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How Reese’s First Attempt At The Candy Business Flopped Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/May 26, 2021 6:08 pm EST It’s hard to imagine Halloween without fun-sized peanut butter cups or Easter without egg-shaped Reese’s, but there was a time when the popular candy manufacturer almost didn’t even make it. The namesake Harry Burnett Reese was a man who found himself down on his luck a few times before eventually finding success with his now-famous creation....

Loaded Baked Potato Breakfast Skillet Recipe That’ll Satisfy Potato Lovers Jason Goldstein/Mashed By Jason Goldstein AND Mashed Staff/Updated: June 16, 2021 12:40 pm EST A cheesy loaded baked potato for breakfast? Sign us up. Recipe developer Jason Goldstein of Chop Happy got his inspiration for this scrumptious breakfast skillet recipe from a nostalgic childhood favorite. “Growing up in New Jersey, we would go to the diner as a family,” he recalls, “and I would always get a big plate of fried potatoes with cheese with my breakfast!...

Read This Before Making This Classic Shrimp Mistake Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/April 22, 2021 10:24 am EST What’s not to like about shrimp? It’s a convenient protein that’s relatively affordable, cooks up in no time at all for quick and easy weeknight dinners, and has a neutral flavor profile that adapts to all types of dishes, from Italian-American shrimp scampi to Thai tom yum soup. It’s also no surprise that the crustacean is the most widely consumed seafood in the U....

Read This If You Recently Bought These Popular Pre-Packaged Muffins Instagram By Nancy Mock/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 1:34 pm EST Baked goods producer Give & Go Prepared Foods just announced on its website that it voluntarily recalled several muffin brands and varieties from store shelves, due to a possible contamination of the bacteria that causes Listeria. The notice was also released on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration website. The muffins in question are prepackaged snack items sold at retail box stores, minimarts, and groceries in the states....

Seriously Delicious Pie Recipes You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner Laura Sampson/Mashed By Holly Riddle/March 12, 2021 9:13 am EST Pie is a big deal. According to the American Pie Council, grocery stores sell about $700 million in pies, or about 186 million pies total, each year — that’s enough pie to circle the planet at least once. Apple pie is the favorite pie flavor in America, with 36 million Americans claiming it as their top choice, followed by pumpkin, pecan, banana cream, and cherry....

The 2 Celebrities Steven Carter-Bailey Got To Bake Cakes For - Exclusive David M. Benett/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Aug. 13, 2021 11:02 am EST Serious talk: who wouldn’t want a cake prepared by Great British Bake Off superstar Steven Carter-Bailey? The 2017 runner-up and the 2019 “Great New Year Bake Off” winner may not have his own Netflix show, like champion Nadiya Hussain … yet, but don’t underestimate him. The baker clearly has cake frosting running through his veins....

The Most Popular Drive-Thru In The US Might Surprise You Shutterstock By Felix Behr/March 8, 2021 3:32 pm EST Despite the connotation drive-thrus have of grease and grills, the most popular drive-thru destination in the United States is not McDonald’s, nor Burger King, nor Taco Bell. Rather, according to data gathered by Pentagon Motor Group, most people across the country go to Starbucks, with McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts clocking in as the second and third most popular, respectively....

The Real Difference Between Smoked And Grilled Meat Shutterstock By Lucia Capretti/May 21, 2021 5:51 pm EST As the weather gets warmer, there’s nothing quite like setting up your grill and preparing it for an outdoor feast. Even though the act of smoking meats is often included in the talk of grilling, there is a significant difference between the two methods. Preparation, equipment, effort, time, and flavor are just some of the characteristics that are distinct when it comes to choosing to grill or smoke meat....

The Real Reason Coca-Cola Personalized Bottles Are So Problematic Shutterstock By Felix Behr/June 24, 2021 1:26 pm EST Coca-Cola decided this year to implement a personalized Coca-Cola label product on their website. The way the product works (via the Coca-Cola website) is that on an 8 oz. bottle of Coke you can choose a label design to celebrate an occasion, and then choose what name appears on the label. In theory this would address the fact that stores never seem to stock bottles bearing names relevant to you....

The Strange Story Behind The Fuddruckers Name Fuddruckers Facebook By Rebecca Treon/April 1, 2021 10:32 am EST Fuddruckers doesn’t quite roll off the tongue, but the name does stick in your mind. The home of the trademarked phrase “World’s Greatest Hamburgers” has franchises from Canada to Panama and across the United States. It’s known for its fresh custom, specialty, and game burgers made exactly the way you like it. But beyond the menu of the self-aggrandizing burger chain, just how did it get its unusual name?...

The Surprising Origin Story Behind The White Russian Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/April 15, 2021 2:21 pm EST When you order a White Russian cocktail, you might assume that the drink was originally crafted in Russia. Or perhaps named for a famous, yet mysterious, Russian individual. But, just like Welsh Rabbit is not made with rabbit and an egg cream contains no eggs (via First We Feast), the truth is this popular drink is just another recipe with a deceptive name....

The Untold Truth Of Rita’s Italian Ice Instagram By Amanda Tarlton/April 5, 2021 11:05 am EST As soon as the weather gets warmer, there’s nothing like a frozen sweet treat that hits the spot on a sunny afternoon. Sure, you could go for a scoop of ice cream, but you could also go for a refreshing cup of Italian ice. And fortunately, you don’t have to travel to Italy to get it—you can simply head over to your neighborhood Rita’s Italian Ice....

This Might Be The Worst Food To Sous Vide Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/July 7, 2021 5:25 pm EST There’s no cooking method quite as effortless as the sous vide. As Serious Eats explained, it’s the best way to achieve tender, juicy, evenly cooked meat with minimal work. Sous vide translates to “under vacuum” in French, referring to the vacuum-sealed bags used to trap in the natural juices of the meat while it’s cooking in a temperature-controlled water bath....

This Religious Ritual Is Performed Before Each Buca Di Beppo Location Opening Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/June 21, 2021 4:25 pm EST For almost 20 years, Buca di Beppo has been offering its customers large family-style servings of Italian food inspired by the cuisine found in the northern and southern regions of the beloved European country (via the official website). The very first Buca di Beppo location was established in 1993 in a Minneapolis apartment basement (the name of the restaurant in fact translates to “Joe’s Basement”), and it has since become one of the most successful and well-known family-style eateries in the country with more than 100 dining locations....

What Is Orange Wine Really? Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 4:27 pm EST The world of wine is no more immune to shifting fads and trends than any other aspect of the food industry. Consider the vogue for white zinfandel in the ’70s giving way to chardonnay in the ’80s, merlot in the ’90s, pinot noir in the ’00s, and coming back around to another pink wine — rosé — in more recent years....

What You Need To Know About This Summer’s Black Raspberry Shortage Johnnyseeds By Lauren Rothman/July 22, 2021 3:44 pm EST There’s just something about summer fruit that makes us swoon. The variety of succulent melons, stone fruit, and berries available in farmers markets and grocery stores right now inspires thoughts of watermelon and feta salad, decadent peach cobbler, and cream-stuffed strawberry shortcakes. Of course, straightforward snacking on these sweet summer offerings is also a delight....

What You Should Know About McDonald’s Recent Data Breach Shutterstock By Hanna Claeson/June 15, 2021 2:45 pm EST This is not like when Jeremy O’Sullivan and Melissa Nelson created a gadget to hack into McDonald’s ever-failing ice cream machines in an attempt to make repairs easier (via Wired). This is a data breach of more worrying proportions. On June 11, The Wall Street Journal broke the news that hackers had been successful in poaching data from McDonald’s systems in Taiwan, South Korea, and the United States....

Whatever Happened To Hershey’s Bites? Scott Olson/Getty Images By Liz Barrett Foster/Jan. 26, 2021 6:28 pm EST Remember Hershey’s Bites? Hershey’s took some of your favorite candy bars and transformed them into tiny, poppable balls. You no longer had to wrestle with crinkly, hard-to-open candy wrappers. You just ripped the top of the Hershey Bites bag and literally poured these sweet chocolatey gems down your gullet. The Bites line, which included Rolo, Kit Kat, York Peppermint Patty, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, among others, was introduced in the early 2000s, according to the Hershey Community Archives....

Why You Should Never Buy Soft Pretzels At The Food Court Shutterstock By Audrey Michels/Updated: March 30, 2021 9:22 am EST While there are aspects of the pre-pandemic life that we’re all desperately missing by now, one that might not seem all that enticing is the old-school shopping mall experience. That is, until you remember the scent of those buttery, salty, soft pretzels wafting through the food court, beckoning you in....

You’ve Been Ordering Italian Beef Sandwiches All Wrong Facebook By Gabriela Mungarro/Updated: Jan. 25, 2021 9:25 am EST When it comes to food in Chicago, there is undoubtedly one reigning king – Italian beef sandwiches. No offense to the famous deep-dish pizza or the ever-popular hot dog, but there is quite possibly nothing more Chicago than an Italian beef sandwich, just ask late night legends Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon (via NBC), who are obsessed with this meaty masterpiece....