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You Should Never Put Wet Food On The Grill. Here’s Why Shutterstock By Rachel Pasche/April 22, 2021 9:58 am EST Grilling season is either a cause for celebration or a time when less-adept grillers groan at the prospects of eating charred meats with a funky, lighter-fluid-like taste to them. While we can’t hold your hand through the entire grilling process, we can offer some basic tips that will help improve your grilling game and give you the perfectly seared meats you strive for....

You’ve Been Storing These Foods Wrong The Entire Time Shutterstock By Angela Johnson/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 11:00 am EST Re-organizing your kitchen is a tedious chore — and something you probably don’t think you even need to do. After all, you’ve been adulting long enough to know that the chips go in the pantry, the milk goes in the refrigerator door, and the tomatoes go in that fancy drawer at the bottom of your fridge....

Aldi Shoppers Are Raving About These New Moser Roth Chocolate Flavors Instagram By Molly Harris/Feb. 8, 2021 4:27 pm EST Avid Aldi shoppers have probably already heard about how good the budget-friendly store’s chocolate selection is. Fans were going crazy for the Belgian truffles for a time. But now the store has release a slew of new Moser Roth chocolate bar flavors, and everyone is excited. No matter your chocolate preference — white, milk, or dark — there are options you’ll definitely want to try....

Bizarre McDonald’s Order Has Reddit Seriously Confused Shutterstock By Erica Buehler/Updated: July 13, 2021 9:32 am EST Okay, we know everyone has their own tastes and food preferences, especially when it comes to fast-food ordering. Secret menus, uber-customized specialty items, and fast-food order hacks are all the rage right now and taking Reddit by storm. But one McDonald’s order, in particular, has sent the seemingly open-minded Reddit community into a total spiral....

Chopped Fans Can’t Stand This Judge Robby Klein/Getty Images By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 1:56 pm EST “Chopped” is a Food Network show hosted by Ted Allen, a food and wine specialist who began on “Queer Eye.” The show features chefs creating three rounds of unique dishes (appetizer, entree and dessert) using items from eclectic baskets they are provided. It also features a rolling group of judges. including Aarón Sánchez, Alex Guarnaschelli, Amanda Freitag, Chris Santos, Geoffrey Zakarian, Maneet Chauhan, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson, and Scott Conant, among other guests....

Creamy Broccoli Soup Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/July 28, 2021 8:26 am EST There’s just something about creamy broccoli soup that hits the spot. While any sort of soup is delicious in the winter on a chilly night, this creamy broccoli soup also curbs cravings in the spring and summer months. The great part about this recipe is that it requires just a few ingredients, making it easy and affordable to throw together....

Giada’s Chicken Piccata With A Twist Erin Johnson/Mashed By Erin Johnson AND Mashed Staff/May 3, 2021 12:55 pm EST Chicken piccata is an Italian classic. It’s a dish where chicken breasts are pounded flat, lightly breaded, and cooked in a combo of lemon juice, butter, and capers. The result manages to walk the perfect line between richness and lightness — a dish equally welcome on the first sunny days of spring and in the depths of winter....

How Wendy’s Changed Fast Food Restaurant Menus Forever Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images By Melissa Campana/Feb. 15, 2021 3:23 am EST The world has been lucky enough to be graced with many important redheads down through the generations. Grace O’Malley, pirate queen of Ireland, Ginger Spice, the entire Weasley family, the list goes on and on. But perhaps one of the great ginger pioneers of our time was Wendy, of Wendy’s, who invented that glorious smorgasbord of reasonably priced culinary delights: the value menu....

Leave A Restaurant Immediately If You Notice The Floor Is Sticky Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Aug. 11, 2021 8:27 am EST It’s never a good sign to notice a sticky floor at a restaurant. It can mean many things, ranging from the mundane spilled drink to the more disgusting scenarios that are best left unsaid. There’s nothing quite as annoying as sitting in a booth at your favorite restaurant and, suddenly, having to peel your arm off a sticky tabletop....

Mistakes You’re Making When Storing Your Cast Iron Skillet Shutterstock By Cassidy Dawn Graves/Feb. 26, 2021 1:02 pm EST Pots and pans are a fundamental part of any kitchen, even if you’re more used to ordering delivery than dicing onions. Though they’ve been used since the 18th century, cast iron skillets continue to confound home cooks today (via Southern Kitchen). There’s seemingly endless debate on how to best utilize, store, and clean a cast iron skillet....

The Dish You Shouldn’t Order In Germany After Noon Shutterstock By Karen Hart/June 13, 2021 11:37 pm EST Germany is a beautiful country with incredible food. If you are traveling to this part of the world, you are in for a gastronomic experience you will not soon forget. Whether you are there for Oktoberfest and want to enjoy some good full-bodied German beer that you will find in the likes of Munich along with a doughy Bavarian pretzel, or if you are taking in the historic castles and countryside and find yourself in the mood for a traditional and authentic German schnitzel, dining in Das Land der Dichter und Denker is a culinary treat for your taste buds....

The Fish Flavor Enhancer Chef Marc Matsumoto Swears By YouTube By Amy Hamblen/July 21, 2021 12:43 am EST If you’ve ever looked up a recipe online, then you may have come across Marc Matsumoto’s work. He’s a culinary consultant who has posted more than 1,000 recipes on his website, No Recipes. According to the site, the prolific recipe provider has a unique approach to doling out cooking instructions, giving readers the “why” in addition to the “how....

The Flavorful Ingredient You Should Add To Your Egg Salad Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/May 11, 2021 9:01 am EST Salads can be a tough sell. Sure, a low-carb mix of veggies in a bowl is good for you, but when hunger strikes, nibbling on a leaf of lettuce never sounds quite as appealing as some of the heartier options on a given menu. But a salad made primarily of eggs and mayonnaise?...

The Inspiration For Shake Shack Might Surprise You Noam Galai/Getty Images By Aimee Lamoureux/March 3, 2021 3:12 pm EST Danny Meyer opened the first permanent Shake Shack kiosk in New York City’s Madison Square Park, in 2004. The fast casual restaurant was soon delighting customers with their gourmet burgers, crinkle-cut fries, and creamy frozen custards. Now, there are over 275 locations worldwide, according to Investopedia. However, Meyer admits he didn’t come up with the idea for the successful restaurant all on his own....

The One Thing The White House Pastry Chef Must Make Every Year Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Jen Peng/May 7, 2021 10:52 am EST In addition to a full-time executive chef, the White House also employs a pastry chef on the cooking staff for daily desserts and special events. As then baker in charge Susan Morrison told O, The Oprah Magazine in 2016, this usually entails coming up with sweet treats for luncheons in the West Wing as well as mini-cakes for receptions on the State Floor....

The Pioneer Woman’s Nephew Was Just Arrested. Here’s Why Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images By Khyati Dand/April 18, 2021 8:04 am EST Just as The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond and the Drummond family gear up for Ree’s oldest daughter Alex Drummond’s wedding, set to take place in less than two weeks, news has come in that a family member has gotten into some trouble with the law. E! reports that Ree’s nephew Caleb Drummond was arrested for a DUI during the early hours of Saturday, April 17....

The Real Reason You Should Be Saving Your Watermelon Rind Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Updated: May 19, 2021 10:20 pm EST If you are throwing away your watermelon rinds, then you just might be tossing out one of the best parts of the popular, juicy fruit. Like many other tasty fruits and vegetables, the rinds, stems, or peel are often home to a lot of the produce’s most important nutrients. And contrary to popular belief, the part of a food you usually throw in the trash bin can is sometimes pretty flavorful, too....

We Finally Know How To Make Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough Shutterstock By Heather Clark/Updated: March 17, 2021 11:46 pm EST Licking raw dough off the spoon while waiting for cookies to bake is one of the great joys of childhood that, looking back on it as an adult, you realize was actually pretty unsafe. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are two ingredients present in raw cookie dough that can make you very, very sick....

What Gordon Ramsay Has Never Regretted About Hell’s Kitchen Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Felix Behr/March 7, 2021 1:10 pm EST People watch Hell’s Kitchen for Gordon Ramsay’s insults, which – while tamer than Malcolm Tucker from The Thick of It (via The Guardian) and lacking the controlled mania of Chef Gareth Blackstock from Chef! (via YouTube) have the benefit of being real, real loud, and real angry. That makes the fact that Ramsay has never regretted a single tirade more important....

What Is A Comal And How Do You Use It? Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/April 28, 2021 1:09 pm EST Nothing hits the spot like authentic Mexican cuisine. Whether it’s a slow-cooked mole, pork posole, or classic carnitas, the unique flavors of these time-tested dishes go far beyond your typical tacos and burritos (via Taste of Home). For many home cooks who have struggled to make their own tortillas, it may seem that restaurants capture the spirit of the cuisine in a way that a home kitchen can’t....