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Why Pizza Hut Has Had A Difficult Time Keeping Up With Competitors Shutterstock By Kate Hagan Gallup/July 23, 2021 10:09 am EST Pizza Hut is the pizza of our childhoods, filled with nostalgia and personal pans we enjoyed after school with our families. But is Pizza Hut the pizza of our present, of our future? Many experts would indicate a “no” as Pizza Hut struggles to keep up with competitors. The reasons for these struggles are myriad, and whether the Yum brands giant can overcome them or not remains to be seen....

Why You Should Be Adding Sugar To Your Prosciutto Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/May 12, 2021 4:00 pm EST You’ve heard of candied bacon, but what about candied prosciutto? That’s right. Candied. Prosciutto. We’re giving you yet another way to enjoy this tasty Italian pork and it’s so easy to do. The Kitchn breaks it down into a few simple steps, so you can go from just salty, to salty and sweet in a matter of minutes....

10 Best Substitutes For Agave Nectar Shutterstock By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/June 11, 2021 12:50 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. People have long sought alternatives to sugar, and for good reason. Eating too much sugar can lead to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Yet almost all of us love the taste of sweet things. Why shouldn’t we? Refined sugar activates the pleasure centers of our brain, releasing dopamine, which makes us feel great, if only temporarily (via MultiCare)....

50% Agree That These 2 Chain Restaurants Have The Best Specialty Cocktails Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/July 14, 2021 10:56 am EST While you may not find “cocktail anxiety” listed in any medical textbook, it’s nevertheless a condition that many of us suffer from on occasion. After all, when you walk into a bar, it’s always a little embarrassing never being entirely sure what mixed drinks are acceptable to order. If you ask for something too complicated, is the bartender going to laugh at you?...

Aldi Shoppers Can’t Stop Talking About These Grain-Free Pretzels Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/July 15, 2021 10:14 am EST In today’s fast moving world, it can be tough to keep up. The royals live in Hollywood now? That guy who makes cars is organizing shuttles to the moon? And now, you’re telling us that grains — that chirpy, yellow, seemingly innocuous base of the food pyramid — are bad? If Aldi shoppers’ responses to a new grain-free pretzel snack are any indication, grains are right up there with trans fats and high fructose corn syrup....

Authentic Italian Focaccia Bread Recipe Mark Beahm/Mashed By Mark Beahm AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 13, 2021 9:15 am EST Any kind of bread is welcome as far as we’re concerned, and authentic Italian focaccia is high on our list of favorites. Recipe developer Mark Beahm, the face and blogger behind The Sunday Baker, is no stranger to baked goods. As a matter of fact, since he started baking, thanks to his mother and grandmother, he has explored culinary specialties from countless cultures....

Easy Chicken A La King Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 23, 2021 1:22 pm EST Since retro is so 2021, it seems only appropriate that registered dietitian and recipe developer, Kristen Carli should have come up with this easy, modern take on the comfy and reliable 1970s classic — chicken a la king. Not only is this dish a lovely shout-out to the decade that brought us disco and fern bars, it’s also a wonderful reminder that there’s almost nothing you cannot do with a chicken breast....

Homemade Pizza Recipes For When You Don’t Want Delivery Shutterstock By Andrew Sheldon/March 16, 2021 1:49 pm EST Is there any food more universally beloved than pizza? It’s delicious, customizable, inexpensive, and can be delivered to your doorstep in mere minutes. What’s not to love? But as undeniably great as your local pizza joint is, and as convenient as it is to get pizza delivered, sometimes you just want a homemade meal....

How To Order Wine At A Restaurant By Malt Schlitzman/Updated: May 19, 2021 10:08 pm EST Nothing signals the entry into adulthood like drinking wine for pleasure rather than the buzz. But drinking wine for pleasure isn’t all fun and games — there’s a whole new world you have to learn with rules, new words (some with stress-inducing pronunciations), and proper procedures. And, like everything associated with adulthood, everyone will laugh if you do it wrong....

Ina Garten Says This Is How Your Cheesecakes Should Actually Look Kevin Mazur/Getty Images By Sophia Lo/May 12, 2021 5:33 pm EST Ina Garten has plenty of advice for bakers, even down to her own preferred egg size that she uses in all her baking. If you want to bake like Ina Garten and wish she could answer your questions, you’re in luck. On her Barefoot Contessa website, there’s actually an entire section titled “Ask Ina” where fans and curious cooks can submit questions about cooking or entertaining....

Marc Murphy’s Secret Ingredient Will Transform Your Steak - Exclusive Jim Spellman/Getty Images By Katherine Peach/Updated: July 20, 2021 4:48 pm EST While some chefs are notorious for using obscure ingredients and time-consuming techniques, others prefer to embrace experimentation with simple ingredients, which can elevate classics for a surprising update. Chef and Chopped judge Marc Murphy explained in an exclusive Mashed interview how a few staples are always in his kitchen to help him keep it simple, including one all-star ingredient....

Over 40% Of People Agree This Fast Food Restaurant Has The Best Impossible Burger Shutterstock By Sophie Putka/March 1, 2021 9:50 am EST If you had told us ten years ago White Castle would be selling a fake meat version of its sliders on its regular menu, we probably wouldn’t have believed you. We might even think to ourselves…“Impossible!” (Yup). Well, the plant-based meat product that’s been taking our fast food chains by storm has so far proven its name wrong, and versions of the artificial meat patty have popped up everywhere from grocery stores’ meat aisles to Shake Shack....

Simple Rotisserie Chicken Salad Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/July 14, 2021 9:36 am EST The summer is filled with cookouts, picnics in the park, and BBQs. If you’re asked to bring a sandwich salad to a particular gathering, you may be stumped as to what to make. However, this simple rotisserie chicken salad recipe by Susan Olayinka of The Flexible Fridge is a winner and will have people queuing up for second helpings....

Survivorman Les Stroud Shares Tips For Successful Campsite Cooking - Exclusive Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images By Steven John/Aug. 10, 2021 11:03 am EST Cooking out at a campsite need not be a messy affair — just ask “Survivorman” Les Stroud, someone who has prepared hundreds of meals while out there in the wild. These aren’t foods retrieved from an oversized cooler tucked into the back of a car parked by a campsite, either....

Taco Bell Is Making Food Recommendations Based On Your Zodiac Sign Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/July 30, 2021 8:29 pm EST The universe, apparently, has nothing better to do than to use the stars and planets to send you messages about how to organize every last detail about your life – kind of like an overbearing parent combined with Siri, only a lot more cryptic. If you’re already letting your horoscope tell you who you should date, what color lipstick to wear and what cocktail to drink on that date, and what to name your babies when that match made in the heavens works out as it was fated to do, then you should probably consult your star chart to determine what to have for dinner, as well....

The Sauce Gregory Gourdet Calls ‘All-Purpose’ For Veggies Twitter By Karen Hart/June 21, 2021 8:46 am EST If you are a fan of Bravo’s cooking competition series “Top Chef” or happened to be visiting Portland and stopped off at the pop-up restaurant Kann, which served up Haitian-inspired eats, then you probably have been following the meteoric rise of Gregory Gourdet. Gourdet is a force in the culinary world whose cooking is inspiring cooks, both young and old....

The Strange Difference Between West And East Coast Butter Shutterstock By Felix Behr/March 18, 2021 7:57 am EST Some may find the boast OXO makes about its Good Grips Wide Butter Dish — that it fits multiple sizes of butter — a strange one. “OXO’s Butter Dish is unique in that it can accommodate both stick sizes, no matter where you live, with measurement markings for each style,” it writes on its website....

The Type Of Glass You Should Use To Drink Bourbon Shutterstock By Rachel Pasche/June 9, 2021 2:33 pm EST Enjoying an alcoholic beverage properly can really change the way you taste all the different components of it, especially if it’s a high-quality drink created to have varied flavor profiles with layers of depth and complexity. One easy example of this is wine: red wines, white wines, sparkling wines, and even dessert wines are all enjoyed in different types of glassware — think of the difference between a champagne glass and a traditional red wine glass....

The Untold Truth Of Provolone Cheese Shutterstock By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 4:11 pm EST Provolone is one of the most popular Italian cheeses. Made from cow’s milk, buffalo milk, or a combination of the two, it has a long history dating back to the early 1800s, says Taste Atlas. It is a “pulled” cheese, and sometimes referred to as the older brother of mozzarella (according to New England Cheese Making Supply Company)....

The Untold Truth Of Top Chef’s Gregory Gourdet Instagram/gg30000 By Lauren Rothman/June 30, 2021 1:28 pm EST Stylish, tattooed, and bespectacled, chef Gregory Gourdet is one of the most instantly recognizable former contestants — and recent guest judges — of “Top Chef,” Bravo TV’s long-running series that recently aired its 18th season (via Bravo TV). Both as a competitor on the show as well as during his appearances as a guest host/judge, Gourdet has become known for his soft-spoken, gentle demeanor and his killer cooking chops....