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Breakfast Pastries That Are Dangerously Delicious Kate Shungu/Mashed By JP Karwacki/April 7, 2021 11:43 am EST Few things can beat treating yourself in the morning with a sweet or savory baked good. If that treat is freshly baked, even better. And there’s no finer way to ensure that freshness than if you make it at home. Any one of the recipes you find below will put the breakfast pastry display cases of your most beloved chains to shame, and not just because you get a sense of accomplishment from making them yourself....

Chocolate Cake Recipes That Are Dangerously Delicious Shutterstock By Chris Heasman/Updated: April 19, 2021 11:37 am EST There’s nothing quite like a good chocolate cake, is there? Arguably the classiest, most decadent, and most luxurious of all the desserts, the not-so-humble chocolate cake ought to be a cinch to prepare for any baker worth their salt. Still, you can only get so much enjoyment out of the most basic of recipes, and the sad truth is that it’s not always easy to bring a fresh new perspective to a dessert everyone has had a thousand times before....

Dairy Queen Hacks You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner Mario Tama/Getty Images By Samantha Maxwell/Updated: March 12, 2021 4:30 pm EST When you’re in the mood for the softest soft serve around, where’s the first spot on your list? If you’re like many people out there, it’s Dairy Queen. The Dairy Queen mission is to “To create positive memories for all who touch DQ,” and if you’ve had many of the treats from this place before, you’ll see that the company often gets it right....

Don’t Serve Picadillo Without These Side Dishes Facebook By Maria Scinto/Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 4:59 pm EST While picadillo may be, as The New York Times calls it, the “ultimate Cuban comfort food,” it’s actually found throughout Latin America and even in the Philippines. California-based food blog Carslbad Cravings notes that the word picadillo is Spanish for “all chopped up,” so basically it equates to the English term hash. Picadillo recipes differ just a bit from country to country, though most are based around ground or chopped meat and veggies simmered in tomato sauce....

Easy Tuna Steak Recipe Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 4, 2021 10:14 am EST If you grew up with tuna being synonymous with fish-in-a-can, you’re certainly not alone. But tuna salad and tuna sandwiches, as delicious as they may be, are far from the only ways to enjoy this delightful fish. This easy tuna steak recipe will surely become one of your new favorites in your regular dinner rotation....

Here’s What You Can Substitute For Sumac Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/April 20, 2021 1:28 pm EST You’re quickly scanning through a recipe when you notice a spice that you may not have in your collection: sumac. The seasoning is popular in the Middle East, and comes in the form of red berries ground into a coarse powder, or more rarely, whole berries (via The Spruce Eats). The signature red hue is also responsible for the spice’s name, which comes from the Aramaic word summaq and translates to “dark red....

How Andrew Zimmern Really Feels About Working With Chip And Joanna Gaines Cindy Ord/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/July 20, 2021 10:20 am EST Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern is an accomplished television personality. According to his website, Zimmern feels passionate about promoting diversity and cultural tolerance through the culinary arts. He has many television shows to his credit including his latest venture, “Family Dinner” on Magnolia Network. Zimmern believes that this show has its heart in the right place....

How Drinking Coffee Could Benefit Your Heart Shutterstock By Lucia Capretti/July 3, 2021 9:34 pm EST If you’re one of the 62% of Americans who drink coffee daily, as per the National Coffee Association, then you might have wondered whether it was doing you any good. While there are some people who are better off skipping the java due to pre-existing conditions, professor of nutrition Penny Kris-Etherton agrees that most adults can fit coffee into a healthy diet (via American Heart Association)....

How To Fix This Common Hollandaise Sauce Mistake Shutterstock By Cristine Struble/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:18 pm EST From the topping to the delectable eggs Benedict to a drizzle over asparagus, hollandaise sauce is a classic. Considered one of the five mother sauces of classic cuisine, the basic sauce is a starting point for a variety of other sauces (via Food52). Made with clarified butter and eggs, it is considered an emulsified sauce....

Meghan Markle Fans Love What She Did With This Leftover Cake Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/June 23, 2021 2:36 pm EST When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry visited New Zealand in 2018, sharing cake with local school children wasn’t part of their busy agenda. However, as reported by Daily Mail, that’s exactly the scenario that played out during their four-day royal tour of the country. While on their visit to Wellington, the Duke and Duchess were scheduled to hold an informal discussion on New Zealand’s mental health initiatives and impact on the youth at the town’s most well-known coffee shop and eatery, the Maranui Cafe....

Oreo Has Good News For Basketball Fans Press Release By Erich Barganier/March 10, 2021 10:49 am EST Oreo has a long history with organized sports. According to Wired, the cookie company has always made waves when they promote Oreos at the Super Bowl, and they’ve partnered with the NHL to imprint the Stanley Cup onto the tops of the snack (via Strategy). After dominating the ad space around football and hockey, it only makes sense to take the cookie courtside....

People Are Losing It Over Aldi Germany’s American Week Foods Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/July 30, 2021 11:15 am EST Aldi is one of Germany’s best-known exports, and they don’t want to let anyone forget their origins. Not once, but twice a year American Aldi locations hold an event called German Week where they showcase a wide variety of products from das Vaterland. The next German Week is likely to happen around the same time as Oktoberfest (mark your calendars!...

The Big Change McDonald’s France Is Making To Its Happy Meal Toys David Paul Morris/Getty Images By Gabriela Mungarro/March 18, 2021 3:58 pm EST It’s no secret that McDonald’s has become more than just a place to eat, as it’s put smiles on children’s faces from around the world for the past 40 years with their amazing toys, as noted by Eat This, Not That. In fact, it’s not uncommon for adults to collect toys, too....

The Canned Tomato Brand Ina Garten Swears By Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/April 28, 2021 8:03 am EST You say to-MAY-toh, Ina Garten says San Marzano. She’s not trying to be mean (Ina Garten is never trying to be mean), it’s just that a regular canned tomato will never do. Garten is known for using the best quality ingredients she can source. In a recent virtual conversation with The New York Times, Garten explained her approach: “It means think about the ingredient....

The Iconic Dessert You Never Knew Was Created By The Amish Shutterstock By Kate Hagan Gallup/Feb. 13, 2021 11:29 am EST While the most visible image of the Amish may be the horse and buggy along with old-fashioned dress, the crafts of the Amish leave a lasting impression, too. And when that craft happens to be food, some the Amish cooking traditions are not only inventive but also incredibly tasty. The Amish community was growing their own food and eating local long before it became mainstream cool (via Taste of Home)....

The Real Reason Bobby Flay Loves Cats So Much Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images By Anthony Mastroianni/Updated: April 21, 2021 5:31 pm EST Who said only dogs could be a man’s best friend? In an interview with People, celebrity chef Bobby Flay delves into his lifelong relationship with cats while also touting a brand-new line of feline food called Made By Nacho (available now at Petsmart). The brainchild (or maybe it’s braincat?) behind this new venture is none other than Flay’s Insta-famous 6-year-old Maine Coon companion, Nacho....

The Real Reason Contestants Only Prepare One Of Each Dish On MasterChef Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images By Ashley Steinberg/July 27, 2021 9:37 am EST Cooking competition shows have to be incredibly careful to spell out each and every rule. One slip-up can potentially provide a little, or not so little, amount of backlash down the line, especially a show as popular as “MasterChef.” With various iterations around the world, the show ranks number one on Tell-Tale TV’s list of cooking competitions they’d want to be a part of....

The Real Reason People Stopped Buying The McDonald’s McLean Deluxe Nathan Stirk/Getty Images By Felix Behr/March 29, 2021 11:16 am EST In the early ’90s, McDonald’s initiated a campaign to dispel its reputation for purveying fatty food to children. As a journalist notes in a piece for Atlas Obscura documenting his quest for the original taste of McDonald’s fries, all fast food enterprises were attempting to cater to a more health conscious consumer base....

The Scariest Chef Stephanie Izard Competed Against - Exclusive lev radin/Shutterstock By David Klein/Aug. 20, 2021 1:01 pm EST Throughout her illustrious cooking competition career, James Beard Award winner Stephanie Izard has had her fair share of formidable opponents. But nothing would quite compare to engaging in culinary battle with an Iron Chef. “I would say the scariest chef to compete against was [Masaharu] Morimoto,” Izard revealed in an exclusive interview with Mashed....

The Surprising Way Giada De Laurentiis Likes Her Baked Pastas Kevin Winter/Getty Images By Amanda Tarlton/Aug. 16, 2021 9:37 pm EST If there’s one thing Giada De Laurentiis could be considered an authority on, it’s Italian food. The celebrity chef and Food Network star is known for her traditional Italian cooking and love of all things pasta and pizza. Whether it’s on her TV series “Giada at Home” or in one of her many cookbooks, De Laurentiis has whipped up thousands of dishes inspired by growing up in Rome (via Food Network)....