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What It’s Really Like To Work In The Walmart Bakery Bloomberg/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 28, 2021 5:23 pm EST Walmart is one of the biggest retailers in the country with plenty of products that are meant for a variety of customers. It even has a well-stocked bakery with high-quality dessert options. According to the brand’s official website, the team works really hard to maintain its standards which means that they’re often conducting regular taste tests and pushing their limits while innovating and experimenting with new products at the store....

What You Didn’t Know About The First-Ever Wendy’s Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Holly Riddle/Feb. 2, 2021 2:11 pm EST According to the company’s website, there are more than 6,500 Wendy’s locations across the world, stretching into more than two dozen countries — but the fast-food giant didn’t start this way. In fact, when Dave Thomas founded Wendy’s, he had no plans to grow what began as a small, local burger joint into a burger empire....

Why Bright And Early Isn’t Actually Orange Juice Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/April 2, 2021 12:29 pm EST When you hear the names Tropicana, Minute Maid, SunnyD, or Bright & Early, orange juice is likely what comes to mind. But not all supposed “orange juices” are created equal. Healthline praises orange juice as a nutritious breakfast drink option, noting that it boasts low calories and important nutrients like protein, vitamin C, folate, potassium, and magnesium, as well as much-needed antioxidants....

Why Fans Found This Episode Of Restaurant: Impossible So Emotional Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/May 7, 2021 4:10 pm EST Dramatic and emotional moments are not unusual on “Restaurant: Impossible,” where Robert Irvine dishes out tough love and much-needed guidance to struggling restaurant owners at risk of losing it all if their businesses cannot be turned around. The Food Network ran the show from 2011 to 2016, and brought it back in 2019 (via IMDb)....

Why You Should Always Fluff Your Flour Before Baking Shutterstock By Michael La Corte/May 12, 2021 1:56 pm EST If you’re someone who finds solace in baking, you’ve certainly measured your fair share of flour, which isn’t always the most straightforward (or cleanest) task. You also may have a particular way in which you measure flour, or maybe you abide by recipes that ask for a specific technique to be applied when setting up your baking mise en place....

Why You Should Try Cooking Chicken In A Bundt Pan Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/May 20, 2021 12:33 pm EST Roast chicken is one of the easiest dishes to prepare if you just want a nice, simple, one-pan, set-it-and-forget it dinner. Of course, this doesn’t mean that perfection can’t be improved upon. Google “best way to make roast chicken” and you’ll come up with approximately a zillion hits, since there’s not a single chef or amateur cook out there who doesn’t have their own tip — slow roast, high heat, salt-crusted, brined — the options are endless, and since chickens are cheap, these aren’t high-stakes propositions here....

Aldi’s New Vegan Dumplings Are Turning Heads Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/May 24, 2021 5:25 pm EST Aldi is a great place for vegans to find fresh fruits, veggies, and plant-based offerings, and now they are expanding their vegan offerings even further with their new selection of Earth Grown dumplings. These tasty vegan dumplings are available in both tofu and vegetable and Thai basil flavors. The best news is, this flavorful product is selling for just $3....

Aldi Shoppers Are Loving Its New Greek-Inspired Hummus Flavors Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/July 22, 2021 3:55 pm EST If you feel like you are starting to get the travel bug, but aren’t able to hop on a flight right now, then Aldi has good news for you. The popular grocery store is going international with the release of its new Greek-inspired hummus flavors, which promise to deliver the authentic dining experience of the sun-drenched Mediterranean, without you even having to leave your house....

Chick-Fil-A Has The Perfect Valentine’s Day Gift For Chicken Nugget Fans Chick-fil-A By Ralph Schwartz/Jan. 28, 2021 4:56 pm EST Seeing that florists and the makers of chocolate candies have a nice Valentine’s Day racket going, fast food chains are taking a piece of the action for themselves. Dunkin’, for example, has its heart-shaped doughnuts and special Valentine’s macchiatos. Dunkin’s sweet treats do make sense as substitutes for the standard box of chocolates....

Chick-Fil-A’s Indirect Connection To Recent Anti-LGBTQ+ Donations Has People Upset Shutterstock By Felix Behr/June 5, 2021 10:02 am EST Pride Month managed to begin with a bang, albeit an unsurprising one. On June 1, Scott Bixby of The Daily Beast revealed that the ever stalled Equality Act, which would make any discrimination based on an individual’s sexual or gender identity illegal, has continued to be stymied by vast amounts of money, much of which is donated by the National Christian Charitable Fund (NCF)....

Coca-Cola Is Giving Away Free Soda In Honor Of Summer. Here’s How To Get Yours Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: June 11, 2021 9:11 am EST Coca-Cola has been ideating non-stop for decades. Its iconic commercials, as featured on Youtube in multiple capacities, like its “I’d like to buy the world a Coke” campaign, have graced screens for years and been stuck in heads for longer. And off-screen, the bountiful beverage seems to have a love affair with movie theatres and restaurants, being the featured drink of many a cinema and a much-beloved beverage of choice for soda-drinkers....

Easy Side Dishes You Can Make In Your Instant Pot Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Kristin Danley-Greiner/June 2, 2021 3:17 pm EST Sides dishes don’t have to take a back seat to the main dish; they can shine brightly and dominate the dinner table. They may not be the star of the show at mealtime, but some people place a lot of thought into planning out and preparing side dishes. Each dish ought to compliment or pair well with the main dish, but can stand alone, too....

Eddie Jackson Tells Us What It’s Really Like Working With Bobby Flay - Exclusive Shutterstock By David Klein/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 10:48 am EST Since winning “Food Network Star,” Eddie Jackson has more than lived up to that title. The ingredients to Jackson’s success are simple: Start with plenty of cooking expertise (especially when it comes to barbecue), add ample charisma, and top it all off with a healthy portion of joyful enthusiasm....

Here’s How Much Private Chefs Really Make Shutterstock By Lucia Capretti/March 23, 2021 10:56 am EST For anyone who enjoys dreaming up new flavor combinations and exciting dishes, a job as a private chef might seem enviable. According to PayScale, the average salary of a private chef is $71,316 per year, but ranges from $46,000 to $122,000 depending on experience, clients, schedule demands, and bonuses. If it looks like a pretty wide range that’s because the job description can be equally variable....

Here’s How Padma Lakshmi Developed Her Passion For Food Michael Loccisano/Getty Images By Melissa Epifano/Feb. 15, 2021 8:59 am EST One of the most fascinating things about celebrity chefs are their stories of how they were introduced or fell into their passion for food. Giada De Laurentiis found that cooking food helped her find solace during her days of being bullied at school; Nadiya Hussain deepened her connection with her husband through baking (via Nadiya Hussain); and Bobby Flay’s natural talent was uncovered while working for an iconic New York City eatery....

Here’s What People Get Wrong About American Craft Beer, According To Dogfish Head Brewer Sam Calagione - Exclusive Neilson Barnard/Getty Images By Steven John/May 7, 2021 9:33 am EST “It was only 30 years ago that American beer was considered the laughing stock of the global beer community,” Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione explained to Mashed during an exclusive interview. Most beer brewed in the United States in the decades following the end of Prohibition was mass-produced pale golden lager, according to The Conversation, with little to distinguish beer made from one brewery to the next....

Homemade Turkey Breakfast Sausage Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: July 20, 2021 12:12 pm EST When you think of breakfast sausage, you probably think of pork slabs served with fresh bacon and eggs in the farmlands of America’s southern states. Or maybe you think of the British “bangers,” which are unique for their use of rusk, which acts as a wheat-based filler in the traditional British sausage, according to MyRecipes....

How Pepsi Trolled Coca-Cola For National Burger Day 2021 Shutterstock By Rachel Pasche/June 10, 2021 10:25 am EST There are a few famous brand rivalries that are universally known, like McDonald’s versus Burger King and Apple versus Microsoft, to name a few. Similarly, the rivalry between Pepsi and Coca-Cola is heated and can sometimes get personal, especially in advertisements. Their opposition goes back for decades, with the first direct hit in a marketing campaign coming from Pepsi in 1975 when they released a commercial campaign called the “Pepsi Challenge,” which depicted a blind taste test in which participants were shown to prefer Pepsi over Coke (per History)....

How Traditional Soy Sauce Is Really Made Shutterstock By Kirstie Bingham/March 30, 2021 1:13 pm EST Whether it’s included with Chinese takeout or filling the dipping bowl at a sushi restaurant, most people are relatively familiar with soy sauce. This dark brown liquid is not just flavorful but well balanced, Umami Information Center notes, touching on all five tastes: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. But what actually goes into making this magical condiment?...

Jon Taffer Tells Us What Really Happens Behind The Scenes Of Bar Rescue - Exclusive Interview Robin Marchant/Getty Images By Steven John/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 3:00 pm EST Jon Taffer is a busy man. So busy that, after hearing him discuss his shooting schedule working on each episode of his beloved show “Bar Rescue,” (which will celebrate its 200th episode this season) we were compelled to ask Taffer: “When do you sleep?...