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Everything You Should Know About Starbucks’ New Sparkling Spritzes Instagram By Erich Barganier/July 7, 2021 2:04 pm EST When you think of Starbucks’ seasonal drinks, images of peppermint mochas, crème brûlée lattes, and even eggnog might come to mind. While the holiday months get a ton of love, the café chain always has something special to help cool you down in the summer, too, and their latest offering raises the bar to new heights....

Good News For Fans Of Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/July 12, 2021 4:24 pm EST How do we love pizza? Let us count the ways. We love New York-style pizza, Chicago deep dish pizza, Neapolitan pizza, white pizza. We love it by the pie or by the slice. We love personal pan pizza, dollar pizza, pepperoni pizza, clam pizza. We love pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening, and pizza for fourth meal....

How Shopping At Trader Joe’s Will Be Different Now Noam Galai/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Updated: May 3, 2021 12:08 pm EST We don’t think we are exaggerating when we say just about every supermarket in America has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. There are few grocers left that will allow customers to come in without wearing face masks — and the numbers of people allowed in the store are regulated, and where social distancing has to be observed while shopping or while lining up at the checkout....

Melissa McCarthy’s Daughter’s First Words Perfectly Predicted Her New Show With Ina Garten David Livingston/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/March 23, 2021 4:45 pm EST No one knows how to have fun like comedian Melissa McCarthy. According to People, the Emmy Award-winning actor plans to team up with food connoisseur Ina Garten on a new special, Cocktails and Tall Tales with Ina Garten and Melissa McCarthy. The half-hour show features Garten and McCarthy catching up and shooting the breeze over Zoom while enjoying a slew of different cocktails....

Nestlé’s New PB&J Cookie Dough Has This Interesting Twist Instagram By Aimee Lamoureux/July 15, 2021 2:20 pm EST Cookie dough just might be the perfect snack. Not only does it transform into a plate of delicious cookies in about 15 minutes or less, but it is also a famously delicious standalone treat (albeit not exactly recommended by health professionals), when simply eaten raw straight from the package. In fact, nibbling on cookie dough before putting in the oven can almost certainly bring back fun childhood memories of baking and creating your own special concoctions....

Oreo Fans Need To Try This New Baskin-Robbins Flavor Facebook By Kate Hagan Gallup/March 2, 2021 12:00 am EST Since 1953, Baskin-Robbins has been serving up 31 flavors so that we fans of ice cream can experience a different flavor a day — all monthlong. Since that time, the ice-cream giant has been known for adding fun, exclusive, and limited-edition flavors to its lineup. From a Beatles-themed “Beatle Nut” to proprietary blends of three-cocoa chocolate to strawberries from a special BR-design variety, Baskin-Robbins is known for flavor innovation....

Shake Shack Has Good News For Bacon Avocado Fans Shake Shack By Erich Barganier/April 7, 2021 2:45 pm EST Shake Shack has truly blitzed through 2021, offering something for every type of fast food fan. Back in January, the chain introduced their Korean-inspired chicken items, ranging from gochujang-coated chicken sandwiches, all the way to gochujang fries (via Fansided). The restaurant followed up by announcing a partnership with respected cooks from across America, as a different cook each month introduced a new item to the Shake Shack menu (via Food and Wine)....

SNL’s Hilarious Hot Ones Parody Is Turning Heads YouTube By Ralph Schwartz/March 29, 2021 10:22 pm EST Beyoncé exercises near-total control over her public identity. She almost never gives interviews, and on-camera interviews are even rarer (via W). So you have to wonder, what would happen if something possessed Beyoncé to sit down with Sean Evans for conversation and spicy wings on his popular YouTube show, Hot Ones? It’s almost certainly not going to happen....

The Biggest Mistake You’re Making With Your Whiskey Highball Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Jan. 27, 2021 12:36 pm EST For those who are just beginning to stir up their own cocktails at home, the whiskey highball might seem like a relatively simple entry into the practice. But the seemingly straightforward cocktail is more complex than the simple three ingredients — whiskey, sparkling water, and ice — it calls for (via Vinepair). In fact, The Daily Beast describes the elaborate Japanese “cut with water ritual” known as mizuwari in which the bartender follows a precise set of steps down to stirring the whiskey and ice thirteen and a half times and three and a half times with the sparkling water....

The Bread Baking Rule You Should Never Break Shutterstock By Emily Mallden/April 23, 2021 11:04 am EST Thanks to popular programs like “The Great British Baking Show,” amateur bread bakers and Netflix subscribers alike may feel more confident than ever in their kitchen skills. The show’s glossary of baking terms (like proofing bread and soggy bottoms) have seemingly become part of the common culinary lingo. Televised food shows aside, there are still some baking rules many bread lovers are unsure about, especially when it comes to proofing....

The Burger King Menu Item You Didn’t Know Is Sold During Breakfast Matthew Horwood/Getty Images By Ashley Steinberg/May 7, 2021 3:01 pm EST There is a bit of an arbitrary standard for what is considered to be appropriate breakfast food. The Daily Meal notes that items like “sausage and biscuits, cereal and milk (or muesli and yogurt), doughnuts and coffee, or pancakes and syrup” tend to earn the breakfast food title, even when eaten at other meals — breakfast for dinner, anyone?...

The Cookies Meghan Markle Served At Her First Baby Shower Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/Updated: July 8, 2021 9:45 am EST For the birth of their second child, daughter Lilibet, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry kept their baby shower low-key, encouraging friends and family to donate to the charities they support in lieu of splurging on lavish gifts (via Vanity Fair). Considering the couple had stepped down as working royals a year prior, it comes as no surprise that they would take on such a minimalist approach....

The Food Rule Chopped’s Geoffrey Zakarian Never Breaks Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/March 30, 2021 3:53 pm EST Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian is a major source of inspiration for his fans. The veteran chef has been around for around three decades, motivating others in the industry. As per his website, the chef juggled several roles in the beginning of his career, working in places like Le Cirque, 21 Club, The Dorchester, Patroon, and more before achieving fame as an accomplished chef....

The Location Of The First International Subway Might Surprise You Matt Cardy/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Jan. 25, 2021 8:13 am EST Subway is an iconic name in the world of fast food. It showed plenty of potential from the very beginning. In fact, according to The Daily Meal, on the first day Subway (which used to be named Pete’s Super Submarines) opened, the restaurant’s bread sold out. The brand benefited greatly from franchising and got a lot more popular after it caught the attention of those who were interested in helping it succeed....

The Most Popular Hungry Howie’s Pizza Might Surprise You - Exclusive Instagram By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 9:39 am EST Walk into a Hungry Howie’s and the pizza chain’s CEO Steve Jackson wants you to focus on personalizing your pie. “The thing about pizzas, there’s just tens of thousands of options. So to combine them any way you want, that’s what makes it America’s favorite food … people can customize it any way they want,” Jackson gushed to Mashed in an exclusive interview....

The Real Reason M&M McFlurries Nearly Disappeared Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/March 10, 2021 11:12 am EST If there’s one thing that McDonald’s does right in terms of fast food, it’s the fact that it offers solid comfort food to its customers. Whether you’re looking for a good old burger or a plate of delicious fast food fries, the brand doesn’t disappoint. One of the most-loved items on the menu is of course, the McFlurry, a delicious dessert that’s guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth....

The Real Reason Trader Joe’s Is Always Out Of Products Getty Images By Karen Miner/Updated: April 20, 2021 8:50 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s hard to come up with many reasons not to adore Trader Joe’s, what with its charming-if-inexplicable nautical theme and perpetually happy crew in Hawaiian shirts. After all, they’ve got a return policy that rivals Costco’s, they’re home to the famous Two Buck Chuck, and their products are not only ridiculously delicious but notoriously inexpensive....

The Truth About Sasha Grumman From Top Chef Season 18 Instagram By Boshika Gupta/March 31, 2021 3:05 pm EST The latest season of Top Chef is set to make its debut with a roster of talented participants from different parts of the country. As reported by Variety, this season was shot in Portland, Oregon, during the pandemic last year. The show was filmed with special considerations for safety measures, like social distancing, and certain tweaks were incorporated, such as getting groceries delivered for the challenges on the show....

The Untold Truth Of Celebrity Chef Christina Tosi Noel Vasquez/Getty Images By Emily Alexander/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 4:51 pm EST Christina Tosi, CEO and founder of Milk Bar, has come a long way since her outlandish childhood kitchen experiments. What started as a cereal milk panna cotta on the dessert menu at David Chang’s Momofuku has become a sweet, sweeping empire under Tosi’s watchful eye. As of October 2019, Milk Bar employed over 381 people (led predominately by women) across 16 locations (via The New York Times and Eater)....

The Untold Truth Of Yoo-Hoo Shutterstock By Brian Boone/Aug. 10, 2021 4:46 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. During those many trips to the convenience store, gas station, grocery store, or drugstore throughout our lives, you sometimes want a treat. And when one gets thirsty or just wants to reward or treat themselves for a job well done, there are many beverage options that do the trick, including soda, juice, bottled tea, flavored water … or a Yoo-hoo....