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Mini Chocolate-Covered Cheesecake Bites Recipe Kit Hondrum/Mashed By Kit Hondrum AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 3, 2021 10:32 pm EST Skip past the cardboard-flavored store-bought cheesecake, because we’ve got a homemade dessert made easy! Recipe developer Kit Hondrum from Kit’s Kitchen is showing us how to make mini chocolate-covered cheesecake bites, and we are here for all of it. Cheesecake was first made in ancient Greece (via Cheesecake.com). Before cream cheese was invented, the earliest cheesecake recipes included real cheese and honey....

Padma Lakshmi’s Street Food-Inspired Twist On Hasselback Potatoes Noam Galai/Getty Images By Hannah Cole/Updated: Feb. 4, 2021 4:27 am EST Hasselback potatoes are all the rage right now, blowing up on Tik Tok (we’re particularly drooling over this salty rendition), and peppering Instagram feeds with images of loaded, starchy goodness. If you’re one of the lucky few who can figure out the correct way to slice a hasselback potato, then we have your next challenge: elevating the hasselback potato....

Read This Before Eating Flour Again Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/June 7, 2021 12:32 pm EST There are few things as wonderful as freshly baked cookies, breads, or cakes. And for some of us, the wait can be so unbearable (particularly where cookies are concerned), it seems almost worth it to sneak in a couple of bites of dough — especially if we’re talking about anything that has chocolate in it. But before you reach for a bite of dough, we’d like to recommend that you think again, and it’s not just because dough makes use of raw eggs....

Sam Adam’s Super Bowl Ad Trolled Budweiser In A Hilarious Way Bloomberg/Getty Images By Mirtle Pena-Calderon/Feb. 7, 2021 10:51 pm EST For the most part, Super Bowl commercials are known to be on the funnier side (with the occasional tear-jerker — thanks, Toyota). Another unofficial rule of Super Bowl commercials? That the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales will make an appearance (sometimes with a cute dog). According to Anheuser-Busch, the Clydesdales have a long history with the company and its founders....

Sonic Has Good News For Fans Of Its Cheesesteaks Sonic By Mirtle Pena-Calderon/Feb. 1, 2021 11:55 pm EST When it comes to sandwiches, very few creations have achieved the prestige and caliber of Philadelphia’s official sandwich, the Philly cheesesteak. According to Visit Philadelphia, the cheesesteak was invented in 1930 by hotdog vendor Pat Olivieri. Olivieri made a grilled beef sandwich for himself and caught the eye of a cab driver. The rest was cemented in sandwich-eating history....

Stop Believing This Processed Food Myth Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/July 9, 2021 1:20 pm EST Processed foods have a notoriously bad rep for being unhealthy and often are the first ones to be eliminated from your diet if you’re trying to eat healthier. However, if you think that all processed foods are bad, simply because they’re processed, you might be surprised to find otherwise. It’s important to know what it means to say that a particular food is processed....

The Best Soup Recipes Of 2021 Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/March 4, 2021 4:01 pm EST From the most basic to the most complex, there’s one thing that can be said about soup: Soup is comfort food. Whether your earliest memories including slurping down chicken noodle soup while sick or learning a cherished family recipe for pho or chicken and dumplings, soup is a dish we return to time and time again when we’re in need of comfort, warmth, and delicious satisfaction....

The Double Life Of Gordon Ramsay By DB Kelly/Updated: Sept. 3, 2021 10:15 pm EST Chefs are no longer just faceless food handlers hidden in a far away kitchen — they’re superstars. In a time when television is increasingly being dominated by celebrity chefs, there’s one that’s more recognizable than any other across the globe: Gordon Ramsay. You know his face, you know his voice, you may even have been to one of his restaurants....

The Real Reason A Case Of Wine Was Sent To Space Is Not What You’d Think Tim Graham/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/March 26, 2021 12:09 pm EST While everyone was busy talking about NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover, something else was happening at the International Space Station (ISS). It involved 12 bottles of the uber-prized, very expensive Château Petrus 2000 Bordeaux, which retails for 5,000 euros a bottle, or about $6,000. While we’d like to think that the ISS astronauts had brought up the wine to enjoy on special occasions, we couldn’t be more far from the truth....

The Truth About America’s ‘Freedom Fries’ Movement itor/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Aug. 26, 2021 9:24 am EST Flashback to 2003: the United States was on the brink of a war with Iraq. Internationally, the potential invasion didn’t have everyone’s support, specifically that of France (via NY Daily News). But it was an unlikely food that took the brunt of America’s frustration with the French: the French fry. Restaurants across America began rewriting their menus to include freedom fries instead of French fries, and the same went for French toast, which became known as freedom toast....

The Truth About Eric Spigner From Chopped: Alton’s Maniacal Baskets Instagram By Cristine Struble/June 23, 2021 11:16 am EST As “Chopped: Alton’s Maniacal Baskets” premiered on Food Network on June 22, the chefs prepared to conquer unusual ingredient combinations and expect the unexpected. In a press release from Food Network, Alton Brown commented, “No one is prepared for this. Honestly, in this case ‘maniacal’ is a soft, fuzzy puppy compared to this stuff....

The Untold Truth Of Bodyarmor Sports Drink By Karen Hart/Updated: July 12, 2021 3:35 pm EST Wherever there’s sports, it seems like big business pops up around it, competing for their share of the market. From the clothes and gear, to how they fuel their bodies, athletes, both pro and wannabes, spend a lot of money on the things that help them obtain optimal performance and recovery. So, it should come as no surprise that the competition among sports drinks, beverages created to rehydrate and restore lost electrolytes through sweating, is fierce....

The Untold Truth Of Top Chef Judge Tom Colicchio Neilson Barnard/Getty Images By Brent Furdyk/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 1:58 pm EST Since the launch of Top Chef in 2006, viewers have become enamored of judge and mentor Tom Colicchio, a chef, restaurateur, and political activist whose passion for food and knowledge of cuisine has made him a longstanding fan favorite. A native of New Jersey, Colicchio’s Top Chef bio runs through some of his many accolades: His many well-known restaurants and eateries, the famous kitchens he’s worked in over the years, books he’s published....

Trader Joe’s Fans Are Obsessed With This Breaded Fried Ravioli Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Feb. 3, 2021 1:09 pm EST There’s a new product that’s hit the shelves at Trader Joe’s locations across the U.S., and fans are freaking out. Anyone who has ever tried fried ravioli likely already knows the hype is real, but those who haven’t don’t know what they’re missing. Three Bridges even reported that out of 2,000 people it surveyed, 87 percent said they loved eating ravioli (via The Things)....

Twitter Is Freaking Out Over This Incredible Spiderman Cake Save Twitter By Boshika Gupta/Aug. 26, 2021 1:00 pm EST Trust the internet to come up with interesting content for everyone. Recently, an image went viral on Twitter as people noticed the unusual picture and started raving about it. The subject of the photo? A Spiderman cake. The tweet reads, “Thank you Spiderman for saving my son’s cake.” The image that is attached to the text shows a tiny Spiderman that looks like he’s saving the lopsided cake from crumbling in the box....

What It Was Like To Design Harry & Meghan’s Royal Wedding Cake Blueskynet/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Aug. 20, 2021 5:00 pm EST For many reasons, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding was a spectacle for the ages. However, in the eyes of the royal monarchy, the event was far from keeping with the traditions that have been upheld by the Crown for many centuries. For starters, the two wed in the month of May, which is considered bad luck and has been looked down upon since the ruling of Queen Victoria (via Business Insider)....

What Really Happens When You Refrigerate Raw Potatoes Shutterstock By Katherine Mclaughlin/Aug. 3, 2021 11:25 am EST There seems to be no food that’s quite as versatile as potatoes. From mashed potatoes and french fries to baked potatoes, potato salad, and even gnocchi, there are practically endless ways to prepare this delicious spud. Because of this, it’s even more important to make sure you store your potatoes carefully so they don’t go bad before you have the time to make all of your favorite dishes....

1-In-3 Agree This Grocery Store Has The Worst Quality Produce Shutterstock By Ralph Schwartz/July 26, 2021 2:30 pm EST Some people prefer to grow their own garden or pick up their produce at the farmers market, straight from the person who grew it. On the other hand, a lot of us like to get our apples and lettuce at the same store where we buy our toilet paper and home furnishings....

Burger King Is Testing A Hershey Pie Shake. Here’s How To Try It Matthew Horwood/Getty Images By Sara Cagle/July 2, 2021 11:46 am EST For many fast-food chains, it’s the summer of the sandwich. Whataburger is celebrating the season’s arrival with a Pico de Gallo Whatachick’n Sandwich. Shake Shack is also joining the fast food chicken sandwich war with a Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich. Sonic is getting in on the July holiday weekend release party, too, unveiling a Crave Burger with extra melty cheese and a sweet and tangy secret sauce....

Costco Rolls Out Another Big Safety Change For Members Jim Watson/Getty Images By Maria Scinto/Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 9:14 pm EST Costco has certainly been seeing some difficult days as of late, as have all retailers with the COVID-19 crisis stretching on and on. While they are serving their shoppers as best they can via Instacart delivery service, they still need to serve members who choose to shop in-store. At first, the challenges may have been limited to panic-buying that made it difficult to keep the shelves stocked and necessitated Costco’s disallowing returns on certain items, but subsequent hassles have included accusations of price-gouging that resulted in a lawsuit and sales that continue to slump as social distancing impacts the store’s bottom line....