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What Really Makes A Good Restaurant, According To Wolfgang Puck Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images By Crystal Antonace/June 13, 2022 8:16 am EST With gas prices on the rise and inflation at an all-time high, if you’re spending your hard-earned dollars to dine out at a restaurant, you want the experience to be worth your money. With that said, what should you consider when choosing the next restaurant you dine in? World-renowned Chef and entrepreneur, Wolfgang Puck may not be an expert on everything, but when it comes to restaurant success, his long list of culinary achievements is reason enough to take his opinion into consideration....

What You Could Use Instead Of Butter In Pasta Sauce Marcus Z-pics/Shutterstock By Katy Canada/April 3, 2022 11:47 am EST When it comes to carbohydrates that are inexpensive, versatile, and delicious, many people believe that pasta wears the crown. From pillowy gnocchi to spindly capellini, the king of carbs has few limits on its forms and functions. Even many novice chefs can whip up a pasta dish with a few simple ingredients and minimal steps to reach a finished product....

Why Some Foods Are Actually More Nutritious Canned alisafarov/Shutterstock By Nick Desimone/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 9:48 am EST As anyone who has eaten a snack from a home canning cellar can tell you, one major advantage of canned fruits or vegetables is that they extend the season of your favorite foods. When many types of nutritious produce aren’t available fresh in the winter, for example, the canned version can help add nutritional variety to your diet....

Why TikTok Took A Big Step To Stop Food Misinformation Eliseu Geisler/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/March 15, 2022 5:53 pm EST This article contains mentions of disordered eating and eating disorders. TikTok has updated its policy guidelines on disordered eating in order to combat the spread of food and nutrition misinformation on its site. The move was prompted by consultations with experts, who cited the dangerous precedent being set by the frequent video postings of influencers promoting disordered eating, per NPR....

Yes, Wind Turbine Blades Can Be Recycled Into Your Favorite Candy fokke baarssen/Shutterstock By Elaina Friedman/Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 8:29 am EST When it comes to providing energy on a large scale, it doesn’t get much more sustainable than wind turbines. By inverting the function of a typical fan (which requires an electrical outlet to make wind), solar turbines create mechanical power with their aerodynamic blades, which are attached to rotators that spin around generators without releasing harmful emissions (per Energy....

A TikToker Caught Chipotle Workers Allegedly Cheating Online Orders dennizn/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Aug. 29, 2022 12:07 pm EST Have you ever ordered something online through DoorDash or GrubHub? Have you ever placed an order for delivery from your favorite pizza restaurant? Chances are, a good portion of those reading this probably have at least once in their lives. While no doubt most of those working in the service sector, be they delivery drivers or in the restaurant themselves, are upstanding everyday people, how sure can you be that someone somewhere in that chain isn’t trying to pull one over on you?...

Andrew Zimmern Says These Cities Have The Best Chicken In The World Amy E. Price/Getty By Kirstie Bingham/July 13, 2022 10:20 pm EST Andrew Zimmern is known for eating a lot of unusual, strange things — and enjoying them. He often takes to his blog, Andrew Zimmern’s Spilled Milk, to talk about the different foods he’s eaten and wants to try, and the joys of eating and traveling. Given his food knowledge and experience, it might be surprising to learn that he recently waxed poetic about one of the most common foods around: roasted chicken (per his blog)....

Canned Foods You Should Never Buy From Costco Tada Images/Shutterstock By Trevor Carlson AND Andrew Sheldon/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 3:29 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Costco is famed for its towering shelves stocked with everything from beef jerky to milk chocolate caramels. Pushing your shopping cart through the wide aisles of the members only chain feels like strolling through a wonderland of abundance. Where else can you buy an 8-foot teddy bear and a lukewarm hot dog all in the same place?...

Classic Sazerac Cocktail Recipe Christina Musgrave/Mashed By Christina Musgrave AND Mashed Staff/July 6, 2022 10:52 am EST If you’re a fan of an old fashioned, then there’s no doubt you’ll also love a classic Sazerac. According to Liquor.com, the Sazerac has been around since the 1800s, officially trademarked by Sazerac Co. in 1900. The strong, brawny cocktail was even dubbed the official cocktail of New Orleans in 2008; that being said, people across the world enjoy the cocktail, which definitely could be classified under the “strong” category....

Giada De Laurentiis Just Dropped The Easiest Bolognese Recipe Tinseltown/Shutterstock By Justina Huddleston/Updated: April 20, 2022 8:44 am EST Bolognese sauce is one of those Italian dishes that’s known for taking a long time to make. Traditionally, the hearty specialty is made by cooking savory cuts of meat, like veal, beef, or pork, low and slow for hours in a tomato-based sauce that contains diced veggies. Bolognese also usually includes wine, and sometimes the sauce incorporates pancetta or another cured meat....

Gordon Ramsay Has Good News For Miami Hell’s Kitchen Fans DFree/Shutterstock By Claire Schuh/March 2, 2022 2:41 pm EST If you live in Miami and are a fan of Gordon Ramsay, you’re in luck. According to the Miami Herald, he’s bringing one of his Hell’s Kitchen restaurants, based on the TV show of the same name, to The Magic City. The two-story restaurant will open in downtown Miami in late 2022 at Met Square, as part of a big new development called the Metropolitan Miami Development....

Instagram Is Raining Hearts On Cat Cora’s Family Pic Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Elaina Friedman/Updated: April 6, 2022 1:41 pm EST Longtime Food Network fans worth their weight in salt will be able to tell you who Cat Cora is without help any help from Google, but even those who haven’t been watching cooking shows since the 1990s will likely know that the celebrity chef and restaurateur was the first woman to appear on “Iron Chef America” and to be inducted into the American Academy of Chefs Culinary Hall of Fame....

Not Carlo’s first digital expansion Instagram This is the second digital prong Buddy Valastro has pushed in recent months. In September, Eater announced the debut of Buddy V’s Cake Slice. Buddy V’s Cake Slice was Valastro’s move to partner with Virtual Dining Concepts and jump on the ghost kitchen bandwagon. However, Eater explained that this concept would work differently than say, MrBeast Burger. Instead of having each independently-run kitchens bake cakes branded with Valastro’s name, Valastro will send individual cake slices to participating locations to then deliver as a third party....

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Talks About His Accidental First Job Cooking - Exclusive Instagram By Steven John/March 10, 2022 2:04 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Today an accomplished chef and celebrated food writer, growing up, food was rarely on the mind of J. Kenji López-Alt. Or rather cooking or studying or writing about food wasn’t often occupying his thoughts, but during a recent exclusive Mashed interview, Kenji did describe an ongoing culinary quest led by his father, saying, “I had a little bit of an interest in food, particularly Chinese food and Mexican food, [which] were things that my dad loved, so we went looking for great Chinese food and Mexican food around New York when I was growing up....

Jack In The Box Just Shaded McDonald’s With The ‘World’s Largest Billboard’ Birch Photographer/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/March 18, 2022 8:25 am EST Jack in the Box has been on the warpath as of late. According to Thrillist, the fast food chain set their sites on McDonald’s by partnering with a website that tracks which McDonald’s locations currently experienced ice cream machine malfunctions. The campaign rolled out around the time when the golden arches released their Shamrock Shake and even came with the snarky tagline of “Don’t get McShammed....

Next Level Chef Winner Pyet DeSpain And Mentor Nyesha Arrington Reveal Show Secrets - Exclusive Interview Jesse Grant/Getty Images By Alexandra Cass/March 3, 2022 9:14 am EST Gordon Ramsay is a fixture of food television, and a culinary icon known for his excellence, his brutal honesty, and the intensity of his kitchens. His latest project, “Next Level Chef” makes no exception. The cooking competition featured 15 chefs looking to prove their own culinary excellence, while working under the direct mentorship of Ramsay himself, alongside brilliant chefs Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blaise....

Read This Before Trying The Nordic Diet Kmpzzz/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/April 29, 2022 11:21 am EST You’ve probably heard a lot about the newest diets or the latest superfoods, even if you’re not big into the whole multi-level fitness regimen crowd. Maybe you know someone who’s on a gluten-free diet. A relative of yours just ditched a carb-free diet and is now on a keto-based diet. You may also have heard of someone trying out the “Nordic diet....

Survey Reveals How Most People Eat Bagels Bloomberg/Getty Images By Taylor Huang/March 21, 2022 3:39 pm EST Bagels are one of those foods that can be eaten a variety of different ways. Two of the most popular techniques are eating the two halves pressed together, and eating each side one-by-one. Those who take the first approach might even liken the food item to a sandwich, which not everyone might agree with....

The Daily Oil Hack Carla Hall Uses To Up Her Chef Game Debby Wong/Shutterstock By Linda Brockman/Updated: June 7, 2022 9:27 am EST Celebrity chef Carla Hall is known for bringing soul food to the masses, and she has something else she wants everyone to know about. Her healthy routine of yoga, exercise, and meditation, also includes an occasional ritual that might surprise you. Here’s a hint: The alum of Bravo’s “Top Chef” and a host on “The Chew” for seven years has found another use for oil that has nothing to do with frying up chicken or greasing a cake pan....

The Untold Truth Of Burger King Getty Images By Mashed Staff/Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 12:15 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s tough to imagine a world without Burger King, a place where you can go to satisfy the craving for something meaty, salty, filling, and fast. Whopper or Big Mac is one of lunchtime’s oldest debates, and even if you fall firmly on the side of the Whopper, there are still probably some things you don’t know — or don’t remember — about this American favorite....