The Truth About Shota Nakajima From Top Chef Season 18 Instagram By Erich Barganier/March 30, 2021 4:57 pm EST As we count down the days until the premiere of the next season of Top Chef, we can’t help but get excited to learn more and more about what each contestant has in store for us. Out of all the contestants, Shota Nakajima presents a formidable challenge to anyone who stands in his way....
The Untold Truth Of Anthony Bourdain Getty Images By Cat Lafuente AND DB Kelly/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 7:02 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The culinary world was shook to its core when it was announced on June 8, 2018 that celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain had passed away at age 61 of an apparent suicide. Arguably one of the more sardonic chefs out there, Anthony Bourdain established himself as a multi-faceted and world-traveled aesthete with a deep affection for food, community, and regional traditions — and a collection of major pet peeves and deep-seated opinions that he wasn’t afraid to share with the world at large....
The Untold Truth Of Mott’s calimedia/Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 4:29 pm EST Mott’s may be well-regarded for its apple juice and fruit snacks today, but did you know that the company has been running for over 150 years? Brand Informers said it best — “This applesauce brand needs no introduction.” We’ve all had fond memories of our parents packing a classic Mott’s applesauce in a brown paper bag before whatever big field trip we were going on in the fifth grade....
The Untold Truth Of Tabitha Brown Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images By Naveena Vijayan/March 4, 2021 4:31 pm EST Vegan food influencer and actress Tabitha Brown used her voice to help people cope during the COVID-19 lockdown. For some, her voice felt like a big hug, and for others, she was a mother figure (via NPR). Her short TikTok monologues have over 4 million viewers tuning in to see how Brown prepares a quick vegan dish or serves up a life lesson about staying true to who you are....
The Unusual Way Nigella Lawson Makes This Yogurt Cake David M. Benett/Getty Images By Adrianna MacPherson/May 12, 2021 11:47 am EST Cookbook author and television personality Nigella Lawson is known for her breezy approach to cooking, and perhaps no recipe demonstrates this quite as well as her yogurt pot cake, which her website states was originally included in her 2012 cookbook “Nigellissima.” Lawson recently took to Twitter to share the recipe for her yogurt pot cake, also known as ciambella, as her Recipe of the Day....
The Unusual Ways People Are Ordering McDonald’s New Cactus Jack Meal Cameron Smith/Getty Images By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 12:35 pm EST A lot of things are different in 2020, but at least one thing remains the same. If anything can go viral faster than COVID-19, it’s teenagers goofing around on social media. TikTok user @jimmypasta posted a short video of his drive-thru experience at McDonald’s. “Hi! How may I help you?...
These Will Be The Only States Where You Can Find Coors’ New Whiskey When It Launches Prilutskiy/Shutterstock By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/Aug. 21, 2021 10:40 pm EST Coors seems to be determined to become the official supplier of all of our alcohol needs if their forays into sodas, hard seltzers, and ciders (via Molson Coors) are any indication. Coors is an iconic company with a long history in the beverage business. It got its start in 1873 when German immigrant Adolph Coors and his business partner Jacob Schueler opened the Golden Brewery in Golden, Colorado, and produced the first bottles of its Golden Lager a year later (via Denver Business Journal)....
What People Get Wrong About Smoking Meat, According To Michael Symon - Exclusive Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/May 13, 2021 9:18 am EST No one knows their way around a barbecue quite like Michael Symon. The celebrity chef has made grilling meat into an art at Mabel’s, his Cleveland-style barbecue restaurant, where he uses a mix of Eastern European spices, a ballpark mustard-based barbecue sauce, and local fruitwood smoked meat to create some truly exciting dishes (via Michael Symon)....
What The Pioneer Woman Says You Should Never Add To A Pot Roast Michael Loccisano/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Jan. 23, 2021 8:53 pm EST Ree Drummond has been cooking up comfort foods and sharing her down-home secrets since, per Biography, she became known as The Pioneer Woman in 2006. Drummond knows her way around the kitchen so when she offers up her tricks, tips, hacks, and cautionary culinary advice, we listen....
Why Ina Garten Always Keeps These Foods At Room Temperature Manny Carabel/Getty Images By Lauren Rothman/March 30, 2021 9:00 am EST There’s just something about Food Network star Ina Garten, aka The Barefoot Contessa, that makes us want to take each and every piece of food and lifestyle advice she has to offer. Whether she’s recommending dried currants, not raisins, for soda bread or encouraging home cooks to add booze to everything from mashed potatoes to apple cake, it’s gonna be an automatic “yes” from us....
15-Minute Air Fryer Totchos Recipe Laura Sampson/Mashed By Laura Sampson AND Mashed Staff/July 22, 2021 4:07 pm EST Nachos covered in cheesy goodness, sauce, and veggies is the perfect summer afternoon plate to serve while relaxing on the patio — but it’s not the only option. Just like their older counterpart, totchos have become a staple menu item in restaurants and bars across the United States, and it’s no mystery as to why....
29% Of People Said This Is Their Least Favorite Way To Eat Eggs Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/April 23, 2021 3:32 pm EST How many ways can you cook an egg? According to the bloggers behind Maplewood Road, there are at least 100, each of them supposedly represented by a fold in a chef’s hat. Eggs are a staple ingredient in most baked goods and make an excellent addition to a burger or salad, and they can even be used to craft a delicious cocktail....
A Surprising Number Of People Think Franzia Is The Best Boxed Wine Brand Facebook By Maria Scinto/March 5, 2021 2:15 pm EST Boxed wine is a kind of divisive topic. It’s been around for over 50 years, but for much of that time, it’s been the Rodney Dangerfield of the booze world in that it got no respect whatsoever. More recently, however, higher-end wine makers have realized that boxes actually do have some advantages over bottles (a much longer storage time, for one thing, as well as the fact that they don’t tend to shatter when you drop them), and that they can package their fancy wines in plebeian cardboard without having to sacrifice too much of the snootiness factor....
Air Fryer Fried Pickles Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 24, 2021 9:06 am EST It will probably surprise no one that deep-fried pickles have their roots in the American South, where an enterprising Arkansas drive-in owner named Bernell Austin — aka “Fatman” — stumbled upon the idea while he was looking for a hook to bring people to his establishment, according to THV11. Austin’s son David Smith told THV11....
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Chicken Salad Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/June 25, 2021 11:56 am EST If you’ve been missing Chick-fil-A’s chicken salad these past few years, you’re not alone. The company removed the item from their menu several years ago, and a least you can take some comfort in knowing that they did not come to the choice lightly. According to Today, at the time, Chick-fil-A released a statement reading in part: “The decision to remove Chicken Salad from the menu was a difficult one....
Do Nuts Ever Expire? Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Aug. 10, 2021 9:58 pm EST Certain foods have quite the ambiguous shelf life. Unlike fresh fruits such as bananas that can go from unripe to overripe overnight, other food items like oil, flour, and rice seem to be able to last a lifetime. Though if you have ever smelt or accidentally tasted a rancid almond or two, you know that nuts fall in the former category....
Here’s How TikTok’s Viral Perfect Cookie Hack Works Shutterstock By Hannah Cole/March 26, 2021 5:32 am EST At this point, TikTok is admittedly the end-all-be-all of solving ridiculous, mundane problems (that aren’t really problems, but are really annoying). And if you’ve ever spent hours making the perfect chocolate chip cookie dough, only for your cookies to spread and look more like something out of a school cafeteria than off of an Insomnia Cookies menu, then you don’t ever need to sweat over another batch, because TikTok has yet another game-changing hack to share....
Here’s What Happens If You Don’t Preheat Your Grill Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/May 14, 2021 2:19 pm EST You probably know all about the importance of preheating your oven and how it can make or break a perfect roast chicken, cake, or casserole. When it comes time to cook something, you might not even think twice before setting your oven to preheat first. But what you may not know is that preheating your grill is just as important....
How Long Chefs Actually Cook On Guy’s Grocery Games John Lamparski/Getty Images By Felix Behr/April 19, 2021 2:04 pm EST When two-time Guy’s Grocery Games contestant Tracy Shepos Cenami described 12-hour days on set to Delish, she said the rest of the day’s filming focused on aspects of the show unrelated to actual cooking. In fact, most of her time was consumed with the interviews and waiting, which seem to occur individually and force the other contestants to hang around....
Instant Pot Corned Beef And Cabbage Recipe Hayley MacLean/Mashed By Hayley MacLean AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 12, 2021 2:59 pm EST Unless you’re well-versed in food lore, it’s easy to look at a casserole of corned beef and wonder if corn ever had anything to do with the dish. The answer is: it never has, at least not in the form that you might expect. Smithsonian Magazine points out that the term “corned beef” was coined by the British, and was used to describe beef that was seasoned with salt crystals that were so large, they looked more like kernels of corn than salt....
