, sweet base....

Here’s How To Use Up Extra Chard, According To Alex Guarnaschelli Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Erica Gerald Mason/March 31, 2021 10:34 am EST Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, mentor and host extraordinaire, stole our hearts when she won The Next Iron Chef: Redemption in 2012. Since then, the executive chef of Butter Midtown has used her superpowers for good, helping beginner cooks on shows like Worst Cooks in America and Supermarket Stakeout....

How Does Giada De Laurentiis Stay In Shape? Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Lucia Capretti/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 10:25 am EST The best solutions for a healthy and consistent routine are often the simplest! Preparing foods from fresh natural ingredients and finding a physical practice that you love is a great place to start. Giada De Laurentiis, an Italian American star chef on Food Network known for her heaping plates of pasta and glowing appearance, seems to know this first hand....

How Much Wingstop Employees Really Make Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images By Ni’Kesia Pannell/March 19, 2021 8:37 am EST If you consider yourself a sort of wing connoisseur, then the probability of you stopping by a Wingstop from time to time is quite high. Founded in 1994, the official Wingstop website notes that the “fan favorite” wing joint that is well known for its “proprietary recipes, outstanding food, and superior customer service,” is exactly where you should come if you’re craving “fresh never faked wings....

How This NYC Pop-Up Let Customers Take Their Taste Buds To The Olympics Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Aug. 8, 2021 3:13 pm EST With the Olympics now ending, the chance to enjoy them at an NYC pop-up bar will close today as well. However, even though most of us will not have had the chance to experience the fun, we might get some value from it still. Namely, it will introduce us to shochu....

How To Boil Eggs Tara Rylie/Mashed By Tara Rylie/May 13, 2021 3:49 pm EST It’s an age-old question: what’s the best way to boil eggs? It can be extremely frustrating when you put forth the effort to boil eggs and they come out too soft, too hard, with a dark greenish-gray lining around the yolk, or maybe the shells won’t even peel off. Whatever problems you’ve had in the past, consider them left in the past as chef Tara Rylie of RylieCakes walks us through the best way to boil eggs....

Ina Garten’s Trick To Perfect Roasted Potatoes Michael Loccisano/Getty Images By Kirstie Bingham/July 9, 2021 2:43 pm EST Mashed, boiled, baked, scalloped, or french fried, potatoes are the basis of many of our go-to side dishes for a evening meal, whatever the main course is. Roast potatoes are the classic standard for a Sunday roast dinner, and most Americans just chop them up, drizzle them in oil, and pop them in the oven, a simple, tried-and-true method....

Pancakes You’ll Want To Make Every Single Morning Shutterstock By Laura Williams Bustos, MSEd/March 11, 2021 2:22 pm EST There’s something absolutely decadent about indulging in a stack of pancakes first thing in the morning. Maybe it’s because if you’re taking the time to make pancakes, you’re already in relaxation mode — you’re not rushing around, grabbing a Pop-Tart or scarfing down a bowl of cereal before running out the door....

Read This Before Subscribing To Freshly Instagram By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 25, 2021 12:01 pm EST When you’re forced to live through incredibly busy days, it’s likely that you find yourself struggling to eat something healthy. When cooking nutritious meals is not an option, you probably end up pulling up to the drive-thru or scroll through food delivery apps to get through another hectic day. But as all of us know, this isn’t a great long-term solution and can have an adverse impact on health....

Recent Survey Revealed A Shocking Amount Of Men Would Die Young Before Giving Up Meat Shutterstock By Mirtle Pena-Calderon/Aug. 4, 2021 2:41 pm EST Humans have had a lengthy history of eating meat. According to History.com, we’ve been consuming animals for well over 2.6 million years. But it wasn’t always this way. Hominins, distant ancestors of humans, were forced to shift their food source from things like fruits, leaves, seeds, and tubers to meatier fare as the Earth began to get hotter, which caused forests to shrink and made plant foods less plentiful....