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The Real Reason Pasta In Italy Is So Yellow Shutterstock By Karen Hart/March 3, 2021 3:43 pm EST When in Rome, do as the Romans do and eat lots of pasta — or at least that’s what viewers got to watch Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis do during their shoot of the limited discovery+ series Bobby and Giada in Italy. The two celebrity chefs savored so many delicious-looking pasta dishes during the four episodes of the show, it left many of us longing for more … pasta....

The Reason We Eat Dates During Ramadan Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/April 8, 2021 2:12 pm EST With spring in the air, we can now start planning for Ramadan. According to Aljazeera, most countries will start observing the holiday on April 13, and diligent observers should plan to fast daily until May 12. The month holds a holy significance to Muslims, as the holiday marks the period of time when God revealed the first verses of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammed....

The Ridiculous Amount Of Wine In Anne Burrell’s Pasta Bolognese Frazer Harrison/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Feb. 17, 2021 4:55 am EST No one can question Anne Burrell’s culinary savior faire. Her resume reads like a list of the finest wines, each accomplishment and accolade a little more decadent than the last. A teacher at the Institute of Culinary Education, a cookbook author, a chef at New York’s famed Savoy, and of course, a star of cooking shows like Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and Worst Cooks in America, Burrell really has conquered a wide swath of the cooking world (via Food Network)....

The Ridiculous Price This Illinois-Shaped Corn Flake Sold For Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/June 16, 2021 2:29 pm EST The jury’s still out on why people pay so much for food in fun shapes. Recently, a McNugget from McDonald’s BTS meal shaped like an “Among Us” avatar hit eBay and sold for almost $100,000 (via The Verge). The same attraction may have driven Monty Kerr, the proprietor of a trivia website, to purchase a corn flake shaped like the state of Illinois for $1,350 back in 2008 (via Best Life)....

Things In Your Kitchen You Never Clean — But Should Shutterstock By Lauren Schumacker/Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 10:25 am EST You clean your kitchen pretty regularly, but there are — almost certainly — some parts of your kitchen that you just never get to. Whether it’s because you don’t think of them or just don’t think they need to actually be cleaned, there are a whole bunch of things in your kitchen that you never clean, but definitely should from here on out....

Think Twice Before Ordering This Shake At Denny’s George Rose/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/March 30, 2021 7:13 pm EST When a craving strikes, nothing hits the spot like Denny’s. While we love this chain, some of their menu items prove less than wholesome. According to Denny’s nutrition guide, the chain’s Lumberjack Slam crams in 45 grams of fat and a whopping 3,570 milligrams of sodium, making it a very unhealthy way to start your day....

This Quick Jamie Oliver Flatbread Only Uses 2 Ingredients Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images By Lauren Rothman/April 21, 2021 11:01 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When you’ve invited people over for dinner — or even when you’re just looking to feed yourself — it can be easy to get overwhelmed by both the time and the number of ingredients required to get a meal on the table....

This Simple Tip Allows You To Prep Cake Ahead Of Time Shutterstock By Molly Harris/April 19, 2021 5:53 am EST If you’re the host throwing a party, small gathering, or even a dinner party for just a handful of guests, it’s a lot of work no matter how many people are attending. From getting the space clean and the food prepared, it leaves little room for baking, cooling, and frosting a cake on the day of the get together....

This Was The Most Difficult Episode Of Good Eats, According To Alton Brown Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 4:16 pm EST Celebrity chef Alton Brown has a fascinating story. As per Biography, the chef was a movie producer for several years before he decided to take a leap of faith and explore the culinary world. Also, Brown received formal training in the culinary arts before he started working on his popular show, “Good Eats....

Twitter’s Hilarious Response To This Wegmans’ Canned Tomato Mistake JHVE Photo/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Aug. 18, 2021 12:54 pm EST To pick up an item without looking at it and then going to the counter and paying for it, demands a certain level of faith on our part as buyers. This is especially true when we’re talking about purchasing grocery store items, which have been packaged and labelled so its contents are completely hidden from view....

Vegetable Fried Cauliflower Rice Recipe Alexandra Shytsman/Mashed By Alexandra Shytsman/Aug. 6, 2021 1:17 pm EST Takeout fried rice is a universally-loved comfort food. Chewy rice, colorful veggies, salty bits of scrambled egg, and the unmistakable aroma of toasted sesame oil — what’s not to love? Veggie cauliflower fried rice is a healthy alternative to the classic — perfect for quick dinners and meal prep, on its own, or as a base for other dishes....

What Makes Giada De Laurentiis’ Spiked Arnold Palmer Recipe Unique Kevin Winter/Getty Images By Joe Nasta/July 12, 2021 12:55 pm EST Offering the perfect mix of sweet, bold, home-brewed iced tea with citrusy sour lemonade combined over ice, an Arnold Palmer simply tastes like summer. Served by the pool in the middle of the afternoon, in the shade of the porch swing during a sunset, or even sipping one during lunch on a busy day will surely transport your tastebuds to a relaxing moment and bring a smile to your face....

Why The Actor In Pepsi’s ‘Football Is Calling’ Ad Looks So Familiar monticello/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Aug. 24, 2021 10:35 am EST While Pepsi’s unfortunate claim to fame is its status as constant competitor to Coca Cola — which apparently goes back to the 1980s, when History Channel reports the two engaged in the infamous “Cola Wars” — the brand has a few other known facts. One of those facts being its penchant for featuring prominent celebrities in its commercials....

Birthday steaks Instagram The celebrity chef opens the Instagram video standing next to his son Oliver, both Pucks wearing aprons and holding up tomahawk chops. The elder Puck says, “Cut is back and you can get the best steaks in the world right here again.” Then the camera moves to Puck seasoning a rather large tomahawk steak, whereupon he shares, “We are seasoning our tomahawk with some fresh cracked pepper and a good amount of sea salt....

Aldi Fans Swear By These Vegan Chinese Take-Out-Inspired Bowls Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/May 27, 2021 12:36 pm EST What’s better than sitting down to enjoy a warm bowl of tasty, satisfying Chinese food? Not much, except maybe enjoying a bowl that is delicious, completely vegan, and can be ready to eat in under five minutes. Luckily, Aldi has made this a reality with the release of their new Earth Growth meat free bowls in three tasty flavors....

Aldi’s Frozen Fruit Bags Are Turning Heads Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/June 1, 2021 1:49 pm EST The Season’s Choice frozen fruit bags you can pick up at Aldi have always been a popular pick at the German-based supermarket. First, these frozen fruit bags contain nothing but fruit (via Instacart). Most of the fruit they contain is either seasonal or regional (and often tropical), or both, which means you can enjoy your favorite fruits any time of year, no matter where you live....

Aldi Shoppers Swear This Ice Cream Is Just Like Ben & Jerry’s Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/March 24, 2021 12:06 pm EST Ben & Jerry’s tops the list when it comes to bringing us ice cream flavors we love and never knew we needed. Flavors like Chunky Monkey, The Tonight Dough, and Americone Dream have truly won us over and inspired a variety of copycats (via Thrillist). While there are recipes out there that attempt to replicate the flavors and textures of these ultimate ice cream treats at home, it’s tough to precisely match the joy of cracking open a carton of Ben & Jerry’s (via Top Secret Recipes)....

Antonia Lofaso Reveals The Truth About Judging Cutthroat Kitchen - Exclusive Steve Jennings/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/June 23, 2021 2:12 pm EST One thing that makes all those cooking competition shows so much fun is the thrill of never knowing exactly how far the chefs might be willing to go to impress the judges. Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen,” which is literally premised on that very question, raises the tension further by encouraging its competitors to undermine one another via trash talk, bidding wars, and carefully plotted (albeit often quite silly) acts of sabotage....

Baba Ghanoush Vs. Mutabal: What’s The Difference? Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/April 26, 2021 12:57 pm EST When you want a cooling, smoky dip that hosts complex layers of flavor, you can’t go wrong with either mutabal or baba ghanoush. According to Migrateful, baba ghanoush has a complicated origin. While the eggplant-based dip originates from the Middle East, scholars can’t pinpoint an exact region where the dish comes from, especially because each country that claims the dish includes different spices and flavors particular to that region....

Costco Shoppers Are Loving This Hilarious How-To Shopping List Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Aug. 6, 2021 5:14 pm EST When Tyson, a fourth-grader, was given the assignment to create a “How To” guide, they chose Costco, specifically how to shop there. Shared on the Costco subreddit, the instructions are pretty straightforward. First, show the person the card. Then, “you hit the sampels” [sic]. After hitting the samples, you get your groceries, only for step four to be to hit the samples again....