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Why Kids Baking Championship Season 3 Was So Tough For Duff Goldman DFree/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Updated: April 6, 2022 10:31 am EST Food Network’s “Kids Baking Championship” is now in Season 10, and once again, Duff Goldman and Valerie Bertinelli will be sitting at the judges’ table. Similar to other food competition shows, “Kids Baking Championship” sees a group of talented individuals battling it out in the kitchen — except this time around, they’re very young talents....

Why The USDA Just Issued A Warning About Whole Foods Ground Beef Bloomberg/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/May 12, 2022 1:02 pm EST This is a bad week if you wanted to fire up the grill and whip up some burgers. CNN reports that 120,000 pounds of ground beef recently had to get recalled after they potentially came in contact with E. coli. The beef, which was sourced from New Jersey and sold under Thomas Farms, Nature’s Reserve, and Marketside Butcher brands, may have already made its way into freezers across America, and authorities have asked shoppers to check their refrigerators for the potentially tainted meat....

Why You Can’t Get Enough Of Pink And Red Candies, According To Science DenisMArt/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/April 4, 2022 3:53 pm EST When you take a handful of candy pieces from a bag, do you ever notice what colors you gravitated toward eating first? Do you swear the taste of the red Sour Patch Kids are better than their yellow counterparts? Or that for some reason the red M&M’s hit the spot just a bit more than the blue ones?...

You’ve Been Eating Sushi Wrong This Whole Time Andrei Iakhniuk/Shutterstock By Karen Miner/Updated: June 10, 2022 10:52 am EST Learning the art of sushi-making is a painstaking process. Would-be chefs must hone their knife skills so as to cut the most sublime slice of fish to ever grace your lips, and learn how to make the perfect sushi rice with the just-right balance of vinegar and salt. Maybe all that sounds simple, but it can take years to master these techniques....

10 Types Of Sushi And What Makes Them Unique Andrei Iakhniuk/Shutterstock By Trevor Carlson/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 4:22 pm EST All cooking is a form of art, but sushi takes the craft to another level. With just a handful of fresh ingredients like freshly steamed rice, raw tuna, salmon, and crab, sushi chefs can quickly yet delicately prepare everything from nigiri to sashimi to maki rolls. By mixing and matching various cuts of raw or fried seafood with other simple ingredients like green onions, cucumber, wasabi, spicy mayo, and eel sauce, talented chefs create dozens of different sushi dishes with their own distinct flavor profiles....

20 Best Popcorn Flavors Ranked Zorzal Films/Shutterstock By Lauren Johnson/June 28, 2022 12:53 pm EST Popcorn lovers, this one’s for you! If you love digging into a fresh bowl of popcorn, you’re not alone. Americans eat nearly 13 billion quarts of popcorn each year, according to AgHires. Humans have been eating popcorn for at least 1,000 years, explains History. The Iroquois confederation of American Indian tribes was reported to have popped kernels in pottery jars....

65 Apple Recipes To Make This Fall marseus/Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 11:23 am EST Everyone talks about pumpkin spice season, but that’s not the only thing to get excited about in the fall. It’s time to celebrate apple season. It’s a wonderful tradition to head to local apple orchards to pick your own and experience that first, crispy, juicy bite of apple – whether you prefer tart Granny Smith or McIntosh, super sweet Honeycrisps, or another of the dozens of types of apples available....

Chef Michael Symon Talks Partnering With Contadina And Cooking With Tomatoes - Exclusive Interview Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Aug. 29, 2022 11:08 am EST When we talked to Chef Michael Symon, he was in his house looking at “about 100 tomatoes [he] just pulled out of [his] garden in the past couple of days.” It’s been a couple of weeks since the “BBQ USA” finale aired, and the celebrity chef is at home in Cleveland enjoying the last fruits of summer....

Copycat Starbucks Medicine Ball Recipe Lindsay D. Mattison/Mashed By Lindsay D. Mattison/Updated: Aug. 23, 2022 1:07 pm EST There are a lot of drinks on the Starbucks secret menu that are worth ordering. There’s the Purple Drink, the Banana Split Frappucino, the crave-worthy Butterbeer Frappuccino, and something called Liquid Cocaine that might be the most delicious way to get a jolt of energy. It’s not often that a coffee chain becomes famous for an off-the-menu tea drink, though, and it’s less frequent that creation would actually make its way onto the regular menu....

Costco Just Dropped A Halloween Version Of One Christmas Tradition Jiujiuer/Shutterstock By Brianna Corley/Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 12:08 pm EST For many, there are a few full-of-cheer essentials for celebrating the Christmas season — a tinsel-filled tree, some conspicuously-hung mistletoe, and of course, a decorated-with-love gingerbread house. But some of these classic holiday decorations have also become a part of Halloween’s spooky fun, too. Just take a look in the Halloween aisle of retailers like Walmart and you may find that there are black and purple trees made to be decorated with pumpkins and spiders....

Everything You Need To Know About The Gorton’s Fish Sandwich Recall KSathaporn/Shutterstock By Margaret McCormick/May 4, 2022 1:28 pm EST Usually, the only reason to check your freezer for Gorton’s Seafood fish sandwich fillets is to make sure you have a box or two on hand for meals on the fly. Gorton’s is a company that earns consistently high ratings from consumers. Inside the supermarket brand’s familiar yellow and blue packaging with the ever-present, silver-bearded fisherman, you’ll find fillets of wild-caught Alaska pollock wrapped in a panko bread crumb coating (per the brand’s website)....

Here’s How Airlines Actually Choose Their Menus, According To A Chef David Tran Photo/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 4:05 pm EST Food on an airplane may not be the most appetizing and rarely is something to look forward to. And while some airlines do mealtime a bit better than others, the altitude affects your taste buds’ abilities to taste food correctly and makes them numb, causing food flavor to dull and making the airline chef’s job a bit more difficult....

Here’s The Difference Between Mutton And Lamb Shutterstock By Andrea Beck/Updated: July 8, 2022 5:11 pm EST Since lamb and mutton both come from sheep, it’s easy to assume that they’re just different terms for essentially the same thing. While it’s true that both meats are from sheep, there are still a few significant differences between the two that change the flavor and even how you prepare and eat them. Cuts of meat and preparation aside, the difference between lamb and mutton all comes down to one factor: age....

How A Karen Caused A Disaster At A Taco Bell Drive Thru Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Lauren Farkas/July 19, 2022 4:10 pm EST Dealing with any kind of customer can be tough, but ask a service employee: when a Karen emerges, all bets are off. For those not well-versed in modern meme culture, “Karen” is no longer a mere name, but rather a label for any entitled customer who will double down on that entitlement to either get her way or patrol anyone she views as of lesser authority (via Parade)....

How Online Grocery Shopping And Delivery Is Faring Post-COVID Tada Images/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Aug. 8, 2022 11:18 am EST When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck in 2020, market researchers began picking up abrupt changes to the way people were shopping for groceries. Just under three-quarters of those surveyed by C+R Research said they were making fewer trips to the grocery store, nearly half had said they had begun buying in bulk, and 76% said they had stopped looking for their favorite brands....

How Tyler Florence Brings A Luxe Touch To His Mashed Potatoes Rich Fury/Getty Images By Adrianna MacPherson/July 11, 2022 9:33 am EST Mashed potatoes are a comfort food classic for many people, and though they may seem incredibly simple, they provide endless opportunities for customization. Some prefer a rustic take and leave their potatoes unpeeled, while others will use a ricer or other tool to ensure they’re creating the silkiest, smoothest potatoes possible....

Joy The Baker Shares Her Top Baking Tips - Exclusive Facebook By Molly Allen/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 1:44 pm EST Joy the Baker has become a household name, as Joy Wilson has spent years building up her blog of recipes and her following across social media. Wilson is a three-time cookbook author as well as the editor-in-chief of “Joy the Baker” magazine, which is available on grocery store newsstands nationwide. Wilson also has her own line of gourmet baking mixes in partnership with Williams Sonoma....

KFC South Korea Just Debuted An Unexpected New Sauce Sapadia Aku/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/July 29, 2022 10:36 am EST Chocolate mint may be one of Baskin-Robbins’ 31 original flavors, per The Los Angeles Times, but it is probably one of the youngest flavors in the line-up for the ice cream maker, which first opened its doors in 1945, per Baskin-Robbins. The idea of a mint and chocolate combo was born in 1973, in the kitchen of a British culinary student named Marilyn Ricketts, who invented the flavor to mark a special occasion: the wedding of Princess Anne to Captain Mark Phillips, per McCormick Flavor Solutions....

Parsnip And Potato Mash Recipe Catherine Brookes/Mashed By Catherine Brookes AND Mashed Staff/March 4, 2022 4:31 pm EST If you love mashed potatoes but are looking to add a fun twist to them, then we have the perfect recipe for you. These mashed potatoes include parsnips, which add a lot of flavor and health benefits to the dish. According to WebMD, parsnips contain a lot of Vitamin C, which is excellent for helping to strengthen your immune system....

Rocco DiSpirito Shares His Secrets For Staying Healthy - Exclusive Roy Rochlin/Getty Images By Crawford Smith/July 5, 2022 8:20 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Fine-dining chefs aren’t necessarily known for cooking healthy food. At the beginning of his career, Rocco DiSpirito fit the stereotype. A 1998 New York Times review of his acclaimed restaurant, Union Pacific, mentions a woman moaning in pleasure while eating a foie gras dish (per Healthline, a 1-ounce portion of foie gras has 12 grams of fat, meaning it’s almost 50% fat by weight)....