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Here’s Why Hershey’s Low-Calorie Chocolates Were Discontinued Hershey’s By Amanda Tarlton/Feb. 11, 2021 11:16 am EST Almost every food you can think of has a healthier version on the market. Pizza? Try cauliflower crust. Soda? Diet Coke at your service. Potato chips? There’s no shortage of veggie straws, chickpea chips, and pea crisps to satisfy your salty craving. But what about chocolate? The sweet treat is one of people’s favorite desserts here in the United States, with Americans eating 100 pounds of chocolate every single second (via The South Florida Reporter)....

How The Weather Almost Ruined Alex Drummond’s Wedding Ashely Alexander By Lauren Cahn/June 26, 2021 1:20 pm EST In the days leading up to Alex Drummond’s May 1 wedding to her college sweetheart, Mauricio Scott, we were feeling The Pioneer Woman’s concerns about whether Oklahoma’s weather would cooperate with the wedding planning. After all, the state happens to be famous for its tornados in May (via Weather-US). Nevertheless, Ree Drummond bravely dug her Pioneer Woman heels into the Oklahoma earth and vowed she wasn’t going to let any kind of weather get in the way of her eldest daughter’s wedding....

How Valerie Bertinelli Really Feels About Her Time As A Jenny Craig Spokesperson Manny Hernandez/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/July 13, 2021 7:43 am EST Television personality and celebrity chef Valerie Bertinelli is a person who does not hesitate to take responsibility for her actions. She has been in the spotlight as of late for being outspoken about her thoughts on body shaming, her previous association with weight-loss program Jenny Craig, and her personal evolution....

Nadiya Hussain’s Method For Easy Yorkshire Batter David M. Benett/Getty Images By Amy Hamblen/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:29 pm EST If you like to have Netflix on in the background when you bake, then turn on Nadiya Bakes, episode one “Classics with a Twist” the next time you plan to take on Yorkshire batter. In this episode, Nadiya Hussain makes a kebab toad-in-the-hole using a batter that some might find intimidating to make....

One Of Cincinnati’s Favorite Snacks Is About To Be Discontinued Shutterstock By Pauli Poisuo/Jan. 29, 2021 9:57 am EST There’s something to be said about food brands that you recognize and can rely on everywhere. Still, wherever you go, locals are likely to have a greater affinity for their own neighborhood brand. Sure, McDonald’s may sell more food in the area, but burger aficionados are always going to place greater sentimental value on the local chain that people from other states have barely heard of, or even just that one mom-and-pop diner joint that they swear makes the best cheeseburgers in the entire world....

Read This Before Throwing Away Herb Stems Shutterstock By Audrey Michels/April 27, 2021 3:57 pm EST We’ve all been there in the kitchen, picking the tender leaves off a bunch of herbs and tossing out the stems without a second thought. But what if you could get just as much fresh flavor out of the stems as you could from the leaves? Turns out you can! According to Bon Appétit, the stems of herbs typically have the same flavor as the leaves, though it likely won’t be quite as strong....

Read This If You Recently Bought Basil From Kroger Bloomberg/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/Feb. 10, 2021 2:43 pm EST Have you recently bought basil from Kroger, Schnucks, or any other retail store in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin? If so, you’ll want to read on because that basil in your refrigerator may have been recalled. On February 8, Shenandoah Growers, Inc. of Harrisonburg, Virginia voluntarily recalled approximately 3,240 units of fresh-cut, organic packaged basil sold in those locations....

Recipes That Will Make Cheese Lovers Everywhere Rejoice Shutterstock By Andrew Sheldon/March 3, 2021 11:53 am EST Is there anything better than cheese? Not likely. Whenever a dish feels like it’s missing something, we inevitably spruce it up with some cheese. For instance, Swiss cheese instantly upgrades an average turkey sandwich, and sprinkling Parmesan cheese on a bowl of pasta comes second nature. There’s a reason why cheese is always the first option to take a dish to the next level....

Smoked Ham Might Never Look The Same After Seeing This Viral TikTok Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/July 24, 2021 2:54 pm EST Smoked ham, often drenched in some type of sticky-sweet glaze, is a staple on many holiday tables. After all, sometimes you just need an alternative to the classic turkey as your protein-packed centerpiece (or, you just want double the meat options — no judgment here!). However, a recent video posted on TikTok may just have any smoked ham lovers considering an alternative — and could perhaps have some smoked ham haters, vegan, or vegetarians switching sides to try out a fascinating take on this classic dish....

The 26 Best Slow Cooker Beef Recipes To Make For Dinner Robyn Mackenzie/Shutterstock By Alexandra Cass AND Nancy Mock/Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 3:41 pm EST Raise your hand if you like having hot, fresh, hearty dinners without having to spend a lot of cash, or stand over your stove for hours. No, this isn’t a trick: It’s the beauty of slow cooker recipes. Spend a few minutes prepping some ingredients, let the appliance do all the work, and you can tell everyone you’re a master chef....

The Food Job You Probably Never Knew Existed Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 9:22 am EST Andrea Hernández, creator of Snaxshot, titles herself as a “product oracle,” someone who delves through the depths of marketing hype for products, services, and the like with genuine potential. The project began, as Hernández describes in a Thrillist profile, with a growing irritation with what she dubs the “Goop-ification” of things. Namely, how aspects of other cultures are repackaged as the latest fad in the wellness industry....

The New SweeTARTS ‘Fusion’ Candy You Can Only Find At Walmart Steve Cukrov/Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/Aug. 24, 2021 3:25 pm EST SweeTARTS is taking its slogan “Be Both” to the next level. The candy has long been known for being both sweet and tart, but now, it’s both chewy and crunchy too. According to a press release received by Mashed, the dual-textured, dual-flavored candy goes by the name Chewy Fusions, and it’s the newest variation of SweeTARTS, joining Ropes, Chewy, and Original (via the SweeTARTS website)....

The Pioneer Woman’s Wedding Special Has The Internet Buzzing Ashely Alexander By Kate Hagan Gallup/Updated: June 26, 2021 1:02 pm EST The Pioneer Woman is in full wedding mode as the Drummond family shares with us the special occasion of eldest daughter Alex and her college sweetheart Mauricio Scott’s ranch wedding. While Food Network’s “Ranch Wedding” special is filled with plenty of delicious discussion about food like lace-edged wedding cakes and delicious beef filet, this special adds the trademark Drummond family earthiness and humility as they detail everything from setup to dress choices....

The Pregnancy Food Rule Joanna Gaines Never Breaks Rob Kim/Getty Images By Melissa Campana/March 27, 2021 11:50 pm EST In 2018, famous Fixer Upper-s Chip and Joanna Gaines welcomed a new son, Crew, to their crew, bringing their total number of children to a nice, round five. This means many things: that Crew better love hand-me-downs, that the family now needs to buy out a full row on a transatlantic flight, and that Joanna Gaines basically has a Ph....

The Real Difference Between New York And Chicago Style Hot Dogs Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Updated: March 17, 2021 11:33 pm EST While Chicago has been playing Second City to New York for the past few centuries, one thing you can say about the Windy City is they never keep trying to get a leg up on their pomaceous rival (vocabulary word of the day, according to Merriam-Webster, it means ‘of or pertaining to apples)....

The Real Reason Russet Potatoes Are The Best For Baking Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 3:05 pm EST When it comes to cooking potatoes, not all potatoes are the same. Depending on the type of potato you choose, your dish will either turn out really, really well or really, really badly. According to Potatoes USA, there are more than 200 different types of potatoes to pick from, so there are a lot of ways to go wrong, but if it’s a baked potato you’re after, your best bet will also be a classic russet potato....

The Secret Ingredient Marc Murphy Adds To His Chocolate Mousse Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Aug. 12, 2021 2:59 pm EST Every celebrity chef has their secrets, a fact that Food Network Magazine well knows. But, when the publication put out an article on some of the world’s top and most well-known chefs’ secret ingredients, some of the “secrets” were pretty unsurprising. Adding bay leaves to soups and stews is nothing new, nor is making your own crunchy croutons....

The Surprising Foods Tabitha Brown Can’t Live Without - Exclusive Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/June 4, 2021 1:04 pm EST As a child, TikTok influencer, actress, and author Tabitha Brown never met a crab leg she didn’t like (or, for that matter, a chicken leg or slice of turkey bacon). Yet, despite having grown up a country girl in North Carolina at a time when meat-eating was a given, Brown had a hunch that plant-based eating was where it was at and went vegetarian at age 15, sticking with it 100% until age 20....

The Surprising Frozen Food One Dietitian Says Is The Best To Buy At The Store Shutterstock By Audrey Michels/May 14, 2021 1:54 pm EST Frozen foods have come a long way since sodium-packed TV dinners were the main thing you’d find in the freezer aisle. For instance, in France there is an entire grocery store chain called Picard that only sells frozen food, stocking everything from raw ingredients like fruits, veggies, meat, and fish to gourmet meals like foie gras-filled filo pastry pockets (via Kitchn)....

The Surprising Health Benefits Of Butter Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/July 7, 2021 4:24 pm EST The opinion on butter has changed drastically over the decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, as Harvard Public Health describes, the notion was essentially that all fat was bad. In 2014, the Wall Street Journal declared that butter was making a comeback, as consumers purchased more of it than margarine and began to understand that some fats are better than others....