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Instagram Couldn’t Believe Geoffrey Zakarian’s Mile-High Lemon Meringue Pie Africa Studio/Shutterstock By James Lewis/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 8:47 am EST You may be familiar with the creamy citrus flavor of lemon meringue. Cuisine at Home states that in its most basic form, meringue is egg whites whipped with sugar. The whipping allows air into the whites to froth them up, while the sugar keeps the fluffy structure stable and sweet and causes the egg whites to balloon up to eight times their size — something expertly done at the restaurant celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian visited in New York....

Instagram Is Drooling Over Amanda Freitag’s Classic Patty Melt Facebook By Sophia Lo/March 21, 2022 6:24 pm EST If you drank a little too much over the weekend, you might be looking for the right hangover cure. We’ve done our research into what bartenders say about curing a hangover. (Hint: Lots of hydration is involved.) If you’re a fermented veggie lover, eating pickles could help you recover from a hangover, too....

Lay’s Fake April Fool’s Flavor Is Cracking Up Twitter eti studio/Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/April 1, 2022 3:16 pm EST When April Fool’s Day rolls around, we know to expect pranks, jokes, and even some playful hoaxes. Although its exact origins are unknown, the day of merriment and teasing has been around for at least hundreds of years. According to NPR, historians have multiple theories as to how this holiday came to be....

Little Caesars Just Went All Out With Pepperoni Facebook By Hannah Beach/Aug. 2, 2022 4:33 am EST No one has shaken up the fast food pizza industry quite like Little Caesars. Think about it – how many other pizza places have $5 Hot-N-Ready pizza? Crazy Bread? A wacky-looking but incredibly cheesy pizza-calzone hybrid? Exactly. Little Caesars stands alone. When you look at the most popular Little Caesars menu items, the top four are essentially pepperoni pizzas, give or take a few extra toppings....

Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 10, 2022 10:59 am EST Do you need to have dinner on the table in about 30 minutes, yet you still have no idea what your side dish is going to be? Well, if you have sweet potatoes on-hand, and happen to have date syrup in the pantry, then chances are good you have everything you need to make this sweet, savory, and satisfying oven-roasted sweet potato recipe....

Redditors Weigh In On Why Eggplant Is Such A Divisive Vegetable Tatiana Kasatkina/Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/March 26, 2022 11:03 am EST There are some vegetables that you can serve and feel pretty confident that most people will eat them — they’re a safe bet for dinner parties, potluck dishes, and the like. They include many that are popular in America, such as potatoes, corn, and green beans, according to YouGov America....

The Egg-Stacking World Record James Corden Hilariously Tried To Break Debby Wong/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 24, 2022 12:40 pm EST World records have often been associated with food items — in September 2017, a man from Minnesota earned a spot gained recognition after he managed to grow the world’s heaviest carrot that weighed 22.44 pounds. A farmer from Israel name Chahi Ariel broke a world record by growing the world’s heaviest strawberry — it’s five times bigger than the average strawberry and weighs 10 ounces (via CNN)....

The Food Commercials You Didn’t Know Starred Drew Barrymore Steven Ferdman/Getty By Kimberley Laws/Updated: April 14, 2022 8:22 am EST Drew Barrymore has been in the public eye for most of her life. From her early role as one of E.T.’s human friends to her stint as a flesh-eating suburban realtor in “Santa Clarita Diet,” her bubbly personality has won her fans across the 50 states and beyond. As a Hollywood heavy-hitter, producing movies and hosting her own talk show, it seems that this American icon has yet to encounter a film-related challenge she can’t tackle....

The Maple Syrup Brand Ina Garten Swears By Michael Loccisano/Getty By Sarah Martinez/July 8, 2022 12:29 pm EST Ina Garten is more than just a best-selling cookbook author and Food Network TV personality. In 2020, she became a social media sensation after posting her recipe for cosmopolitans made with an entire bottle of vodka (via Mashable), and her love of simple and approachable recipes resonates with even the most novice home cooks....

The Sneaky Way Starbucks Is Scamming You Justin Sullivan/Getty Images By Joel Stice/Updated: June 1, 2022 2:54 pm EST Take a simple look at Starbucks’ wealth, and it’s easy to assess that a company worth billions is pretty popular with a lot of people. After all, a company doesn’t sell a bazillion cups of coffee if people don’t like it, right? But for every person out there who can’t get their day started until they get a venti caramel Frappuccino, there’s someone else who thinks Starbucks is a complete ripoff....

We Tried Insomnia Cookies’ New State Fair-Inspired Collection. Here’s How It Went Helena Nichols/Mashed By Helena Nichols/June 10, 2022 4:55 pm EST Summer brings thoughts of carnival rides and the aroma of some classic seasonal foods. As part of that milieu, state fairs are a cornucopia of delectable goodness, from fried foods to sugary treats. Even if you’ve never been to a fair, books and movies bring to life the nostalgic imagery of food and fun to be had at the local carnival, lilke walking in between tents, caramel popcorn in hand, playing games, and maybe even entering a pie-eating contest....

What Happened To Fat Shack After Shark Tank? Facebook By Elise DeVoe/Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 2:28 pm EST According to Food Dive, the pandemic has caused Americans to be more critical of the foods they are eating and search for healthier options. In fact, the health food industry is expected to grow 6% year over year between 2020 and 2024, per Business Wire. Despite this growing focus on health, people still love a good cheat meal every once in a while, otherwise, state fairs wouldn’t exist....

What Ina Garten Really Thinks About Her Own Cooking Manny Carabel/Getty By Margaret McCormick/Aug. 2, 2022 5:12 pm EST Ina Garten is the government policy advisor turned specialty food store owner, food TV personality, and living, breathing advertisement for living the good life in the Hamptons (per Food Network). She has written 13 cookbooks, a few of those being “Go-To Dinners,” “Cook Like a Pro,” and “Modern Comfort Food” (via Barefoot Contessa)....

What You’re Really Eating When You Eat Fish Sticks beats1/Shutterstock By Joanna Steven/Updated: March 4, 2022 1:51 pm EST Loved by kids and adults, fish sticks, also known as fish fingers, are a convenient meal found on many family’s weekly menu rotations. High in protein and containing fish as the first ingredient, it’s no wonder that in 2019 their production value in the US amounted to approximately 95 million dollars, according to Statista....

20% Think This Brand Has The Worst Frozen Fish Sticks vitals/Shutterstock By Elaina Friedman/June 16, 2022 5:20 pm EST Frozen food staples vary greatly from household to household, but a few popular items stand out as particularly iconic denizens of the modern icebox. You have your Ore-Ida crinkle fries (these double as ice packs), your peas and carrots (these also double as ice packs), your frozen desserts, and your fish sticks, sometimes known as fish fingers....

Breakfast Hand Pies Recipe Erin Johnson/Mashed By Erin Johnson AND Mashed Staff/March 3, 2022 2:59 pm EST Once upon a time — that time being your own elementary school days — the ultimate portable breakfast was a Pop Tart. Unless your family were really fancy, in which case you might have experienced the true luxury that is a Toaster Strudel. The best thing about Pop Tarts’ puffier cousins is that they also came in a savory version, Toaster Scrambles, which were loaded with cheese and breakfast meats....

Crispy Fried Shrimp Recipe Ting Dalton/Mashed By Ting Dalton AND Mashed Staff/July 25, 2022 1:53 pm EST Sometimes, the best things in life are the simplest. Sure, a visit to the Hermitage Museum is grand, but so too is a sunset. Sure, the symphony is wonderful, but so too is a quietly babbling brook. And while there’s a time and a place for boeuf bourguignon, how about instead some easy fried shrimp?...

Fool-Proof Turkey Injection Marinade Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 10, 2022 2:01 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. So you want to serve the best turkey you’ve ever cooked, eh? You want a succulent, savory, tender, moist, and (let’s be honest) impressive entrée to give your guests? One option is to go with a great turkey brine; that always adds a lot of flavor....

Giada De Laurentiis Shared A Rare, Emotional Tribute To Her Boyfriend s_bukley/Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/Updated: June 23, 2022 2:46 pm EST If there’s one thing we want for Giada De Laurentiis, it’s everything. The bright, bubbly, Italian-American success story has been giving fans authentic, delicious recipes for years through her shows on the Food Network, her cookbooks, and her adorable TikTok videos. And if fans can’t help wanting to know more about her personal life — why De Laurentiis’ daughter doesn’t want to be a chef, for example — it’s because they care....

Here’s How Mary Berg Got Her Start In TV Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images By Margaret McCormick/March 14, 2022 6:50 pm EST TV personality and cookbook author Mary Berg worked a string of everyday jobs before deciding to pursue her passion for food as a career. Berg told Wealthsimple magazine in 2016 that she once worked at The Gap, assisting customers and folding and arranging clothes. She also spent five years as an insurance broker in her native Canada, connecting clients with policies that meet their needs....