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How The Department Of Agriculture Once Tried To Interfere With Frozen Pizzas yackers1/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/July 21, 2022 2:11 pm EST Go to your local grocery store and head over to the freezer aisle. Consider the frozen pizzas. Consider their brands, their variety, their textures, and their prices. Is thin crust better than deep dish? Is Tony’s better than Red Baron? After a while, shrug your shoulders and remind yourself that these are frozen pizzas at the end of the day, and you’re not quite sure why we get so worked up over them....

Instagram Has Suggestions For Geoffrey Zakarian’s Summer Dressing Recipe Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty By Lucy Maddox/June 1, 2022 6:46 pm EST Knowing how to make a scrumptious side salad should be in every home cook’s recipe repertoire. If you are hosting a backyard barbecue, for instance, a side salad is the perfect light dish to balance out the heavier grilled ribs and pulled pork sandwiches in your spread. Thankfully, there is a bevy of salads that are perfect to make this summer, from a classic Caesar salad to a fresh, herby tabbouleh....

Man Blames Ham Roll For ‘Life-Changing’ Flatulence In Bizarre Lawsuit Kues/Shutterstock By Elise DeVoe/July 24, 2022 3:04 pm EST While it’s embarrassing to pass gas, especially in public, rest assured that it is a totally normal part of the digestive process that can happen up to 20 times per day (via Harvard Health Publishing). There’s no way to avoid flatulence because when you eat, you swallow air, and that air collects in your digestive tract....

Slow Cooker Brats Recipe Angela Latimer/Mashed By Angela Latimer AND Mashed Staff/Updated: June 29, 2022 10:42 am EST If you’re having a cookout, it may seem like burgers and hot dogs are clearly the way to go. But if you’re tired of having the same old boring hot dogs again and again, it may be time to switch things up and try something new. Enter the humble bratwurst. It’s like a hot dog, but it’s so much better....

The ‘Michelangelo’ Moment Giuseppe Dell’Anno Experienced On GBBO Instagram By Vedran Maslovara/Updated: April 26, 2022 11:50 am EST Ah, “The Great British Bake Off.” The food-reality TV competition series that’s become beloved around the world and revered for its drama-free environment, friendly contestants, showstopping bakes, and savvy judges Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith. And let’s not forget to mention the presenters, Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas, who are always ready to cheer up the contestants with their witty jokes and encouragement....

The Best Taco Bell Mexican Pizza Hack, According To An Employee Tada Images/Shutterstock By Brianna Corley/July 9, 2022 3:20 pm EST When Taco Bell brought Mexican Pizza back in early 2022 after discounting it two years earlier, fans of the restaurant reacted in a way the company never could have predicted. The chain known for challenging its customers to “Live Mas” planned to record a musical starring Dolly Parton and Doja Cat to advertise Mexican Pizza’s return (per Food and Wine), but the menu item didn’t seem to need the star power to sell....

The Internet Is Obsessed With Bethenny Frankel’s Cooking Tutorial Gregg Deguire/Getty By Felix Behr/Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 2:51 pm EST Jarret Wieselman, a manager at Netflix, shared on Twitter a gem he found on TikTok. “I’m hypnotized by Bethenny Frankel posting this step-by-step video of how to make… Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi,” he wrote. He added an emphasis gap before stating, “And yes, she does start by explaining how to BOIL WATER....

The One Rule You Need To Follow For Perfect Risotto Shutterstock By Kirstie Bingham/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:11 pm EST The water cooler of the cooking world hasn’t been kind to your friendly neighborhood risotto. Made from Arborio rice, slowly stirred as liquids are repeatedly added and absorbed (according to NPR), rumors around risotto being difficult to prepare have swirled around food pages like Chowhound for years; but is it really true or just more gossip mill misinformation?...

The Secret Ingredient In Geoffrey Zakarian’s Egg Salad Jason Koerner/Getty Images By Justina Huddleston/Updated: March 23, 2022 9:09 am EST Easter is almost here, and that means that a lot of people are filling their refrigerators with cartons of eggs to boil, dye, and decorate for their celebrations. But what to do with leftover hard-boiled eggs after the festivities? Once they’re decorated, they look pretty, but they do eventually need to be eaten....

The Untold Truth Of McDonald’s Getty Images By DB Kelly AND Acacia Deadrick/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 7:37 am EST Everyone is familiar with McDonald’s. The Golden Arches, the Big Mac, the Happy Meals … they’re the stuff of fond childhood memories and guilty pleasures well into adulthood. Because, let’s be honest: sometimes, you just get a craving for a Big Mac and some fries, and there’s absolutely nothing that can satisfy it but the real thing....

What You Need To Know About The Red Lentil Dal Recall At Whole Foods Whole Foods By Savanna Swain-Wilson/April 22, 2022 8:07 pm EST If you’re someone who occasionally likes to grab their lunch from the Whole Foods Market ready-to-eat section, you might want to listen up. According to a report from the FDA, the organic grocery chain is recalling its red lentil dal meal, which contains pickled curried cauliflower from Doux South Specialities because of a possible listeria risk....

From Toll House to Nespresso melissamn/Shutterstock Henri’s first logo, showing a mother bird feeding a worm to three chicks, is very similar to Nestlé’s present-day logo, which includes two chicks (changed in 1988 to reflect an average household) and the worm was removed (via Famous Logos). It’s followed by the company motto “Good Food, Good Life.” In 2015, the design was simplified and modernized to be more easily read on digital devices....

What You Should Know Before Taking Another Sip Of Bourbon Shutterstock By Molly Allen/Updated: July 13, 2022 2:19 pm EST Sitting down with a nice glass of bourbon may be the ideal way to finish out the day. Its buttery caramel and vanilla notes, along with its smooth mouthfeel, make bourbon the ideal sipping spirit. And with that, it allows drinkers to enjoy it in a multitude of ways. Whether you’re a bourbon aficionado, with your home bar stocked with plenty of bottle options, or you just enjoy cocktails that happen to have bourbon in them, this craft beverage really is a fascinating one....

Why An Ex-McDonald’s Staffer Threatened To ‘Blow The Place Up’ 8th.creator/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Feb. 20, 2022 6:47 pm EST One McDonald’s worker was recently let go and appears to have been worried about being paid. Soon after, he complained about it in a manner that almost guarantees he will not receive his paycheck. On Friday morning of last week, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette reports, ex-employee Azeem Burton entered a McDonald’s franchise in Old Lycoming Township, Pennsylvania....

Why Gnocchi Isn’t Technically Pasta Mauricio Sanches do Prado/Shutterstock By Dave Malyon/July 13, 2022 9:40 pm EST It is taken for granted that gnocchi is a pasta by even the most authoritative entities, but can they be blamed? Food blogger Corey Williams always assumed gnocchi was a type of pasta because of not only how it’s served, but where it’s usually listed on dinner menus, per My Recipes. This confusion intensifies when some Italian chefs (whose cuisine pasta is synonymous with) also refer to a certain type of gnocchi as pasta....

Why Twitter Is Accusing Brad Leone Of Promoting Botulism Instagram By Elaina Friedman/Updated: April 13, 2022 1:17 pm EST Before the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen’s sterling reputation fell to a string of racial equity transgressions in 2020 — including offering lower pay to the employees of color who appeared in the magazine’s video series, per The New York Times — viewers came to know and love the cast of characters on its wildly popular YouTube channel as one big, dysfunctional family....

A Fan-Favorite McDonald’s Dipping Sauce Is Returning For A Limited Time NRien/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/March 21, 2022 10:45 am EST Fans of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets are not only into their dipping sauces — they’re pretty specific about which ones are the cream of the crop. While sauces come and go and you can find some only at certain locations and not others, Wide Open Eats surveyed five McDonald’s classics, trying out Ranch, Sweet ‘N Sour, Tangy BBQ, Spicy Buffalo, and Hot Mustard....

Buddy Valastro Hilariously Pranked Instagram With A Popeyes Chicken Cake DFree/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Updated: April 23, 2022 6:07 pm EST Buddy Valastro is proving that he loves that chicken from Popeyes so much, he can turn their famous sandwiches into a cake to fool even the biggest fan of the fast food chain. The “Cake Boss” is known for making some exceptional desserts, but he takes it up a notch in an Instagram video that has a surprising outcome....

Chivas Regal 12 Year: Everything You Need To Know monticello/Shutterstock By Jacob Smith/Updated: July 12, 2022 5:31 am EST The world of whiskey is quite complicated. Bourbon, Scotch, and rye whiskey all have marked differences in terms of history, appearance, taste, and price point despite fundamentally falling under the whiskey umbrella (via Britannica). Chivas Regal 12 belongs to the subgroup of Scotch, which is defined as a whiskey that has been manufactured and bottled exclusively in Scotland with barley as a key ingredient (via The Scotsman)....

Costco Shoppers Are Divided Over Its Pungent Kimchi Photour.1904/Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/July 1, 2022 7:29 pm EST Kimchi is a fermented vegetable dish that originated in Korea. It is usually made with cabbage that has been pickled and fermented, and is often likened to sauerkraut. Many other spices and ingredients are added, including ginger, garlic, sugar, salt, fish paste, radishes, cucumbers, or even pickled eggs, giving the dish a spicy, slightly sour, and very flavorful kick, according to Fermenters Kitchen....