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The Important Cooking Lesson Anne Burrell Was Taught By Her Mom John Lamparski/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Aug. 11, 2021 3:00 pm EST Celebrity chef Anne Burrell was always meant for greatness. She was hungry to understand as much as she could about cooking before becoming a full-time chef and enrolled at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA), according to Total Food. “I was ready to be a student; I was ready to be a sponge,” she explained....

The Kitchen Mistake You’re Making Every Night Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/April 9, 2021 2:12 pm EST The kitchen can be a daunting place for even the most seasoned users. Even chefs can get overwhelmed with ingredients, temperatures, and especially clean-up. Publications like Reader’s Digest list a slew of mistakes you can make in the kitchen, from “not sharpening knives properly”, “putting hot liquids and foods in the blender”, and “allowing ready-to-eat foods and raw foods to touch”....

The Most Popular Yogurtland Flavors Might Surprise You - Exclusive Instagram By Alexandra Cass/Aug. 19, 2021 1:01 pm EST If you’ve ever been to Yogurtland, then you know that you’ll almost always find something you like. The chain was one of the first self-serve frozen yogurt brands to hit the market, and 15 years later, it remains the largest and fastest-growing one out there today, per the chain. So how does Yogurtland stay ahead of the game?...

The One Trick You Should Know To Keep Your Cake Perfectly Moist Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/March 17, 2021 9:24 am EST For many, baking is a creative form of escapism and relaxation. While baking can be very therapeutic and rewarding (and dangerously delicious), it also brings people together, especially generationally (via Insider). How many of us have fond memories of baking with grandma or coming home to our mom’s famous homemade chocolate chip cookies?...

The Only Pizza Dough Recipe You Need, According To Robert Irvine Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 4:46 pm EST A couple of days after Restaurant: Impossible’s latest episode, “Colorado Couple in Crisis,” Robert Irvine took to Twitter to declare “This Mushroom Pizza from the latest episode of Restaurant: Impossible delivers an incredible flavor combination (cremini mushrooms, truffle honey, fontina cheese…) and gives you the only pizza dough recipe you’ll ever need....

The Real Reason Angelina Jolie Is Taking Brad Pitt To Court Over Wine Shutterstock By Joe Nasta/July 12, 2021 12:09 pm EST Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been going through their divorce in the public eye since 2016, but they have prioritized their wine business despite it all and continued to produce outstanding wine (via Glamour). Chateau Miraval Winery, the estate in the south of France where Jolie and Pitt married in 2014 and the company they own equal shares of, is now the subject of a court motion that was just filed by Jolie....

The Shocking Amount Of Money People Are Trying To Sell Taco Bell Hot Sauce For Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images By Gabriela Mungarro/March 31, 2021 3:25 pm EST In a world where sellers can list cereal boxes for upwards of $2,000 on eBay, it’s safe to say that just about everything has a price tag that someone is willing to pay — even Taco Bell hot sauces. While it’s no secret that Taco Bell has tubs full of this now-pricey hot sauce stocked in every single restaurant, it’s possible that the fourth top-grossing restaurant in the world (via Restaurant Business Online) might just have to move this hot commodity to a secure vault at the rate things are going....

This Is The Most Nutritious Fast Food Pizza You Can Buy Shutterstock By James Lewis/July 13, 2021 9:12 pm EST Alongside debates about whether aliens actually exist at Area 51 and who really assassinated JFK (two extremely popular topics of conversation, according to Insider), it is strange that conspiracy theorists do not devote more time to discussing pizza. Commonly smothered with tomato sauce and topped with a layer of melted mozzarella, pizza is a powerful and highly respected god of the food world....

This Oddly Satisfying Video Shows What Really Happens Inside Your Blender Ilona Titova/Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/Aug. 25, 2021 4:11 pm EST Using a blender is a pretty self-explanatory process. Whether you’re whipping up a fruit smoothie, making a protein shake, or pureeing a sauce, all you really have to do is toss your ingredients in, make sure they’re not too big for a blender to handle, and add enough liquid to keep the blades turning....

This Person Has The Largest Collection Of Fast Food Toys In The World Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/May 13, 2021 1:00 pm EST What comes to your mind when someone talks about fast food toys? Do you end up reliving a flood of memories from your childhood, going back to the good old days when it gave you immense happiness to find a new toy inside a box of scrumptious fast food items at your favorite eatery?...

Trader Joe’s Fans Are Freaking Out About This New Hold The Cone Ice Cream Flavor Instagram By Audrey Michels/Updated: May 3, 2021 12:11 pm EST Ice cream is amazing. Whether on its own, in a cone, or incorporated into another dessert, ice cream just makes things better. Sometimes, you only want a small lick of ice cream rather than an over-the-top sundae size. Luckily, there are some fantastic pre-portioned ice cream options out there to help you hit the sweet spot between not enough ice cream and too much, like Trader Joe’s Hold the Cone mini ice cream cones (via Instagram)....

What Trisha Yearwood Finds Exciting About Her Show Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Aug. 5, 2021 1:21 pm EST Last week, the latest season of Trisha Yearwood’s cooking program “Trisha’s Southern Kitchen” debuted on the Food Network. In an interview with Today, Yearwood reveals the kind of viewer response that pleases her the most: “‘I watch your show, the food makes me hungry, and I think I can make that.’” According to Yearwood, she hears of many people who watch cooking shows but for some reason or another don’t attempt the recipes....

Why Gordon Ramsay Is A Fan Of Micro Meals Eamonn M. Mccormack/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 4:51 pm EST Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay may be a genius in the kitchen, but it’s been tough for him to balance his own meals at times. According to Cooking Light, the chef was accustomed to wolfing down big meals every day, but his wife, Tana (pictured with Ramsay, above), made him rethink his approach and urged him to make healthier choices....

Why You’ll Never Own A White Castle Franchise Drew Angerer/Getty Images By Felix Behr/April 5, 2021 8:44 am EST Considering how the film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle has, for certain groups, made the brand as iconic as the McDonald’s arches, it’s only natural that one would want to open a White Castle franchise to capitalize on that status. However, you can’t. The issue with opening a White Castle franchise, unlike with other chains, isn’t that it’s too expensive for most to open — it’s because White Castle doesn’t offer franchise agreements to begin with, a fact easily verified with a quick look at their website, which lacks the usually-present franchise information page....

How to remove a bundt cake that’s already stuck Shutterstock If you forget to follow Whaite’s genius trick, there are still a few ways to get a stuck bundt cake out of its tin after you bake it. The Kitchn recommends the steaming method. Pour boiling hot water over a towel in your sink and squeeze out the excess water until the cloth is damp but not dripping wet. Place the towel over the bundt tin for about 15-20 minutes, until cool....

You Should Never ‘Hard-Boil’ Eggs In The Oven. Here’s Why Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/April 6, 2021 2:24 pm EST When you need to entertain or just crave a quick snack, eggs always come to the rescue. According to Breakfast With Nick, hard-boiled eggs don’t take much effort to make — after dropping and cooking your egg in boiling water, you can dunk them in an ice water bath to easily get the shells off....

54% Of People Prefer Burger King’s New Look Over McDonald’s Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/Feb. 24, 2021 4:21 pm EST Burger King and McDonald’s have been competing since the middle of the last century, and they’ll never declare a ceasefire until one of them goes out of business or they both merge into a single entity in the distant future. Here and now, however, they are competing in just about any arena you can think of....

Boba Fans Need To Know About These Instant Packs At Costco Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/July 22, 2021 4:28 pm EST Are you boba-obsessed, but can’t get the drink every day because it’ll cause a dent in your bank account? Well, Costco has just the solution for you. Just like how instant noodles and instant coffee exist, there is instant boba. The Instagram account @costcohotfinds discovered $10.99 12-packs of instant boba at their local Costco....

Bumble Is Starting Its Own Restaurant For Your Awkward First Dates Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/July 1, 2021 11:38 am EST “People on dates shouldn’t even be allowed out in public,” Jerry Seinfeld said in a 1994 episode of “Seinfeld” (via Seinfeld Scripts). The classic TV sitcom always had a knack for capturing the mundane at its funniest. And this notion — that dating can be so awkward that it’s difficult to understand how the rules of etiquette could ever have thought to allow it to take place in public — well, it’s just spot on, right?...

Burger King Chicken Nuggets: What To Know Before Ordering Twitter By James Lewis/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 4:53 pm EST It’s a pretty sad time to be a chicken nugget (arguably even worse if you happen to be a chicken). Whereas once the battered chunks of golden crispiness were a staple of childhood and convenience meals, now the outlook is much more bleak. As The Guardian insightfully notes, “chickens don’t turn into nuggets by themselves....