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The Seasonal Chips Aldi Shoppers Can’t Stop Buying Joni Hanebutt/Shutterstock By Justina Huddleston/Updated: May 23, 2022 4:09 pm EST Between picnics, barbecues, pool parties, and beach days, summer is when a lot of people do some serious snacking. And though you may have been preparing for the season by learning how to cook the best barbecue, at the end of the day, nothing hits the spot after a long day of sunshine-filled activities like a cold drink and a bowl of chips....

The Truth About Ruth’s Chris Ribeye Steaks Facebook By Anita Surewicz/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 1:04 pm EST Carved from the beef rib between the shoulder and the loin, ribeyes are highly coveted among steak connoisseurs. Fatty and high in marbling, they remain juicy and wonderfully succulent even when prepared on very high heat (via Cattlemen’s Steakhouse). According to the Ruth’s Chris website, this is mainly due to the fact that the high-end cuts come from an area of the cow where the muscles are rarely used, which makes them particularly tender....

The Untold Truth Of Hot Ones Facebook By Ryan Unger/Updated: April 20, 2022 5:12 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. So, you think you’re a boss of the sauce? Not just any sauce, of course, but the hottest known to mankind. Do you think you have what it takes to tackle 10 wings doused in an increasingly fiery glaze only Lucifer himself could concoct?...

This Brioche Bread Fail Had Reddit Laughing Ika Rahma H/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/March 28, 2022 11:19 am EST Bread seems like one of the easiest things to bake at first. After all, it only requires flour, water, salt, and yeast. But once you’ve rolled up your sleeves to get down to it, you’ll likely realize the gravity of the mammoth task you’ve taken on. First, you need the right kind of flour and yeast....

This Is The Best Whiskey To Cook With gresei/Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/July 8, 2022 2:43 pm EST People have been happily knocking back various types of whiskey since whenever the stuff was invented — about the best we can come up with, date-wise, is a vague sometime in the middle ages. From the 19th century on, at which time it was first employed in the now-aptly named Old Fashioned, whiskey has also played a role in a panoply of cocktails....

This Might Be The Easiest Way To Cut Potato Wedges Chzu/Shutterstock By Amberly Mckee/June 9, 2022 10:54 am EST Potatoes are a great companion to nearly any meal. They can be served alongside steak, chicken, and hamburgers and prepared in a variety of ways from baked to mashed and in french fry form. Potato wedges, also called steak fries, are a side dish menu item at places such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Texas Roadhouse....

TikTok’s Latest Avocado ‘Toast’ Features A Fan-Favorite Trader Joe’s Find Oksana Mizina/Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/April 28, 2022 4:18 pm EST TikTok has given foodies a lot to think about since the social media platform exploded in popularity a few years back. Remember when it had caffeine lovers stocking up on instant java to create the delightfully fluffy whipped coffee beverage known as Dalgona coffee? And who could forget about the pancake cereal that was TikTok’s most popular food trend in 2020?...

Trader Joe’s Shoppers Are Raving About Its Returning Sandwich Cookies instagram By Amanda Tarlton/Updated: April 26, 2022 11:53 am EST Trader Joe’s can be dangerous for anyone with a sweet tooth. There are tons of delicious desserts and sweet snacks lining the shelves, whether you’re a chocolate candy person or more of a cookie lover. There are the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups that Redditors can’t get enough of. There are the frozen Gone Bananas, which are banana slices coated in thick chocolate....

What Is Pulque And What Does It Taste Like? Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Updated: March 15, 2022 4:32 pm EST Have you ever heard of pulque? This lightly fermented Mexican beverage is made from the sap of the agave plant, famously known for its other (much more alcoholic) outputs, tequila and mezcal (via Serious Eats). But pulque is an altogether different beverage: with a short fermentation time of just 15 to 20 days (via El Universal), pulque is not distilled like those hard alcohols, resulting in a fizzy, sweet-and-sour beverage that Serious Eats notes is more similar to kombucha in taste....

What Queso Blanco Fans Should Know About Del Taco’s New Crunchtadas Del Taco By Amy Hamblen/Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 3:19 pm EST Anyone who has been dining at Del Taco since 2013 may recall it was a big year. According to the chain’s website, that was the year Crunchtada Tostadas were introduced. As Del Taco explains, the new menu item had a shell that was thicker than a traditional tostada and wavy....

Why Instagram Is Congratulating Lidia Bastianich Ben Gabbe/Getty By Vedran Maslovara/May 10, 2022 11:01 am EST Lidia Bastianich might well be the smiling face of wholesome cooking shows. For years, she has connected with people through the screen, the page, and the plate as the award-winning host of “Lidia’s Kitchen,” a cookbook author, and a restaurateur (via Lidia’s Italy). On her show, Bastianich teaches the viewers how to cook seasonal, inexpensive, and easy dishes, guiding us through all the steps and cooking techniques in the process, like an Italian nonna teaching the younger generations about all cooking-related things....

Why TikTok Wasn’t Impressed With Emily Mariko’s Mint Tea Facebook By Andrew Walser/June 24, 2022 10:56 am EST TikTok has quickly grown to be a major part of many people’s daily lives, as shown when they reached a milestone of a billion monthly users in 2021, per TikTok. The short-form video app has branched out into numerous aspects of life, with cooking and other culinary videos setting all kinds of trends across the app like the famous TikTok feta pasta....

Why You Should Eat ‘Prosperity Meals’ To Celebrate Juneteenth rarrarorro/Shutterstock By Vedran Maslovara/June 15, 2022 7:55 am EST In 2021, Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday by President Biden. Although this is technically the newest American holiday, it’s strongly tied to the past and “marks a day on June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were notified by Union soldiers that they were free” (via Serious Eats)....

You Should Drink Cherry Juice Before Bed, According To Science Oxana Denezhkina/Shutterstock By Ree Winter/July 18, 2022 10:42 pm EST Cherries are often associated with summer when it’s time to harvest them from trees and enjoy fresh fruit, juice, jams, and other treats that many have come to love during the season. In Australia, the fruit is associated with Christmas since the country’s harvest season is later in the year in the Southern Hemisphere (per From Paddock to Plate)....

You’ve Probably Been Toasting Pecans Wrong This Whole Time Sokor Space/Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 2:47 pm EST Anyone who has ever made a dish containing nuts likely knows all about the benefits of taking the extra few minutes to toast the nuts you’re using before incorporating them into your dish. As The Pioneer Woman explains, this extra step will not only add gorgeous color to the nuts (great for recipes where they’re sprinkled visibly throughout or on top), it will also improve the texture by adding some crunch, and of course, bring out all the flavors within the pecans since the heating process coaxes all those nutty oils to the top....

10 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Making Pickles Instagram By David Lanzafame/May 25, 2022 11:50 am EST We’ve been enjoying pickles far before the idea of a refrigerator was ever conceived. According to PBS’ “The History Kitchen,” pickles are a cross-cultural, globe-trotting method of food preservation dating all the way to 2030 BC. As a way to stretch out food supplies through cold winters or a long journey at sea, pickling is simply the method of sealing vegetables in a brine made of vinegar, water, and salt....

A Restaurant Served Fried Chicken In A Bird Cage And Reddit Is Losing It Fierman Much/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Feb. 24, 2022 12:03 pm EST Some restaurants have a habit of serving up meals in very unorthodox ways. Certain fine dining establishments have plated their meals on iPads, inside roadkill, straight onto your hand, and even in urinals, per Bored Panda. Another eatery has come up with a creative way to present their fried chicken, and it has diners reeling....

Air Fryer Corn Fritters Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: June 29, 2022 1:26 pm EST If you have an air fryer at home and are looking for new things to whip up in it, then we have the perfect recipe for you. These corn fritters not only taste delicious, but they’re also pretty unique, making them a dish that is sure to please your family and guests....

Can You Actually Trust New York Times Restaurant Reviews? Clara Murcia/Shutterstock By Nicole Rivas/June 15, 2022 2:21 pm EST When it comes to food criticism, the New York Times has long been one of the top sources for restaurant reviews with style. Since the publication began its Dining section in 1957, it has reviewed thousands of restaurants and likely visited many more. There’s no doubt that many restaurateurs dream of the day that their business will garner enough attention to be visited by a New York Times food critic, hoping that the ensuing review will be a positive one and not a zero-star pan like the one steakhouse Peter Luger received in 2019....

Cheerios Just Launched Two New Flavors And Fans Have Thoughts Facebook By Erich Barganier/May 11, 2022 4:09 pm EST When you think about iconic cereals, certain products definitely sound better than others. Some breakfast products like Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Resse’s Puffs taste great and may conjure up nostalgic memories of watching Saturday morning cartoons, while others might feel disgusted by items like Shredded Wheat cereal or Kellogg’s All-Bran (via Daily Hive)....