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The Unexpected Canned Ingredient You Should Add To Your Cake Recipes p_saranya/Shutterstock By Maria Aguirre/June 14, 2022 3:42 pm EST For many dessert lovers, the question isn’t when to bake a cake, but when not to. Cakes are a symbol of celebration, and there is always something to celebrate. Birthdays obviously call for colorful funfetti creations, while tiered cakes are reserved for the guests of a wedding. And for a smaller afternoon treat, there are the beloved mini cakes we know as cupcakes....

This Is The Absolute Best Way To Reheat Fried Rice Shutterstock By Mirtle Pena-Calderon/Updated: May 10, 2022 11:44 am EST Leftovers are great. Not only do most foods taste better the next day, but having leftovers in the fridge is a clear sign that you won’t have to wonder what to make for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Whether it is leftovers from a grand dinner or something much smaller, extra prepared food will always be clutch....

What Are Hearts Of Palm And What Do They Taste Like? Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Updated: April 27, 2022 2:24 pm EST The vegetable world is full of unique options. Case in point? Hearts of palm. This veggie comes from the insides of palm trees and adds a crunchy texture to a variety of dishes, including salads and dips. Their flavor is mild, and they’re delicious raw, grilled, sautéed, and more....

Why Coffee Drinkers Might Live Longer, According To New Research Rido/Shutterstock By Justina Huddleston/May 31, 2022 8:55 pm EST If you’ve ever paid attention to the research on whether coffee is good or bad for you, then you probably know that there’s a lot of conflicting information out there. First, you have to sort through all of the myths about coffee most people believe. Then, you have to weigh the pros and cons between one study that reveals why drinking coffee could be good for your gut, and another that says you should exercise caution before drinking coffee on an empty stomach....

Why Martha Stewart’s Fans Thought They Saw Her Pantless Bruce Glikas/Getty By Elise DeVoe/Aug. 9, 2022 8:23 am EST Martha Stewart is known for all things entertaining, but she has also made her mark in the fashion industry. America’s first self-made female billionaire has had an interest in clothing since she was a child, watching her mother create pieces on a Singer sewing machine (via Smithsonian Magazine). After a lot of practice, she sewed her own wedding dress and still gives sewing machines as gifts because she thinks they are “as indispensable today as a personal computer or smartphone....

Why You Should Use Oil-Packed Tuna For Your Tuna Salad Lapina Maria/Shutterstock By Jared Kaufman/Updated: April 27, 2022 10:37 am EST Every tuna salad lover has their preferred way of making the dish. Popular varieties include the classic deli mayo and celery version and Vietnamese bánh mì-style, per The Kitchn. Some may even prefer Rachael Ray’s tuna salad recipe, which has an unexpected ingredient. Part of tuna salad’s popularity is that it’s just so accessible — more than half of Americans have at least three pouches of tuna in their pantry at any given time, per SeafoodSource....

33% Think This Is The Best Trader Joe’s Frozen Meal Bloomberg/Getty Images By Cristine Struble/March 15, 2022 11:55 am EST When any shopper enters Trader Joe’s, the warm tiki vibe seems to bring a sense of ease and relaxation. Even if people make a mad dash for that must-have Fearless Flyer find, there is a sense of welcoming around every corner. Even though Reader’s Digest reports that the stores weren’t a huge success when Joe Coulombe opened his first store in 1967, the brand has become legendary....

Can A Name Change Make A Food More Appealing? Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock By Abby Tariq/July 10, 2022 11:59 pm EST The Jamaican tangelo, most commonly known as the ugli fruit, got its name due to its wrinkly, unappealing, and genuinely “ugly” appearance (how imaginative). Those who’ve tried the fruit will argue that all you have to do is get past the ugly-looking appearance of this unique cross between a mandarin orange and a grapefruit to enjoy its sweet, tangy flavor....

Costco Ranked Lower Than Walmart On This Consumer Survey dennizn/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/April 24, 2022 2:40 pm EST More than two years have passed since the United States first went into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Obviously, since then, the transition stores were already making toward online accessibility has gone into hyperdrive. But now it’s worth considering how well different brands have fared at navigating the transformation. As the headline might just have hinted, Walmart has proven more adept than Costco....

Every Zaxby’s Wing Flavor Ranked Worst To Best Facebook By Maria Scinto/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 4:06 pm EST Zaxby’s is a Southern fast food chain that specializes in chicken; however, the menu isn’t limited to just one type of preparation. Sure, Zaxby’s offers chicken sandwiches, but the menu also lists other items like salads, chicken fingers, and chicken wings. The impressive thing about the chain is that the menu isn’t limited to boneless “wings” that are basically just big chicken nuggets; the menu also offers traditional bone-in wings that are made from genuine poultry parts....

Here’s What Happens When You Drink Pickle Juice Every Day Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Updated: May 11, 2022 4:12 pm EST Green juice made with nutrient-dense spinach, kale, cucumbers, or celery is all the rage. But did you know there’s another green juice — that requires no juicing — that you should be drinking every day? If you answered “pickle juice,” you’re right. Of course, just the thought of pickle juice can make a mouth pucker....

How Starbucks Korea Responded To The Controversy Around Its New Giveaway Harun Ozmen/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 1:33 pm EST Starbucks officially exited South Korea last summer, selling its 50% stake to its partners E-Market and the Singapore-based wealth fund company GIC (via Channel News Asia). It may come as a shocker but Starbucks no longer owns its cafes in South Korea — its fifth-largest market in the world — and the company’s former partners only operate Starbucks Korea under the Seattle-based coffee chain’s banner through a licensing agreement....

How The Jack In The Box E. Coli Outbreak Changed The Way Food Recalls Work SeventyFour/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/March 15, 2022 6:46 pm EST It’s an occasional blip you’d hear on the 5 o’clock news: a piece about a few hundred bags of lettuce that need to be recalled or maybe a couple thousand cans of tuna that need to be shipped back. Food recall stories may sound like background news in today’s sensationalist headlines, but not long ago, the idea of unwittingly having — or worse, consuming — unsafe food products was something to get fired up about....

How You Can Get Paid To Drink Wine While On Vacation vovidzha/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Aug. 9, 2022 8:41 am EST Getting paid to drink wine? If that sounds too good to be true, brace yourselves, because it isn’t. Consider this for a moment: You can make money by moving to a remote village in Italy or being paid to binge-watch TV. In fact, you can even earn a few dollars in your sleep because being paid to nap is a real thing!...

Pepsi’s CMO Says That Pepsi Is Scientifically Proven To Go Better With Pizza - Exclusive Pepsi By Crawford Smith/June 8, 2022 1:48 pm EST What beverage best complements pizza? You might think it’s a matter of personal taste, but according to Pepsi CMO Todd Kaplan, there’s a scientifically-proven answer: Pepsi. Of course, the Neapolitans who History says first cooked pizza a couple of hundred years ago didn’t have access to this sparkling brown elixir, as Pepsi debuted in 1893....

Popular Sonic Slush Flavors, Ranked Worst To Best Shutterstock By Korey Denton/Updated: March 29, 2022 1:18 pm EST If you’ve ever been to a Sonic Drive-In, then you probably know that, aside from their large and vast food menu, they also offer a ton of drink and treat options. From milkshakes to Sonic Blasts, limeades, lemonades, soft drinks with flavor add-ins, and of course, the Sonic slush, the fast food chain has it all....

Read This Before Eating Brown Guacamole Ekaterina Kondratova/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/March 20, 2022 12:27 pm EST Besides depending on the avocado as its main ingredient, guacamole has another thing in common with the fruit from which it is made: Both seem fresh and bright green at first, but look away for a second and they turn an unappetizing brown color. While this hue that both avocados and guacamole quickly take on may make it seem like they have gone bad, that is not actually the case....

Simple Chicken Marsala Recipe Ksenia Prints By Ksenia Prints/Updated: May 3, 2022 5:34 pm EST No one truly knows the real origin of chicken Marsala. It sounds Italian, tastes French, but has become a familiar sight in restaurants all across North America. And the truth is, it’s all of the above. The legend is that the dish was invented in Italy by French chefs, who were brought there to elevate Italian cooking in the 19th century....

The Advantage Of Being An Untrained Chef, According To Ree Drummond Bobby Bank/Getty Images By Kimberley Laws/June 20, 2022 10:11 am EST Not everyone is a Michelin-starred chef in the making, longing to whip up complicated fare like a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu. Many don’t have access to restaurant-grade ingredients, nor do they want to spend hours preparing a dish that their family will gobble up before they have time to serve themselves....

The Aldi Shrimp Item That’s Causing A Stir On Reddit Matthew Horwood/Getty Images By Matt Byrne/Aug. 1, 2022 1:28 pm EST There are people who shop at Aldi who will refuse to shop anywhere else. Their devotion makes a degree of sense. With bargain prices, delicious food, and insane checkout speeds, Aldi is good at saving shoppers time and money without sacrificing quality. This has led many Aldi items to have major cult followings....