The Elderly Couple Who Are Cracker Barrel’s Biggest Fans Joni Hanebutt/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Updated: July 25, 2022 7:54 am EST How many of us can be considered loyal to a brand or a company? By loyalty, we don’t mean that you would drop down on your knees and worship the company’s name like a golden calf, but loyalty in the sense of how much you frequent or purchase from that company or its particular items....
The New Yorker Who’s Being Called A ‘Hero’ After Ridding A Bar Of An Unwanted Guest false/Shutterstock By Elise DeVoe/June 3, 2022 11:23 am EST When you think of an unwanted visitor at a bar, you probably assume it’s a person who was overserved and caused a commotion, but this bar patron was a bit furrier and most likely not of age. This story about an animal sneaking into a bar in Brooklyn is not the first of its kind, apparently, instances like this one happen all over the world....
This Is How A Fast Food Menu Item Gets Created, According To The CMO Of Freddy’s - Exclusive Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/April 22, 2022 12:25 pm EST New fast food menu items can start off in a variety of ways. According to Thrillist, the process can take months or longer, and sometimes, new inventions take a long time to get off the ground. When the Doritos Locos Taco first hit menus at Taco Bell, for example, no one had ever seasoned a taco shell with Doritos powder before, and it had to go through multiple rounds of taste tests, examinations, and more trials before being put on a menu....
Walmart Is Selling An Apple Jacks-Filled Bunny For Easter Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 8:11 am EST Brace yourselves: Eggs, chicks, bunnies, and candies in shades of pastels are here and it’s time for all-things-Easter to reign on supermarket shelves. From now until Easter Sunday on April 17, it’s going to be challenging to visit a grocery store without walking out with a sizeable stash of Easter candy....
Walmart’s Tortilla Rat Meme Explained Ahanov Michael/Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/March 3, 2022 2:56 pm EST Rats as a species have been rather unfairly maligned throughout history. For centuries they’ve been blamed — based on a lie, as it turns out — for causing a series of plagues that wiped out half of Europe. Well, it’s not like one little meme could redeem several hundreds of years of scapegoating, but if there ever were such a meme, it would probably be Pizza Rat....
What Happened To Final Straw After Shark Tank? Facebook By Elise DeVoe/Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 2:26 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It seems like using a plastic straw has been out of fashion for a while now, but the anti-straw movement only started in 2018 (via Vox). According to Time, it started in part because of a video where a marine biologist removed a straw from a turtle’s nose, and the rest is history....
What Producers Chris Keyser And Daniel Goldfarb Hope Viewers Will Take Away From HBO’s Julia - Exclusive Thomas J. Gibbons/Getty Images By Molly Harris/April 21, 2022 1:38 pm EST While a great viewership and high praise from an audience are undoubtedly two of the biggest hopes that any executive producer and creator could ask for with a new series, there’s always a bigger lesson or a deeper takeaway from most shows than just the pure entertainment value....
What You Need To Know About The Green Beans Recall pukao/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/April 22, 2022 3:42 pm EST Approximately 4 in 10 Americans say at least some of their diet is made up of organic foods, according to a 2016 study by Pew Research. When a food is labeled as “organic,” this means it was grown without the use of harmful pesticides or fertilizers. However, despite the popular belief that organic foods are much healthier for you than nonorganic foods, this is not necessarily the case....
Why Food Labels Have Consumers Asking Where The Meat Is Janine Passos/Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/June 3, 2022 12:15 pm EST Technology is growing in the food industry, and we don’t just mean robots taking fast food orders. It’s also shaping what foods we can eat. Cell-based cultivated meat was introduced in 2013 by Dutch scientist Mark Post, according to The Guardian. The pharmacologist utilized 20,000 muscle fibers from a cow that were carefully grown into the shape of a hamburger....
Why One Stranger Things Star Wants You To Stop Eating Nutella Mehaniq/Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/May 3, 2022 4:28 pm EST It’s not that the actor who plays Will Byers on Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things” doesn’t like Nutella. In fact, 17-year old Noah Schnapp told Forbes that he actually loves the ubiquitous milk-chocolate-hazelnut spread as much, if not more so, than the next guy. However, Schnapp also cares about his health and the environment, and feels that Nutella is problematic for both....
Wolfgang Puck Says This Dish Is A Celeb Favorite On Oscar Night Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Kimberley Laws/March 26, 2022 12:03 pm EST Oscar attendees not only get to strut their designer-labeled stuff on the red carpet, rub elbows with fellow A-listers, and possibly take home a coveted Academy Award. They can also top off the evening in epicurean ecstasy enjoying the expertly prepared food of Wolfgang Puck at the event’s most well-known after-party....
‘Gluten-Free’ Tortillas Marketed On Facebook And Instagram Recalled Due To Wheat Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/March 21, 2022 7:25 am EST Traces of gluten sneaking into supposedly gluten-free food products can lead to potentially serious allergic reactions that can occur within minutes of eating it or up to several days after exposure (via Verywell Health). According to Gluten Free Watchdog (GFWD), this may be the case of what has led Texas-based Salsa Texan’s gluten-free tortillas to be recalled....
30% Would Most Want To Eat At This Famous Celebrity’s Restaurant Asya Nurullina/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/April 20, 2022 2:42 pm EST It’s no news to cooking show fans that some of TV’s most famous chefs have their own restaurants, from Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen to Bobby Flay’s Bobby’s Burger Palace. But many celebrities outside of the culinary world have also added restaurateur to their resumes, giving fans the unique chance to dine like their favorite stars....
Adam Richman’s Worst Experience On Man V Food Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock By Margaret McCormick/Aug. 26, 2022 10:54 am EST Watching “Man v. Food” from the viewing stands at home, one might think that Adam Richman had the best job on Earth: Eat massive meals and get paid for it. Richman, a food enthusiast and former actor (per The Guardian), traveled to a smorgasbord of American cities, took in the sights, spoke with residents and restaurant owners, and sat down for an over-the-top meal in each place he visited....
Francis Mallmann Says This Vegetarian Recipe Is Similar To Steak - Exclusive By Erica Andrews/July 1, 2022 11:20 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When you think of a strict vegetarian, Argentine chef Francis Mallmann is probably not the first person that comes to mind. The award-winning restaurateur is well known around the world for cooking meats over an open flame. However, Mallmann revealed to Mashed in an exclusive interview that he started to think about incorporating more vegetables in his diet after young people started writing to him through social media....
Gordon Ramsay’s Reaction To An Unexpected Burger Bun Is Too Relatable Mike Coppola/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/July 16, 2022 8:00 am EST When an unsuspecting home cook decided to go public with her all-protein burger bun idea, we’re betting she didn’t count on having Gordon Ramsay weigh in on it, but here we are. In a split-screen Instagram post, we watch as Ramsay provides a running commentary of her creative kitchen fail....
How Padma Lakshmi Just Made Environmentalists Very Unhappy Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Updated: May 9, 2022 4:42 pm EST Imagine that you’re out on your weekly grocery shop and need to buy enough bananas to last you until the next one. The only problem is that half of the bananas are probably going to turn brown long before you get round to eating them. This is because, like most fruits, bananas have a short window of optimal ripeness....
How You May Be Able To Get Bitcoin At Your Local Supermarket svetlichniy_igor/Shutterstock By Alia Hoyt/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 4:25 pm EST The average person hits the grocery store for food staples, possibly even a lottery ticket, or two. But, these days it’s also possible to walk out with a receipt for cryptocurrency in your wallet. Cryptocurrency is an exciting investment opportunity for those next gen-style thinkers. A totally digital version of currency, it’s not managed or controlled by a government or other authority, so to speak, says Forbes....
Insomnia Cookies’ New Flavors Are Inspired By The Classic State Fair Facebook By Chase Shustack/June 1, 2022 11:40 am EST There are a few things that state fairs are known for: rides, carnival games, baby animals, and, of course, food. Nothing quite caps off an evening at the annual state fair like munching on a big, warm funnel cake doused in powder sugar. What better way to get yourself ready to ride the Ferris wheel or those big swing rides than chowing down on some french fries and fried Twinkies?...
Instagram Is Tearing Up At Buddy Valastro’s Cake For His Wife’s Birthday Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Naomi Kennedy/March 10, 2022 1:02 pm EST The last few weeks seem like they have been a non-stop party for Buddy Valastro, his wife, Lisa, and their 4 children, whose lives have been even more cake-centric than usual, thanks to a number of birthdays. The fun started last month when the family celebrated their youngest member, Carlo, who turned 11 on February 14 (via Instagram)....
