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Chef David Rose Talks Grilling, Steaks, And Food Network Star - Exclusive Interview Omaha Steaks By Gene Gerrard/Aug. 9, 2021 11:19 am EST One of the most charismatic and personable contestants who competed for the title of “Food Network Star” is Chef David Rose. He appeared in the 13th season of the show and earned lavish praise from Giada De Laurentiis. In episode 6, Rose was pitted against Bobby Flay, and although Rose was confident he had won the round, he was eliminated from the show....

Del Taco Secret Menu Items You Should Be Ordering Facebook By Laura Williams Bustos, MSEd/Updated: April 6, 2021 4:44 pm EST If you haven’t added Del Taco to your repertoire of fast food taco lunch stops, it’s probably just a matter of time. According to a 2020 press release on the Del Taco website, the brand is the second-leading Mexican food quick-serve restaurant in the United States and is actively expanding market share and looking to bring new customers into the fold....

Don’t Buy Another Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Before Reading This Bloomberg/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/March 16, 2021 10:51 am EST While America may not exactly run on Dunkin’, Charli D’Amelio’s fave coffee chain was still the nation’s second-most popular one in 2019, right behind big-bucks Starbucks. According to Restaurant Business, was not only the number two coffee chain but ranks 8th overall for restaurants in general with over $900 million in sales....

Dunkin’s Leaked Hot Cocoa Bombs Are Causing A Stir Instagram By Emily Cappiello/June 28, 2021 2:39 pm EST Looks like Dunkin’ may already be adding to its menu for the 2021 holiday season. In a post, Istagram user CandyHunting leaked several new goodies she came across from the Sweets and Snack Expo, and it’s looking like the doughnut and coffee chain will be welcoming hot chocolate and mint hot chocolate bombs in the coming months....

Easy Apple Cider Donuts Recipe Sophie Putka/Mashed By Sophie Putka/Updated: June 11, 2021 11:02 am EST Here’s a little secret: with not too much effort, an oven, and a dash of apple-pie spices, it can be autumn in your kitchen any day of the year. Wholesome, sprinkled with sugar, and rich with tart apple flavor, apple cider donuts are the perfect cozy comfort food. And as it turns out, the best part of fall farm trips (let’s be real, it’s not lugging around a pumpkin) can be recreated without any of the fuss of frying, or even boiling apples down for that concentrated hit of apple cider....

Everything You Need To Know About Pine Nuts Shutterstock By Karen Hart/May 24, 2021 11:43 am EST Pine nuts are nuts that come from pine cones. The Spruce Eats shares that there are more than 20 varieties of pine trees that can produce pine nuts, with just four different types of trees producing the bulk of what we use. They include two from the Americas — the Mexican pinon and the Colorado pinion — along with the Italian stone pine, and the Chinese nut pine....

Here’s Why Your Cloud Bread Isn’t Fluffy Instagram By Amanda Tarlton/Jan. 27, 2021 3:03 pm EST 2020 was the year of TikTok food trends. There was the Dalgona whipped coffee craze, which morphed into whipped everything (including whipped matcha). Then there was the breakfast sandwich hack that made everyone’s morning meals a thousand times easier. There was even pancake cereal, which is essentially a bowl of mini pancakes doused in butter and syrup....

How Grocery Chains Are Really Treating Their Workers During The Pandemic Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Joel Stice/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 11:41 am EST Grocery shopping doesn’t normally feel like a risky errand, but it’s certainly become that way with the coronavirus pandemic. While shoppers may only have to put themselves at risk for a few minutes, the employees who work at the grocery stores are coming into contact with hundreds of people every on every shift....

How Pizza Hut Once Argued That Pizza Is ‘Good For You’ Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/June 7, 2021 2:55 pm EST There’s a running joke, and Reddit thread to back it up, that pizza is actually a vegetable, making it a “healthy” snack or meal option, despite evidence to the contrary. According to Hometown Source, some people really do believe pizza should be classified as a vegetable, and no it’s not just your little brother....

Ina Garten’s Advice On Substituting Instant Espresso In Recipes Taylor Hill/Getty Images By Naomi Kennedy/May 29, 2021 2:44 pm EST You might think you make the best chocolate cake or brownies on the planet, but if you are not throwing some instant coffee into your batter, you’re really missing out. Sure, it may sound a little strange, but according to The Daily Meal, those little granules of bean juice happen to share a flavor profile with another one of life’s greatest treats: chocolate....

Is Robert Irvine Ever Worried The Health Department Will Shut Down Restaurant: Impossible Locations? Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Lisa Curran Matte/July 28, 2021 2:15 pm EST If you’re a fan of reality television restaurant makeover shows, you’re familiar with the creepy-crawly critters, dead mice, and gag-triggering spoiled food that lurk in some professional kitchens. Let’s face it: A restaurant owner who agrees to reveal back-of-the-house dirty corners and grease-encrusted gadgets in exchange for a last-ditch effort to save the business is already on thin ice, so when a television show like “Restaurant: Impossible” shows up to record it all and blast it nationwide, are they risking the wrath of the local health inspector?...

Paula Deen’s Transformation Is Seriously Turning Heads Aaron Davidson/Getty Images By Naveena Vijayan/Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 2:10 pm EST Paula Deen’s name is synonymous with Southern cooking. Corned beef sandwiches, cheesy chicken and rice casserole, banana pudding … her dishes are likely to kick your new diet plan out the window. Having said that, the celebrity chef has come a long way from being thought of as someone who can eat a butter popsicle....

Sales Of This Alcohol Have Dropped 18% Since The Start Of The Pandemic Shutterstock By Ralph Schwartz/Jan. 29, 2021 1:16 pm EST In 2020, we raised a celebratory toast to … just about nothing. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, weddings were postponed (via The Knot). Parties to celebrate graduations, birthdays, and anniversaries were put on ice, too (via University of Vermont Health Network). That explains why a lot of Champagne wasn’t....

The Biggest Problem With TikTok’s Newest Food Trend Chesnot/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Feb. 5, 2021 4:35 pm EST According to Buzzfeed, one of the biggest TikTok trends of 2020 was the “What I eat in a day” category of videos. The videos, grouped under #whatieatinaday, consist of clips that show what people eat. As TikTok has described in a heading for the hashtag: “The lockdown has made us fall in love with cooking and eating homemade food....

The Burger Restaurant Bobby Flay ‘Grew Up In’ Shutterstock By Amy Hamblen/July 27, 2021 6:00 am EST Bobby Flay has done a lot in the food industry. He’s accomplished so much that there are four separate timelines on his website listing his achievements for opening restaurants, writing cookbooks, hosting food television shows, and being honored in the culinary world. Flay was even a member of the French Culinary Institute’s first graduating class in 1984, but it was much earlier in life that he learned to appreciate a good burger....

The Etiquette Rule You Should Follow When Eating Rice In Thailand Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/June 14, 2021 10:52 am EST No matter where you find yourself in the world, it’s likely that you will come across a variety of cuisines that will take your tastebuds on an incredible rollercoaster. This is especially a treat for those who like digging into exotic dishes and are fond of exploring different cultures. There’s a caveat, though....

The Genius Ingredient Ina Garten Uses In Her Mashed Potatoes Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Jan. 27, 2021 6:14 am EST Mashed potatoes can bring out all kinds of emotions in people. First, there’s the individual who loathes the taste and texture of this side dish. Just do a quick internet search and there are all types of forums and threads where the haters express their dislike with vivid imagery. One Vice reporter wrote in a post that “mashed potatoes are the one foodstuff that makes me want to vomit myself inside out....

The Real Difference Between Tortellini And Tortelloni Shutterstock By Michael La Corte/Updated: May 4, 2021 9:44 am EST Did you know that tortellini and tortelloni are two distinct pasta shapes? Many people conflate the two or simply don’t know that the two similarly-named pastas exist separately from one another. True, both the shapes and names are nearly identical. Usually purchased frozen or perhaps ordered as a side from a pizzeria, the small, filled pastas aren’t the most celebrated (or written about) stalwarts of Italian cuisine....

The Real Reason Gordon Ramsay Started An American Version Of Hell’s Kitchen David M. Benett/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Feb. 28, 2021 6:27 pm EST In June 2020, The Sun printed a story concerning Gordon Ramsay’s purported interest in bringing Hell’s Kitchen back to ITV, the British channel on which Ramsay originally presented his creation in 2004. “He’s always wanted to bring Hell’s Kitchen back to ­British TV and he wouldn’t want anyone else to be fronting its revival,” a source close to Gordon Ramsay claims....

The Real Reason McDonald’s Sweden Just Got Rid Of Its Balloons David Mcnew/Getty Images By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: April 20, 2021 10:24 pm EST McDonald’s in Sweden is more different than you might expect. The menu at “Donken,” as the fast-food restaurant is nicknamed there, has items you won’t find in American McDonald’s, including the McFalafel and the McVegan burger, with a side of sweet potato fries and truffle dipping sauce (via Insider)....