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12 Medicinal Mushrooms You Have To Try False/Shutterstock By Anna Boisseau/April 14, 2022 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For many, mushrooms are a love-it or hate-it ingredient. They’re embraced by lots of chefs and home cooks alike for their ability to soak up flavors, and their nutritional qualities make them a good meat substitute. However, some people aren’t a fan of their texture, which we admit can sometimes be slimy....

13 Types Of Oranges And What Makes Them Unique PradaBrown/Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Updated: June 29, 2022 10:23 am EST An orange is an orange is an orange … Right? Well, not really. While you may just pick up any ol’ orange at the grocery store or a carton of orange juice and think all the fruit is the same, there are actually quite a few different orange varieties and each one offers its own benefits and unique characteristics....

28 Lemon Hacks You Need To Know Davizro Photography/Shutterstock By Nads Willow/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 3:35 pm EST Lemons are a kitchen essential, as a cooking ingredient and much more. Did you know that California and Arizona grow 95% of the lemons in the U.S.? And that’s a lot of lemons, since the average adult in the U.S. consumes 13 pounds of lemons per year. Of course, there’s a lot of lemons to choose from — roughly 50 varieties, all harvested by hand, according to the Arizona Farm Bureau....

Adam Richman’s College Major Had Nothing To Do With Food Mike Coppola/Getty Images By Naomi Kennedy/Feb. 20, 2022 6:39 am EST Adam Richman has been teaching the world about restaurants and food ever since landing his breakthrough role as host of Travel Channel’s “Man V. Food” in 2008 (via IMDb). For four years, the food fighter brought viewers along as he explored the dining scene of various cities across America before showing off his own eating skills by partaking in a food challenge hosted by one of the eateries he spotlighted....

Comfort Foods From Around The World Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock By Crysta Coburn/Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 2:50 pm EST Comfort foods are foods people associate with a time in their lives when they felt comforted, like childhood, when one’s parents and other caring adults did what they could to make you feel better. Comfort food may bring up feelings of home and security, soothing an anxious mind or depressed spirit. These foods may be unique to an individual or part of a shared culture....

How Much Christmas Dinner Costs At Gordon Ramsay’s London Restaurant Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Alia Hoyt/Updated: March 25, 2022 8:56 pm EST Local to west London and have a bank account fat enough to rival Santa’s belly? Make a reservation for a six-course Christmas Day lunch at Gordon Ramsay’s Savoy Grill. Heads up, though: it’ll cost you. Savoy Grill’s site bills the reservation as a “Christmas Day feast that is sure to make your day one to remember!...

How The War In Ukraine Could Hurt This Important French Staple Chesnot/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/April 21, 2022 10:32 am EST Baguettes are considered to be the symbol of a nation and the French consume this bread at the rate of 320 loaves per second, per Euronews. But with Russia’s invasion of the world’s breadbasket, there are fears that, like many places for which bread is an important staple, the baguette could end up being priced out of the reach of the people with whom it resonates the most....

Pumpkin Spice Oreos are hitting shelves soon Twitter Before we even had time to bust out our cardigans this year, Oreo was posting teasers about fall flavors on Instagram and Twitter. The brand posted a mysterious photo (see above) of a golden Oreo with an orange creme filling and captioned it: “A new season is coming. Come back here at 10 am ET tomorrow for more details.” We can’t say we’re surprised that the internet was able to solve Oreo’s mysterious fall flavor hint before the announcement dropped, and these fall-loving sleuths were very excited about it....

Raising Cane’s Has A Sweet Deal For National Iced Tea Day Raising Cane’s By Alia Hoyt/June 10, 2022 10:44 am EST Iced tea is a beloved beverage of choice for millions, so it only makes good sense that it should have its own day of distinction. Well, that day is officially here, as June 10 is National Iced Tea Day. The restaurant chain Raising Cane’s has a special offer for the holiday....

Shake Shack Evolves Its Menu By Adding Plant-Based Dessert Options Shake Shack By Alia Hoyt/May 18, 2022 12:33 pm EST Plant-based products are all the rage right now, and many fast food restaurants have gotten in on the game. There’s Burger King’s Impossible Whopper, plant-based chorizo at Chipotle, and even vegan beef at Panda Express. While many of those chains feature plant-based products as meat substitutes (in place of burgers or chicken), Shake Shack is wooing would-be customers with plant-based desserts, per Yahoo!...

Sticky-Sweet Caramel Corn Recipe Jessica Morone/Mashed By Jessica Morone AND Mashed Staff/July 21, 2022 3:00 pm EST When it’s time for a movie night, there’s no better snack than popcorn. The light, salty, and buttery treat is an absolute classic, both in the movie theater and your makeshift living room theater. But what if you could add a delightfully sweet element to it? Thanks to this sticky-sweet caramel corn recipe, courtesy of recipe developer Jessica Morone, you can have the best of both worlds: salty, buttery popcorn with a deliciously sweet and rich caramel coating....

The Beautiful Way Geoffrey Zakarian Celebrated The Start Of Peach Season Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images By Vedran Maslovara/May 31, 2022 8:50 am EST Is there anything better than eating a ripe, juicy peach when it’s in season? According to Lane Southern Orchards, peach season is generally thought to happen during the summer, but it’s actually anywhere between April and October, depending on the climate conditions. The Southern U.S. and the state of Georgia, in particular, are very well known for the commercial production of delicious peaches, still, more notable states produce peaches, too, such as California, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey....

The Incredible Brisket Ramen That’s Only Available Once A Year Marie Sonmez Photography/Shutterstock By Sophia Lo/May 17, 2022 9:55 pm EST When you think of iconic Texas foods, one thing that probably comes to mind is barbecue. An aspect of what makes Texas barbecue so unique is brisket, and unlike some other barbecue dishes, it isn’t necessarily smothered in sauce. If you’ve already tried all the best barbecue restaurants in Texas, there’s one place where you need to head immediately for a special brisket dish....

The Luxury Strawberries You Should Be Buying At Whole Foods sergey pozhoga/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/July 30, 2022 11:00 am EST There’s nothing quite like sinking your teeth into a fresh, juicy strawberry — a fruit that is quintessential of summertime and symbolic of the sweetness of life. Whether you enjoy strawberries alone, coated in chocolate, mixed into a salad, infused into jams, jellies, and cocktails, or incorporated into baked goods, the seed-studded starlets offer a pleasant flavor and add a bright pop of color to any dish they touch....

The Real Reason Most Grocery Store Limes Don’t Have Seeds Bloomberg/Getty Images By Angela Perez/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 12:58 pm EST Lime cheesecake or lemon meringue pie? A slice of lemon or lime in your gin and tonic? Lemonade or limeade? The decision to use either lemon or lime is usually a matter of personal preference. Of the five basic tastes that humans can recognize — sweet, salty, umami, sour, and bitter — lemons and limes fall into the sour category....

The Untold Truth Of Cajun Food Kravtzov/Shutterstock By Crawford Smith/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 5:50 pm EST We can’t find any statistics for this, but we’d wager that Cajun cuisine is one of the most misunderstood types of food in America. We’ve lost count of how many times we’ve seen an insipid tomato soup passed off as gumbo or had someone try to sell us fettuccine Alfredo with some cayenne in it as Cajun pasta....

The Untold Truth Of Dollar Tree Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Andrew Warner AND Brianna Persons/Updated: July 26, 2022 11:45 am EST Dollar stores are everywhere. Descended from the popular five and dime variety stores of the 19th Century, they’re sort of an American staple, even if they might be — for some shoppers with more discerning tastes — quite tacky. Adjusted for inflation, the five and dime became the dollar store....

Trader Joe’s Shoppers Are Freaking Out Over Its Ube-Covered Pretzels adrenalinerushdiaries/Shutterstock By Elaina Friedman/April 20, 2022 11:17 am EST Though it’s been a staple of Southeast Asian and Filipino cuisine for centuries, ube is still riding its first big popularity wave in the States, and for good reason. The marvelously purple, sugary yam lends a uniquely nutty flavor to desserts like ice cream and cheesecake, and its vibrant color triggers a delightful synesthesia of taste, smell, and sight....

What Is Rambutan And What Does It Taste Like? Sanatana/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 10:22 am EST The rambutan may not be highly recognizable to U.S. produce shoppers, but it is a common tropical fruit in Southeast Asian countries, per Purdue University. The fruit grows on tall trees — nephelium lappaceum — in warm and tropical climates and belongs to the same family of fruits as lychee and longan fruits....

What MasterChef Winner Luca Manfe Is Doing Now Bennett Raglin/Getty Images By Liz Barrett Foster/Updated: May 6, 2022 1:26 pm EST Italian-born MasterChef season four winner Luca Manfé was the first male, and the first non-American, to win the episodic cooking competition that’s currently filming its 11th season (via Deadline). Manfé grew up in the restaurant business and worked in restaurants in Italy, Australia, Florida, and New York, before applying to compete on MasterChef, according to his website Dinner with Luca....