People Overwhelmingly Prefer This Type Of Donut To All Others Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/March 11, 2021 10:33 am EST “America runs on Dunkin’” might be a slogan, but it’s also somewhat the truth — here in America, we love our donuts. According to CBS, a Postmates survey found that 96 percent of Americans “love” donuts, and Statista reports that over 201 million of us ate donuts over the course of the last year....
Robert Irvine Just Teamed Up With Boston Market To Create 2 New Dishes Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Mirtle Pena-Calderon/July 2, 2021 2:21 pm EST For centuries, food has been seen as something that is communal. According to The Atlantic, eating together is something “quintessential” that is part of the human experience. Traditions of how food brings people together can be traced to the women of Mesopotamia (and even further back) and have continued to evolve ever since....
Sunday Funday Dinner Ideas The Whole Family Will Enjoy Lindsay D. Mattison/Mashed By Alexa Mellardo/April 13, 2021 3:03 pm EST Everybody knows that Sunday translates to funday. After all, you’ve worked your butt off all week long, probably running around doing errands and chores all day on Saturday. Sunday should be a day dedicated to you, shouldn’t it? This is a time to kick back and relax, head to the beach with friends, or grab a table at your favorite spot for a boozy brunch....
Ted Allen Just Announced A Reunion With The Original Queer Eye Cast Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/May 7, 2021 11:54 am EST The Netflix show “Queer Eye” took the world by storm and launched a new cast of lifestyle hosts into the national spotlight. This reboot of the 2003 original program “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy” has made audiences wonder what happened to the cast from the Bravo TV original (via Insider)....
The ‘Target Effect’ Is Real And You’re Not Alone Bloomberg/Getty Images By Molly Harris/Aug. 24, 2021 12:58 pm EST Anyone that has ever shopped at Target has undoubtedly walked in looking to pick up just a few things on their list only to emerge from the store much later than anticipated and with more money missing from their account than they imagined. Even if you personally have not done this — though, be honest, we all have — you’ve at least seen others joke about their Target shopping habits online....
The Heartwarming Reason Jaden Smith Is Opening His Own Restaurant Rich Fury/mtv Vmas 2020/Getty Images By Erica Gerald Mason/May 24, 2021 4:24 pm EST Jaden Smith announced he’s opening up a new restaurant, and it’s for the best reason. Called I Love You, it will offer “healthy, vegan food for free” to those that are homeless, particularly serving those in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles. The idea takes off from his previous philanthropic-minded food truck of the same name that he originally launched two years ago on his 21st birthday but was sidelined during the pandemic, Variety reports....
The Reason Freedom Fries Is Trending Again Isn’t What You Think Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Feb. 4, 2021 6:08 pm EST On February 4, freedom fries began trending on Twitter. Freedom fries, according to a BBC article in 2006, was an attempt made in 2003 by the Republican party to — in today’s terms — cancel the French out of French fries because they refused to join the American and British effort to oust Saddam Hussein, the President of Iraq....
The Secret Ingredient You Should Be Using In Your French Toast Shutterstock By Sara Ryan AND Hope Ngo/Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 11:32 am EST We’ve all woken up, put on our robes, and wandered to the kitchen to make ourselves something special for weekend brunch. We look in the fridge and spot milk, eggs, and bread. A brilliant vision of French toast emerges in your mind’s eye, and you think to yourself, “The best French toast ever made is about to be crafted....
The Surprising Truth About Italian Soda Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Jan. 28, 2021 3:54 pm EST Italian soda is a fun, fizzy, handcrafted soft drink that people of all ages love to sip on year round. It’s refreshing. It’s flavorful. It’s bubbly. It’s nostalgia-inducing. It’s authentically Italian. Well, actually… Despite its name and contrary to popular belief, Italian soda is not truly Italian. That’s right — according to Basta Pasta, Italian soda is not actually a product of Italy, and you certainly won’t find it on any true Italian café’s menu....
The Untold Truth Of Sprouts Farmers Market Sprouts Farmers Market By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 1:20 pm EST It really is your typical “pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, the American Dream is possible, yes we can” success story. Sprouts Farmers Market has its origins in 1943 San Diego, California. You know, the year when Janis Joplin and Robert De Niro were born, a World War II P-38 fighter plane tragically crashed into a house in San Diego’s Linda Vista war housing project, and the city was so short on coffee, sugar, meats, and fats that even babies were issued ration cards (via Los Angeles Times, the San Diego History Center, and The People History)....
Toasted Baguette Slices Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/June 14, 2021 10:30 am EST The baguette has been a staple of French meals since the 18th century, that much is certain. As for its exact origins, the debate rages on. One legend suggests the thin shape of the baguette was intended to make it easy to tear without a knife, while another claims it was born from Napoleon Bonaparte’s plan to help soldiers carry small sticks of bread in their pockets....
What Hell’s Kitchen Winner Danny Veltri Is Doing Now Donald Kravitz/Getty Images By Neala Broderick/May 24, 2021 9:34 am EST Gordon Ramsey’s hit Fox show “Hell’s Kitchen” gives viewers a glimpse into the literal blood, sweat, and tears that go into becoming a legendary chef like himself. Ramsey pins chefs against each other to compete for a coveted position at one of his eateries — head chef. Chefs cook their hearts out in various challenges, says Fox, all with Ramsey reminding them of the high stakes at his signature decibel....
What Tokyo’s Olympic Village Dining Hall Is Really Like Shutterstock By Karen Hart/July 28, 2021 3:44 am EST Olympic athletes like Alex Morgan, Noah Lyles, and Katie Ledecky, who are participating in the 2020 Tokyo Games, need to fuel their bodies with the right food and drinks if they are going to compete at top levels. These athletes are not just competing; they are going for Olympic gold, the reward of greatness....
When It Comes To Cookie Dough, This Brand Stands Above The Rest Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Aug. 7, 2021 2:36 pm EST Cookies are one of those things where it’s entirely possible to eat them before you even cook them. After all, who could resist the creamy, smooth batter of butter, chocolate, brown sugar, and vanilla long enough to not say “Forget it” and then resign oneself to eating it out of the bowl in front of the TV?...
When You Eat A Hot Dog Every Day, This Is What Happens To Your Body Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 5:57 pm EST According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, which exists, 7 billion hot dogs are consumed between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which comes out to 818 hot dogs per second. While it is, to put it mildly, unlikely that one person is single-handedly shoving hundreds of hot dogs into their mouth each second, it is just as safe to assume that some people are picking up the slack from vegans, vegetarians, and other non-contributors....
Whole Foods Fans Will Love This David Chang Announcement Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images By Jen Peng/April 12, 2021 8:40 pm EST If you’re a fan of Momofuku noodle bar and you shop at Whole Foods, then you will love the announcement that celebrity chef David Chang just made on Instagram: “the wait is over…starting this week, @momolongplay spicy korean noodles are available in select whole foods markets in new york, southern california, new jersey, connecticut, nevada, and arizona....
Why Restaurant Wait Times Are Probably Shorter Than They Say Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/June 18, 2021 4:39 pm EST To our dismay, there are a lot of things that can hinder a restaurant experience — they’re out of an ingredient to make your favorite dish, they mess up your meal, your server is unreachable, etc. — but nothing is worse than showing up to a restaurant with a growling stomach and being told it will be at least an hour wait....
Why The Dairy Queen Oreo Blizzard Almost Didn’t Happen Shutterstock By Amy Hamblen/June 22, 2021 10:57 am EST Though Kurt Vonnegut was onto something when he wrote, “Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘It might have been’” (via Goodreads), we think the words “Dairy Queen without the Oreo Blizzard” would make us pretty weepy. Lucky for us, this delicious combination of crunchy Oreo cookie chunks and sweet soft serve ice cream does exist today — but there was a time when its future was as speculative as science fiction....
1 In 3 People Surveyed Chose This As The Worst Starburst Flavor Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/March 22, 2021 1:47 am EST Anybody that tells you they don’t have a favorite candy is lying. Though their sweet tooth might not be strong, everybody has a go-to treat they reach for at the convenience store to satisfy their craving for something sugary-sweet. And while chocolate goodies may reign supreme, there are plenty of fruity options such as Starbursts, the iconic, square-shaped candies that first hit shelves in the U....
19 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Baking A Cake Shutterstock By Emily Monaco/Updated: June 29, 2021 12:35 pm EST Despite the common expression, baking a perfect cake isn’t always “a piece of cake!” Whether you’re making an easy cake recipe or something far more complicated, cake-baking is far from child’s play. The truth is, it’s easy to make mistakes when baking a cake — you might be making some without even realizing it!...
