Everything You Need To Know About Doritos Solid Black Doritos By Ralph Schwartz/June 28, 2021 2:29 pm EST Doritos Solid Black is not a new flavor for the snack chip. Nor is Doritos planning to post a solid black square on social media — a move many corporations made one year ago, to show solidarity with Black people after George Floyd was killed on a Minneapolis street by a police officer....
Fans Aren’t Sure About Pop-Tarts Limited-Edition Fall Flavor Instagram By Kate Hagan Gallup/Aug. 6, 2021 6:54 pm EST Pop-Tarts and Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett have teamed up to create a first-ever limited edition box with Pop-Tarts x Lyrical Lemonade Lemon Creme Pie (via PR Newswire). Describes artist and videographer Bennett, “It’s been a while since everyone has been back together in school, and we loved the idea of collaborating with Pop-Tarts to get creative and make that first day back amazing....
Here’s What You Can Do With Leftover Sauerkraut Juice Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/March 31, 2021 3:23 pm EST We don’t know about you, but we love sauerkraut, the tangy fermented cabbage that’s as at home nestled atop a hot dog as it is folded into creamy mashed potatoes. While sauerkraut surprisingly has its origins in China, it’s popularly associated with German and Eastern European cuisines (via New York Times). No matter where it came from, sauerkraut remains a popular condiment....
How Ali Khan Really Feels About Avocado Toast By Karen Hart/June 2, 2021 11:42 am EST Let’s face it: Avocado toast is the trend no one predicted. Seriously, who in their right mind could have imagined paying upwards of $900,000 a month for this simple food fare? Yet per CNBC, Americans have been crazy enough to do just that. What’s so great about mashed up avocado on a piece of toast that you would pay on average $10 for?...
How KFC’s Zinger Popcorn Chicken Differs From Regular Popcorn Chicken Shutterstock By James Lewis/May 14, 2021 2:19 pm EST Even though its forays into shoe fashion and raunchy movies produced some incredibly weird (albeit iconic) results, KFC does at least know what it’s doing when it comes to chicken — useful, really, considering the entire franchise relies on its Original Recipe Chicken of 11 secret herbs and spices (via KFC)....
Breezy Town Pizza’s crust isn’t burnt — it’s Maillard brown Twitter The photo that accompanied Justin Boldaji’s tweet of actually-Breezy-Town pepperoni pizza featured a pie with caramelized crust and crispy pepperoni with black edges. Twitter trolls had a field day with the image before New Jersey’s Twitter account found it two days later. “No offense but that s*** is burnt and you should demand ur money back,” Twitter user @ImaMickyCat said....
Popular Restaurant Dishes You Should Avoid By Albert Lakey AND DB Kelly/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:17 pm EST When you sit down at a restaurant — especially a nice one — for a long-awaited dinner out, you probably expect everything on the menu to be not just tasty, but safe to eat. Especially safe. They wouldn’t be serving the food if it had any potential to cause you harm, right? Well, we wish that were true, but unfortunately, it’s not....
Read This Before Ordering Anything Country Fried At Cracker Barrel Bloomberg/Getty Images By Aimee Lamoureux/March 9, 2021 9:37 am EST Cracker Barrel prides itself on serving up quality comfort food in a warm and welcoming environment. Part of its homestyle offerings include many country fried dishes, which are cuts of meat that are breaded, dusted with flour, pan fried, and finally served smothered in gravy, according to the The Spruce Eats....
The Dark Truth Behind The Return Of Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Facebook By DB Kelly/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 7:01 pm EST There are a lot of things in this world that are worth fighting for, but is a chicken sandwich one of them? A lot of people have said “Yes!”, and the release (and re-release) of Popeyes’ new chicken sandwich has been met with a bizarre number of incidents leading to bruises and bloodshed....
The Hilarious Reason People Are Looking At This Polish McDonald’s On Google Earth Shutterstock By Hannah Cole/June 4, 2021 4:47 pm EST When it comes to fast food, Google is like your best friend. Midnight and you’re craving a McFlurry? Google search for late-night delivery. Middle of the day in the middle of nowhere, and you’re due for a Big Mac before you hit the road again? Time to Google your nearest fast food joints....
The Real Difference Between Cajun Seasoning And Old Bay Seasoning Shutterstock By Alexandra Cass/Updated: March 15, 2021 8:42 am EST If you’re looking to spice up your next seafood dish, you can’t go wrong with Old Bay or Cajun seasoning. Both are considered to be go-to American spice blends, used by chefs and home cooks alike to bring seafood recipes (and more!) to life, according to PepperScale. While they might seem interchangeable (and indeed, many recipes suggest Cajun seasoning makes a great substitute for Old Bay), these two spice mixes are not the same....
The Real Difference Between Cornish Game Hens And Chicken Shutterstock By Shawna Cory/April 5, 2021 11:18 am EST What are Cornish game hens, exactly? Other than making you feel like a giant in the frozen food section at your local market, are they more than just fancy miniature chickens you can hold in the palm of your hand? The answer is: technically, not really. Many factors, including preparation and presentation, differentiate the tiny fowl from their larger counterparts — but in truth, a Cornish game hen is just a very young variety of the packaged chicken many grocery shoppers know and love (via The Spruce Eats)....
The Real Reason People Stopped Buying Cinnabon’s Pizzabons Twitter By Hanna Claeson/Feb. 10, 2021 5:07 pm EST Once upon a time (because this story deserves a “once upon a time”), Cinnabon thought it was a good idea to go into pizza. This was not a step into the world of hot dough and melted cheese like Cinnabon’s 2020 partnership with Pizza Hut was. (The one where, per Penn Live, you could get two pizzas, breadsticks, and Cinnabon cinnamon rolls all in the same, seductively named “Triple Treat Box....
The Real Reason You Should Skip Fried Ice Cream At Mexican Restaurants Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/May 6, 2021 1:10 pm EST It’s true what is often said — ice cream makes everything better. A universally beloved dessert, it’s comfort food at its best, to help you get through the difficulties of stressful work days and bad breakups. A fun twist on the favorite is fried ice cream. This rich succulent sweet treat is made by breading a scoop of the frozen dairy product and quick frying it to provide a warm, crunchy exterior and cold ice cream inside (via Truffles and Trends)....
The Reason Aldi Is Being Sued For Its Salmon Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/May 25, 2021 1:27 pm EST Aldi has courted controversy over the many years of servicing its customers. The Guardian reported that tests concluded that the chain intentionally sold horse meat marketed as burgers back in 2013, and sold shipments of bananas that smugglers used to hide cocaine in 2015 (via The Journal). The international grocer now faces another hurdle, thanks to claims its sustainable salmon might hold a dark secret....
The Reason So Many Italian-American Restaurants Look The Same Shutterstock By Cassidy Dawn Graves/Jan. 23, 2021 3:27 pm EST Rustic wood and checked red and white tablecloths. Baskets of bread and carafes of olive oil. Perhaps a painting of tomatoes, or a decorative garland of garlic bulbs. If these images feel familiar, it’s probably because you’ve stepped foot in an Italian restaurant — or rather, an Italian-American restaurant. In addition to offering familiar, not-exactly-authentic fare such as spaghetti and meatballs or fettuccine alfredo, Italian-American restaurants also tend to look the same....
The Truth About Josie Clemens From Hell’s Kitchen: Young Guns Season 1 Instagram By Erich Barganier/May 26, 2021 10:08 am EST Fans of Gordon Ramsay need to keep their eye out for the premiere of the chef’s latest show, “Hell’s Kitchen: Young Guns.” For the first time ever, Ramsay assembled a group of 18 young chefs from around the country to compete for it all at Hell’s Kitchen in Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace (via Fox)....
The World’s First Lab-Grown Foie Gras Could Solve This Major Concern Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/July 15, 2021 1:52 pm EST Some will say there is no way to truly enjoy a serving of foie gras (the fatty liver of a duck or goose), simply because the ingredient has too much baggage. Many of us come to know of foie gras as the product of a grim process that begins with maltreated poultry stuck in small cages and routinely force-fed in order to give humans the distended liver delicacy they crave, though J....
These Are Matty Matheson’s Top 5 Pantry Foods Marc Piasecki/Getty Images By Emily Weaver/March 18, 2021 10:44 am EST Matty Matheson isn’t your typical professional chef. After surviving a life-threatening health scare at the age of 29, the former party boy ditched the drugs and alcohol to focus on culinary knives and pots and pans. For nearly a decade, Matheson served as the executive chef at Toronto-based restaurant Parts and Labour — which closed in 2019 — while also having a hand in other food ventures like Dog and Bear Pub and Maker Pizza (via Toronto Life)....
These Are The Silliest Celebrity Cookbooks Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/May 25, 2021 12:50 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It seems like once anyone reaches a certain level of fame in the entertainment world, suddenly there’s a need to prove one’s gravitas by authoring a book. While the most popular (since perceived as easiest) type of book for any celeb to crank out in their spare moments seems to be a children’s book, yet another uber-popular literary genre is that of the cookbook....
