What MasterChef Winner Gerron Hurt Is Doing Now Facebook By Hannah Cole/Updated: April 20, 2021 9:14 pm EST If you’ve read the news lately, you may have heard that Gordon Ramsay — yes, the chef Gordon Ramsay — may be taking a break from cooking to pivot to something else entirely: hosting game shows. Meanwhile, Gerron Hurt, one of Ramsay’s kitchen prodigies from his hit show MasterChef, is just getting started with his own culinary career!...
Why You Should Skip IHOP’s Steakburgers Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/May 28, 2021 9:12 am EST “They say if you’ve had juicy steak burgers, you’ll never go back to a regular burger.” Who are they? Well, at the very least, “they” applies to the connoisseurs at My Chicago Steak. They describe a steak burger, aka a steakhouse burger, as a mix of an all-beef burger and steak. The “burger” comes together using a ground steak patty, usually with the option to choose a specific cut, instead of ground beef, and providing a better quality meat with flavors that truly shine, and even some health benefits like lower fat and leaner meat....
Easy Kolache Cookie Recipe Mark Beahm/Mashed By Mark Beahm AND Mashed Staff/July 19, 2021 11:31 am EST If you’re looking for a cookie recipe that isn’t too sweet, but is still rich and flaky, then you need to try this easy kolache cookie recipe. Kolache cookies go way back to the 1880s, when they were introduced to certain parts of America by Czechoslovakian immigrants. The cookie has taken on many forms since then, ranging from the traditional fruit-filled treat to fluffy pastries that are sometimes filled with sausage (via NPR)....
How Guy Fieri’s Food Career Started With Pretzels Kevin Mazur/Getty Images By Sara Cagle/May 3, 2021 3:17 pm EST Salty, mustardy, doughy, and chewy, Guy Fieri’s first soft pretzel was unlike anything he’d ever tasted (via Eater). On a family trip to Lake Tahoe, the Bavarian snack both shocked and shaped 10-year-old Fieri’s palate, which had only known health foods like “steamed fish and brown rice” cooked by his parents in Ferndale, California....
If You Ever Wanted A KFC Phone Case, Now’s Your Chance Instagram By Joe Nasta/Aug. 27, 2021 11:02 am EST Finally, the gift that nobody knew they were waiting for: A special collaboration between the fast food chain KFC and the phone case manufacturer CASETiFY is now available to die-hard fans everywhere. We’re oddly excited by the new case designs, which look pretty cool. It’s a fun gift for the KFC lover in your life, at the very least....
McDonald’s Had A Hilarious Response To Fan Demanding It Bring Back The Snack Wrap Nathan Stirk/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Updated: May 3, 2021 9:14 am EST McDonald’s fans who miss snack wraps are an incredibly vocal group on Twitter, and by now, that’s something the chain knows well (via Twitter). On March 26, McDonald’s tweeted a meme in response to the hordes of people on Twitter demanding the return of its snack wraps (via Twitter)....
Only 11% Of People Consider This Famous Steak Their Favorite Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 7:53 am EST When one sets out to buy a high-quality steak, they normally have to go all in due to how expensive the prime cuts are. The expense, as The Spruce Eats explains, comes from the fact that these cuts come from the muscles of the cow that receive the least amount of exercise during the beast’s lifetime, which only account for 8 percent of its beef....
Pompeii’s 2,000-Year-Old Snack Bar Will Soon Be Serving Customers Again Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Aug. 10, 2021 11:49 am EST Modern day dining as we know it may have suffered quite a bit during the pandemic but the industry is finding ways to deal with uncertainty. For example, as highlighted by Quartz, DoorDash has decided to work with six eateries in California to create a temporary ghost kitchen until November. Meanwhile, things are looking up in Italy, where more customers are being welcomed into restaurants....
Supermarket Sweep Has Been Around Longer Than You Thought Terry Fincher/Getty Images By Ni’Kesia Pannell/April 23, 2021 2:52 pm EST If you’re one of the many people who considers themselves to be an expert in all things rooted in nostalgia, then you’re probably no stranger to the iconic game show known as “Supermarket Sweep.” Once hosted by long-time TV personality David Ruprecht, it is exactly what it sounds like: A “game show that involves adult humans running around supermarkets like absolute maniacs,” according to Eater....
The Dark Connection Between Girl Scout Cookies And Child Labor Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/May 10, 2021 6:18 pm EST We all love our Girl Scout cookies, not just because they taste good and they are an institution we’re all keen to support, but also because they can provide a starting point for girls to learn life skills, including money management and business ethics (via Girl Scouts). So it will come as some surprise to know that the organizations that make Girl Scout cookies may be using a controversial ingredient in the treats we all love....
The Ice Cream Brands Andrew Zimmern Swears By Kevin Mazur/Getty Images By Sophia Lo/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 7:34 pm EST As the host of “Bizarre Foods,” Andrew Zimmern is known for trying things you don’t typically see on the kitchen table in the United States. Some of his favorite dishes from the show, which ended in 2018, include grilled cow udders and tuna spines, he shared on the Travel Channel. The culinary personality also makes a point to teach his son to be an open-minded eater, feeding him cultural treats like guinea pig and all kinds of seafood (via Today)....
The Real Difference Between Cornmeal And Polenta Shutterstock By Tracy Morin/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 4:43 pm EST Cornmeal is a must for all-American favorites like cornbread and hush puppies, dusts pizza crusts for extra crunch, fortifies deep-fried foods as a breading, and forms the base for tortillas. And, yes, it may be used to make polenta — but the two shouldn’t be confused and the terms aren’t interchangeable. In essence, white or yellow cornmeal is made from ground and dried field corn, which is starchier than the familiar corn-on-the-cob type (via Fine Cooking)....
The Real Reason Cracker Barrel Biscuits Are So Good Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 11:11 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In a world of get-up-and-go fast-food grease joints and cheap, sometimes unfulfilling, burgers and fries, there comes a time when you just want to sit down in a place that isn’t the stuffy interior of your car and enjoy an old-fashioned, home-cooked meal....
The Special Groom’s Cake Prince William Chose For His Royal Wedding Wpa Pool/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/April 29, 2021 12:59 pm EST In mid-2020, as COVID-19 related lockdowns swept the world, Prince William gave us an endearing insight into his home life. “I’m worried about the waistline of the nation as well with all the chocolate and cakes,” William told ambulance workers in Norfolk, England (via Yahoo Finance). “I’ve done a lot of baking at home....
The Startling Realization Rebel Wilson Had After Weight Loss Brendon Thorne/Getty Images By Audrey Michels/Jan. 29, 2021 2:15 pm EST Rebel Wilson has been making waves online since declaring 2020 her “Year of Health” on Instagram (a declaration that earned her over 620,000 likes). However, as she continues to make and crush her health and fitness goals, she’s also been making some less-exciting observations about how others treat her now that she is smaller (via Prevention)....
The Truth About Biden Blend Coffee Win Mcnamee/Getty Images By Audrey Michels/Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 4:51 pm EST Now that the longest election in recent memory is over, you might be feeling something of a gap in your morning routine. After all, there’s no longer a need to roll out of bed and immediately check the news to see if something monumental happened while you were asleep. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t still incorporate a bit of Biden into your morning, or rather, into your morning cup of joe....
The Truth About Charmaine Jones From Food Network’s Easter Basket Challenge Instagram By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 28, 2021 12:14 pm EST If you’re in the mood for Easter, the Food Network has you covered already with its new show, Easter Basket Challenge. According to Yahoo!, the new show will feature a bunch of talented bakers who will be seen participating in exciting challenges in a bid to win $25,000 and a golden egg in time for Easter!...
The Unhealthiest Thing You Can Order At Chick-Fil-A Raymond Boyd/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 1:24 pm EST Admittedly, nobody goes to Chick-fil-A to nibble on a leaf of lettuce and pass up those yummy chicken sandwiches and those oh-so-good waffle fries. If you must suffer for the sake of your diet, it’s better to do it at a lesser fast food restaurant, or maybe just buy a bag of kale chips at the gas station (if you’re driving through the kind of upscale, health-conscious neighborhood whose gas stations run to that kind of thing instead of tastier, but far less healthy fare)....
This Is The Actual Jimmy John’s Net Worth Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC/Wikimedia Commons By Felix Behr/Feb. 18, 2021 10:58 am EST Despite the fact that Jimmy John’s made their Super Bowl advertising debut only this year, Jimmy John Liautaud, the founder and former chairman of Jimmy John’s, has still managed to achieve a billionaire status. According to Celebrity Net Worth, after first opening his sandwich chain in 1983 with just a $25,000 loan from his father, Jimmy John Liautaud is now worth $2 billion....
This Simple Step Will Prevent Your Blanched Veggies From Wrinkling Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/June 14, 2021 1:55 pm EST Of all the cooking techniques in our kitchen arsenal, blanching is one that we don’t necessarily bust out too often — but when we do, we want to do it right. What is blanching, you might ask? It’s simply the process of boiling an ingredient — typically a vegetable — in salted hot water for a very short period of time, just long enough to cook the item all the way through....
