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Giada De Laurentiis’ Italian Spin On French Onion Soup Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/Feb. 11, 2021 4:42 pm EST Did we need a new version of classic and beloved French onion soup? Of course not. Are we glad Giada De Laurentiis went ahead and gave us one anyway? Yeah, we really are. Simple onion soups can be traced to the Romans (via Taste Atlas), and the French onion soup we know and love today has been around since the 18th century (via The Culture Trip)....

Here’s How Rachael Ray’s High School Teachers Remember Her Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Jan. 27, 2021 5:00 pm EST Everyone loves Rachael Ray. How could you not? She’s so relatable — a word that truly encapsulates how people feel about her when they watch her cook. If you have ever watched Ray’s show, you know that she is always smiling, laughing, goofing around, and giving off the vibe that she doesn’t take herself too seriously....

How Rich Is The Noodles And Company CEO And What’s The Average Pay Of Its Employees? Tony Webster/Wikimedia Commons By Naomi Kennedy/April 21, 2021 1:13 pm EST Noodles & Company had been around since founder Aaron Kennedy opened up its first location in Colorado in 1995 (via Fast Food Menu Prices). However, Kennedy was met with a few negative newspaper reviews that led him to re-evaluate the company entirely beginning just a year later, in 1996....

How To Cut A Pineapple Ksenia Prints/Mashed By Ksenia Prints/July 14, 2021 11:17 am EST Finding the best way to cut a pineapple is the key to a good summer, says food blogger and photographer Ksenia Prints of At the Immigrant’s Table. Who doesn’t love the fresh, bright taste of a beautifully ripe pineapple? But who loves to cut it? This large, prickly fruit may seem intimidating at first glance, which is why people often reach for the canned stuff first....

McDonald’s Added A ‘Sweet’ New Burger That You Currently Won’t Find In America Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 5:16 pm EST McDonald’s has made many strides in the innovation department, especially when it comes to their international offerings. The chain may be known for their Big Mac, but around the world they have a ton of unexpected riffs on familiar fare, per Spoon University. In Canada, they have a McLobster Roll, which “features 100% Atlantic Lobster meat, diced celery, light salad dressing and lettuce....

Nathan’s 4th Of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Is Back To Normal For 2021 Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images By Sydney Rende/June 30, 2021 2:21 pm EST When it comes to American traditions, there’s nothing more iconic than a hot dog eating contest on the 4th of July. If hot dogs are America’s food, and 4th of July is America’s holiday, then the only thing that makes more sense than a hot dog eating contest on the 4th of July would be a hot dog eating contest on the 4th of July inside a crowded baseball stadium....

Slow Cooker Boston Baked Beans Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/June 8, 2021 10:15 am EST Ever wonder why Boston is often called Beantown and those sweet, tangy beans are called Boston baked beans? It’s not all that happy of a story, as it happens. According to Trip Savvy, it all dates back to the days of the slave trade. Sugarcane harvested in the Caribbean was sent in large volume up to Boston where much of it was used to make rum, which was then itself traded to West Africa....

Sweet Baby Ray’s Has Good News For Sugar-Free Fans Facebook By Felix Behr/March 30, 2021 3:31 pm EST Sweet Baby Ray’s has announced an expansion to their Ray’s No Sugar Added Sauces. These additions, as they explain in a press release shared with Mashed, are a Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Sauce and a Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce. Both will be available in stores with prices ranging from $2.99 to $3.29....

The Best 5-Ingredient Pumpkin Pie Recipe Lindsay D. Mattison/Mashed By Lindsay D. Mattison/Updated: March 4, 2021 3:31 pm EST In the fight of the holiday pies, we have a hard time choosing a winner. Is it all-American apple pie, decadent chocolate cream pie, nutty and spiced pecan pie, or rich and silken pumpkin pie? After making the best 5-ingredient pumpkin pie recipe, we might have to go with the latter. It may lack the texture of other pies, but it makes up for it with its smooth flavor....

The Big Problem Costco Shoppers Have With This ‘Keto-Friendly’ Bread Instagram By Audrey Michels/May 17, 2021 1:04 pm EST The ketogenic diet can be quite strict when it comes to foods you can and can’t eat on the plan. If you’ve ever followed it, chances are you have become very good at reading food labels to discern ingredients, particularly when it comes to net carbs, as it’s a large part of the diet and being able to reach the state known as ketosis (when your body burns fat for fuel)....

The Classic Easter Dish 28% Of People Would Gladly Never Eat Again Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/April 1, 2021 5:38 am EST With Easter upon us, many Americans are looking forward to a delicious, hearty spring-themed dinner on Sunday. But it appears that not all classic Easter dishes are equally beloved by Americans. When Food Network compiled a list of its 30 most popular Easter dinner recipes, ham not only led the pack, but also appeared no less than five times in different guises (not counting pancetta or pork roast, which would bring the tally to seven)....

The Discontinued Whopper Burger King Needs To Bring Back Matthew Horwood/Getty Images By Pauli Poisuo/Jan. 21, 2021 3:06 pm EST Burger King is one of the fast-food industry’s absolute biggest boys, and the monarchy of the flame grill has plenty of menu items to show for it. Not that they’ll ever show them all at the same time, though. Like any decent fast food joint, Burger King likes to keep its menu streamlined, though it does offer plenty of cool burger hacks for those in the know....

The Real Difference Between A Bundt Pan And A Tube Pan Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/May 20, 2021 12:59 pm EST Wouldn’t it be nice if we all lived in spacious homes with enormous, well-stocked kitchens and enough funds to purchase and room to store any additions our little hearts desired? Yes, well, it’s a beautiful dream, but even if Bill Gates is now single, there’s only one of him to go around....

The Real Reason Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Season 3 Has So Many US Locations Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Ashley Steinberg/June 24, 2021 4:54 pm EST Culinary personality Gordon Ramsay is well-known for his illustrious television career. Having started as the lead of “Hell’s Kitchen,” in which he is famous for yelling at and berating his staff (once calling one of them an idiot sandwich), his TV repertoire has only expanded in recent years....

The Real Reason No Canadian Restaurants Have Michelin Stars Shutterstock By Lucia Capretti/March 18, 2021 11:22 am EST While some of us might feel more comfortable with a home cooked meal or takeout, there’s an entire institution responsible for classifying some of the world’s finest restaurants. The Michelin Guide has been published yearly since 1900, determining which restaurants worldwide meet their high standards of quality (via the Michelin Guide). Though its star rating system is esteemed by epicureans, the guide was first developed for motorists....

The Real Reason Tim Hortons Doesn’t Have An Apostrophe Bloomberg/Getty Images By Aimee Lamoureux/Feb. 17, 2021 9:28 am EST The beloved Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons has supplied Canadians, and those visiting, with double-doubles and doughnuts since its founding in 1964. It is now a popular multinational coffee chain serving up everything from breakfast sandwiches to lattes, but there is one thing that bugs many native English speakers about the restaurant: The chain’s name seems like it is missing an apostrophe....

The Real Reason Tyson Is Shutting Down Its Largest Pork Plant Facebook By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 2:30 pm EST Tyson Foods is closing its largest pork processor after nearly 200 employees tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 (via Delish). Tyson announced the decision to shut down its Waterloo, Iowa facility on Wednesday, one week after the small city’s mayor appeared on CNN and said the plant should be closed immediately....

The Reason Some People Refer To Capicola As Gabagool Shutterstock By Neala Broderick/April 13, 2021 1:13 pm EST If you’re a fan of The Sopranos, you’ve likely adopted the term “gabagool” after hearing the clan discuss their love of cured meats every few episodes. If you were to order gabagool at a typical restaurant, you may receive some furrowed brows, but if you’re in a region with a large Italian-American population, like New Jersey, they’ll have a platter of capicola in front of you in no time....

The Surprising Items Hidden In Queen Elizabeth’s Wedding Cake Wpa Pool/Getty Images By Owen Duff/Updated: April 9, 2021 9:21 am EST Wedding cakes for British royalty are elaborate affairs. Remember that cake from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018 – the four-tiered, lemon-elderflower masterpiece (via Town & Country)? Well, that’s just the tip of the icing cone in royal wedding cake history. As Hello! reports, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s cake was eight tiers tall and weighed about 220 pounds....

The Surprising Thing You Should Never Put In Your Freezer Shutterstock By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Sept. 2, 2021 11:21 pm EST First the good news: Chocolate, like everybody whispered about back in 2017, probably isn’t going to go extinct by 2050 due to climate change (via Snopes). Now the bad news: Scientists do think that increasing humidity in the cocoa-producing regions of West Africa, due to climate change, will “significantly reduce” the amount of lands that are suitable for cocoa farming (via Science Alert)....