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Why Hot Ones Was Just Nominated For An Emmy Bennett Raglin/Getty Images By Cristine Struble/May 6, 2022 4:04 pm EST When the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced, Sean Evans felt the heat rising not just from his loyal fans, but also from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. According to Deadline, “Hot Ones” was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in the Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show category. The Complex Networks show is competing against “The Drew Barrymore Show,” “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” and “Today Show with Hoda & Jenna....

Why You Might Want To Think Twice About Buying Vitamins At The Dollar Store Saowanee K/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Feb. 28, 2022 9:16 am EST Like most people nowadays, you’ve probably started to take your health more seriously. You may have found yourself eating healthier, exercising more, and supplementing your diet with vitamins. While these are all very good steps to ensuring both a healthy body and mind, you’d probably agree that a life of healthy living may not just be slimming you down, but also your wallet as well....

All Of The Unexpected Ways You Can Use Overripe Bananas scott conner/Shutterstock By Maria Aguirre/May 31, 2022 10:02 am EST Walking into your kitchen and seeing your bananas getting ripe means, yes, banana bread! Not only is this a delicious and easy treat to bake, but a comforting one that tastes even sweeter with overripe bananas — really, a banana’s sugar content gets higher as it ripens. Not only are overripe bananas sweeter than green ones, but they’re also richer in antioxidants and easier to digest, per Livestrong....

Easy Easter Bark Recipe Kate Shungu/Mashed By Kate Shungu AND Mashed Staff/March 22, 2022 3:27 pm EST Ah, the rites of springtime! After a long, hard winter, we like to celebrate a Spring-themed Easter…by eating dyed hard-boiled eggs and overdoing it on candy. A little weird, maybe, but there are worse things we could be doing, plus it’s been a while since the last big candy holiday. So bring those chocolate bunnies out, because there sure is nothing better than a chocolatey treat on Easter Sunday morning....

Ginger Peach Dump Cake Recipe Kate Shungu/Mashed By Kate Shungu AND Mashed Staff/Aug. 25, 2022 6:00 am EST Dump cake may not sound too tasty, what with the first word having some, er, rather unappetizing connotations, but it’s nevertheless a fairly accurate descriptor for how you make the cake. You just dump canned fruit into a pan, then dump a box of cake mix over it. As developer Kate Shungu characterizes this recipe, “Peach dump cake is a seriously easy dessert” due to the fact that it contains just a few ingredients and can be made in a single pan....

How To Tell If Eggplant Has Gone Bad Oleksandr Zaiats/Shutterstock By Maria Aguirre/May 10, 2022 2:38 pm EST Here are three reasons for loving eggplant: baba ganoush, eggplant Parmigiana, and moussaka. The list could be longer, of course, as eggplant is one of the most versatile ingredients a kitchen could have. Plus, this nightshade vegetable tastes great whether fried, baked, pureed, covered with mozzarella cheese, or served as part of any vegetarian dish....

Instagram Is Loving Padma Lakshmi’s Colorful Holi Celebration Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/March 19, 2022 4:02 pm EST While many Americans may know Holi only for its bright colors, there is far more to this Indian festival. Holi celebrates the return of spring and the “triumph of good over evil,” says TIME. The celebration begins with bonfires the night before to burn away evil spirits. On the day of the festival, people throw colorful powders into the air and colorful water balloons from roofs....

Jelly Belly’s Latest Candy Boasts A Fun New Shape Facebook By Taylor Huang/March 8, 2022 10:33 am EST When the Easter season rolls around, Jelly Belly products seem to be everywhere. Jelly beans are a staple of the spring holiday, and the Illinois-founded brand arguably does them best. The company is deliberate with its production process, which Today describes as a sensory experience. The jelly beans are perfectly molded and need to make the right sound before they’re packaged and shipped off to stores....

Joshua Weissman Hacks In-N-Out, Chick-Fil-A, And Remembers Brie Larson - Exclusive Interview Joshua Weissman By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 11:35 am EST Food has always been home for Joshua Weissman. The celebrity chef, who has been in the kitchen since he was three years old, cut his teeth in fine-dining at Austin’s coveted Uchiko restaurant. He’s since made a name for himself on social media doing precisely what social media abhors: making everything the hard way....

Martha Stewart Has Some Controversial Food Rules For Kids Ga Fullner/Shutterstock By Lucy Maddox/June 23, 2022 11:06 am EST Whether you have an aversion to leafy greens or don’t like the texture of shellfish, most people have a food that they just can’t stand. But when you dislike more foods than you do like, you begin to veer into the category of picky eaters. According to National Library of Medicine, a picky eater is someone who has “strong food preferences” and expresses an “unwillingness to eat familiar foods or to try new foods....

Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal: Everything You Need To Know vvoe/Shutterstock By Jamila Khan/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:32 pm EST A rich and full-flavored Cognac that won’t break the bank, Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal ticks all the boxes. With its vintage bottle design and unique copper color, it exudes a charm that transports you back in time. What makes this elusive Cognac so alluring? Rémy Martin defines the taste as rich and creamy, with undertones of toasted bread, plum, fig jam, and dried fruits....

Sarah Thomas On Working With Eric Ripert - Exclusive Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images By Helena Nichols/June 21, 2022 8:15 am EST Few of us are lucky enough to get to work for someone we admire. However, working at a Michelin-starred restaurant can be a dream come true in the restaurant world. For Sarah Thomas, getting to work at the three-Michelin-starred Le Bernardin under Chef Eric Ripert was an exciting time. “He’s someone I looked up to for years before working there,” Thomas said in an exclusive interview with Mashed....

The Fast-Food Chain With The Highest Turnover Rate, According To One Study AlessandroBiascioli/Shutterstock By Amberly Mckee/June 28, 2022 11:10 am EST Restaurants and fast food establishments are known by employees and employers alike for their high turnover rates. Per Notch Ordering, the National Restaurant Association conducted a 2014 study that found the industry’s yearly employee turnover rate to be as high as 66.3%. Of those former workers, 46.5% quit on their own volition....

The Hack That Will Keep You From Ever Overmixing Batter Again Viktory Panchenko/Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/May 18, 2022 2:24 pm EST If you’re a novice baker, you may have found yourself confused when faced with a recipe that simply tells you not to overmix your batter but fails to clarify what exactly qualifies as overmixing — and how you can tell if you’ve been whisking away for too long. Luckily, there’s an easy hack that can simplify things....

The New Trader Joe’s Snack Instagram Can’t Get Enough Of Corinna Haselmayer/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/July 16, 2022 5:25 pm EST Trader Joe’s may be a California-based grocery chain, but the popular store is definitely a destination with a global gastronomic point of view. Walk down one aisle and discover the Mediterranean flavors from Greece, like the store’s quinoa stuffed dolmas. Stroll down another and your tastebuds might decide they are more in the mood for the grocer’s Thai offerings, like its Thai lime & chili cashews or the retailer’s popular microwavable vegetable Pad Thai....

The Sketchiest Ingredient Used In All Taco Bell Burritos Pooh Yuphayao/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/June 8, 2022 3:20 pm EST If you’ve been on the Internet long enough, you may have heard of certain fast food horror stories. These aren’t stories about bad customers or terrible bosses but rather grotesque and downright disgusting rumors about what exactly is in your food. We mean no disrespect or are insinuating any sort of unsavory behavior to any restaurant....

The Untold Truth Of Blue Bell Ice Cream Jamie Squire/Getty Images By Nickolaus Hines AND Andrew Sheldon/Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 2:25 pm EST In Texas and other parts of the Southeastern United States, it’s not summer without Blue Bell ice cream. The regional favorite is the go-to choice on a hot and humid day (or a cold one, this is a no-judgment zone). It’s an ice cream brand with a small town feel and image, but a big business reputation and a devoted following of ice cream lovers who load up their freezers with the stuff — even following a listeria outbreak (more on that later)....

The Women Making American Delis More Feminist Natallia Harahliad/Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/March 30, 2022 5:04 pm EST It’s no secret that the food and beverage industry is dominated by men — especially when it comes to the production of steak and beer. The same can be said about delis, which have been in operation for centuries, yet have been traditionally run by men. According to Tony’s Delicatessen, most American delis have immigrant roots, dating back to the 1850s in major cities....

Things You Should Never Order From A Korean Restaurant Shutterstock By Brian Good/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:38 pm EST Interest in all things Korean has exploded around the globe over the past few years. Whether it’s bands like Blackpink topping international pop charts, or films like “Parasite,” which wowed Oscar voters in 2020, passion for Korean culture outside of Korea itself has never been more prevalent. That love of all things Korean is expanding to our palettes as well....

Why A Stormy Day At Chick-Fil-A Caused A Downpour Of Laughter Facebook By Savanna Swain-Wilson/June 22, 2022 6:30 am EST Last week, a series of severe thunderstorms across the midlands region of South Carolina left many parts of the state subject to extreme conditions, including heavy rain, hail, and flooding. For many people, this kind of weather would warrant enough reason to hunker down at home until it passed. But comments on a TikTok shared by user @random....