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Marcela Valladolid Told Her Daughter To Dress Herself And This Happened Frazer Harrison/Getty By Savanna Swain-Wilson/March 26, 2022 6:41 pm EST If you’ve been following celebrity chef Marcela Valladolid on Instagram for while, you probably know that her daughter, Anna Carina Button-Valladolid, is quite expressive. On several occasions, the seven-year-old has charmed Instagram with her sass and silliness, sometimes dropping in to steal the show on her mom’s cooking segments....

Meringue Recipe Tara Rylie/Mashed By Tara Rylie AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 28, 2022 4:07 pm EST Little pieces of meringue are one sure way to catch the eye of any sweets lover. At its most basic, meringue is whipped egg whites and sugar that can be served soft on top of pies and other desserts, or it can be baked at a low temperature for a light crunch. Meringue adds an extra layer of fancy to any spread of food, and if you follow the right recipe, home cooks will find it’s a more-than-doable treat....

Michael Symon Just Lit A Fire About BBQ Methods On Twitter Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Justina Huddleston/June 7, 2022 4:32 pm EST Summer is grilling season, and that means barbecue. Or does it? There are a lot of myths about barbecue that can be tricky to sort through, and because so many people feel so passionately about different methods of BBQ, discussions about what is or isn’t “really” barbecue can get heated fast....

Read This Before Putting Liquids In Your Food Processor IrinaPhVideo/Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/March 13, 2022 11:51 pm EST Any tool that helps speed things up in the kitchen is a major help — and there are certainly quite a few on the market. From air fryers to pressure cookers, these gadgets can become invaluable in your quest to get a meal plated every evening. However, there is a bit of a learning curve for most of them, and food processors are no exception....

The Costco Mold Problem Reddit Is Fed Up With Studio13lights/Shutterstock By James Lewis/Updated: July 25, 2022 11:17 am EST It’s an inevitable fact that all fresh produce, regardless of its cost or quality, will at some point expire. Obviously, as hard-working consumers, we expect the groceries we buy to last for a reasonable length of time, but Reddit users are finding this isn’t always the case. Redditor TelephotoMoto claims to have lost $40-worth of fresh mushrooms and berries because of mold that had taken grip of the packets as soon as they had been opened, and other users report being affected by spoiled cheese, pork, and strawberries....

The Funny Way Kim Kardashian Chooses Her Cheetos Flavor DFree/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Updated: April 20, 2022 8:47 am EST Kim Kardashian is notably known for her love life and fashion-forward closet, but loyal fans are also up to speed on her home decor. Fans of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” or the new Hulu series “Kardashians,” are very familiar with the reality TV star’s all-white, minimalist design preferences. Her walls, furniture, and decor are bathed in shades of white and beige....

The Last Howard Johnson’s Just Closed For Good Instagram By Nancy Mock/June 3, 2022 9:18 am EST The recent announcement that the last remaining Howard Johnson’s restaurant has closed truly marks the end of an era. CNN Business shares that the Howard Johnson’s in Lake George, New York was the last holdout, closing this year after 70 years in business. In its heyday the restaurant chain had hundreds of locations across the country, but in recent decades was forced to close most of them in the face of rising costs and fierce competition, especially from fast food businesses....

The Reason Nuts Could Help Cure A Hangover New Africa/Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/Feb. 28, 2022 3:15 pm EST If you’ve ever consumed one too many drinks, you probably know that the consequences are no fun. Waking up with a hangover is a pretty unpleasant way to start your day, and one that’s likely to send you reaching for a cup of coffee, a glass of water, or an Alka-Seltzer. And while it’s common knowledge that a hangover is caused by drinking too much alcohol, the main reasons why people feel so low after a night of drinking is because the body is suffering from dehydration, inflammation, and a lack of quality sleep....

The Sneaky Way Royal Chef Darren McGrady Knew When Princess Diana Was Upset Randy Shropshire/Getty By Hope Ngo/Updated: April 11, 2022 12:58 pm EST Fans of Diana, Princess of Wales, are all too familiar with the struggles she had with eating disorders. But less is said about how she overcame them and the healthy eating habits she eventually acquired before her death in 1997. Diana’s personal chef Darren McGrady, first met the princess in Balmoral when he was working in the pastry kitchen....

The TikToker Who Earned A Huge Pride Month Honor XanderSt/Shutterstock By Amy Hamblen/June 16, 2022 11:14 am EST When it comes to recipes, TikTok doesn’t always have the best advice, but the platform does serve a meaningful purpose. TikTok has become an important space for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2018, The Washington Post reported that the social media space has helped LGBTQ+ users share their feelings in a supportive environment. As Amit Paley, CEO of The Trevor Project, an organization focused on crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youths, explained to the Post that support is essential “because there are many LGBTQ youth in this country who are not able to get support where they physically are....

The Truth About Gordon Ramsay’s First Job In A Kitchen Mike Coppola/Getty Images By Kimberley Laws/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 10:21 am EST There was once a time when Gordon Ramsay wasn’t a household name. His ruffled locks didn’t grace television sets, the cookbook aisle didn’t have a single offering bearing his name, and poorly run restaurants fed customers sub-par food without fear of an angry Brit cursing them out. Yes, Ramsay wasn’t born with a myriad of successful restaurants, his own Royal Doulton houseware line, and a lengthy lineup of highly rated TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic....

The Truth About Kirkland Signature Whiskeys TonelsonProductions/Shutterstock By Naveena Vijayan/Updated: April 26, 2022 10:22 am EST Costco sells a ginormous amount of alcohol under its multibillion-dollar private label, Kirkland Signature. They first started with wine, in 2003, and later expanded to spirits in 2007. Selling home-branded alcohol brought a dreamy amount of sales for Costco — topping $5 billion in 2020. Per a Market Watch report, spirits make up 30% of beverage sales....

The Unexpected Material You Can Use To Keep Ice Cream Cool beats1/Shutterstock By Brianna Corley/June 8, 2022 9:51 pm EST With a tendency to devour “23 pounds of ice cream and related frozen desserts per year” (via the ​​International Dairy Foods Association), Americans have a long history of loving and eating chilled confections. According to Smithsonian Magazine, the first ice cream truck was invented in the U.S. by Harry Burt to better sell his Good Humor ice cream snacks....

The Untold Truth Of Himalayan Salt Salman Arif Farooqi/Shutterstock By Jacob Smith/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:57 pm EST The history of humankind’s interaction with salt is both long and illustrious. The mineral, which is primarily composed of sodium chloride, has been utilized throughout history in a variety of ways; as money, a medical antiseptic, and of course as a dietary supplement (per Time Magazine). Historically, areas fortunate enough to have rich, readily available salt reserves often relied upon its exportation for financial and social gain....

The Unusual Peeps Museum Exhibit You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Rosamar/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/April 25, 2022 2:25 pm EST Peeps are probably one of the most polarizing candies on the market. People either seem to love or hate these sweet, brightly colorful marshmallow puffs that come molded in chick or rabbit shapes and get heavily promoted leading up to the Easter holiday, then mostly vanish from shelves the rest of the year....

This Simple Chicken Tip Can Save You Cooking Time Aleksandr Talancev/Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 2:54 pm EST Many in the food world like to turn up their noses at boneless chicken breast, calling it flavorless when compared with the dark meat of chicken thighs, per Epicurious. The truth is that chicken breasts are easy to transform into a tasty and lean centerpiece of all kinds of casual and elegant dishes....

Tim Hortons’ New Restaurant Concept Is All About Convenience Thamyris Salgueiro/Shutterstock By Kimberley Laws/Updated: June 8, 2022 4:42 pm EST You will likely never encounter a Canadian who is unfamiliar with Tim Hortons restaurants. Yes, this icon hailing from the Great White North that bears the name of a former hockey player and spawned the terms “Timbit” and “Double double” is as Canadian as hockey, beavers, and Justin Bieber. Boasting perennially popular products like the Iced Capp, Fruit Explosion muffins, Smile Cookies, their in-demand coffee, and a bevy of assorted donuts, Tim Hortons has established itself beyond the 49th parallel and, according to the brand’s website, now boasts 550 Tim Hortons locations across the United States....

Walmart Is Officially Offering Drone Delivery. Here’s What That Means Flystock/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Updated: May 26, 2022 8:03 am EST You’re going through your weekly grocery checklist, taking inventory on what you need to buy. You know, milk, cheese, bread, dishwasher tablets, and so on. After figuring out what you need, you go to your computer, go onto the Walmart website, and place your order online. After a few hours, you receive a message that your order has arrived via “Air Walmart” and is waiting for you on your front step....

Why Does Fresh Orange Juice Taste Different From Store Orange Juice? Photoongraphy/Shutterstock By Julia Mullaney/May 3, 2022 4:49 pm EST For years, you may have heard that fresh fruit juice is always better than juice from concentrate. In its simplest terms, “from concentrate” means that the water from the fruit is removed when the juice is extracted, then re-added again when it’s ready to be packaged, per Science Focus. On the contrary, fresh juice doesn’t go through that water removal process and is instead sold as-is....

Why Groceries Are Supposedly Worse In The Pandemic, According To Reddit Fevziie/Shutterstock By Nick Desimone/March 17, 2022 9:37 am EST Nothing is worse than biting into a soft, mealy apple or cutting into a seemingly normal-looking onion only to find that its interior is brown and slimy. If you feel like you’ve been experiencing this more and more lately, you’re not alone. A Reddit user posed the question, “Am I going crazy, or has the quality of groceries gone way down even post pandemic?...