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How To Majorly Upgrade Your Pizza Rolls Billy F Blume Jr/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/June 9, 2022 11:51 am EST Frozen pizza rolls are a quick and convenient snack that are great to serve when you have friends over for a casual hangout night of watching football or need to find some greasy sustenance after imbibing. And no brand sells more of them than Totino’s, which leads the way in the pizza roll frozen snack and appetizer retail store market share....

Is Inflation Changing People’s Coffee Habits? Rido/Shutterstock By Ree Winter/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 10:11 pm EST Coffee is one of those daily rituals that many people can’t go without. There are plenty of memes, mugs, and T-shirts that will tell everyone just how you feel about the caffeinated beverage. And despite many American homes owning a coffee brewing device of some sort, coffee places like Starbucks still thrive. The reason for this is because coffee is more than just a caffeine buzz, it’s comforting, it’s something people enjoy socializing over, and a beverage that has become part of a routine for many people, per The Fashionisto....

James Cromwell Finally Weighed In On His Infamous Starbucks Protest DFree/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/May 22, 2022 12:24 pm EST For those who have been following food news, or the news in general, you may have heard a recent news story about James Cromwell participating in a Starbucks protest in Midtown Manhattan. The actor, beloved today for his recurring role in “Succession,” showed up with fellow PETA members wearing a “Free the animals” T-shirt to boycott Starbucks’ policy of charging extra for milk alternatives like almond milk, oat milk, and coconut milk....

The Easy Trick That Keeps Peaches From Browning Andrew Brunk/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/June 14, 2022 1:32 pm EST It’s a peachy time to incorporate peaches into your cooking. According to Lane Southern Orchards, summer is peak season to enjoy this stone fruit, and with the United States producing 690,000 tons each year, peaches are easy to find at grocery stores or roadside stands. While Georgia might be synonymous with this fruit, it may surprise you to learn that peaches originally come from China, per Clemson University....

The PB&J Trader Joe’s Item Reddit Is Calling ‘Incredible’ Kristi Blokhin/Shutterstock By Margaret McCormick/Aug. 28, 2022 1:00 pm EST Cheese and crackers. Chips and dip. Tortilla chips and salsa. Hotdogs and mustard (or ketchup or relish). Milk and cookies. Salt and pepper. Cake and ice cream. Hummus and pita bread. What’s your favorite culinary collaboration? Let’s not forget peanut butter and jelly. We can debate the best bread for building the American sandwich staple and argue about the virtues of, say, apricot jam over Concord grape jelly (per Reddit), but there’s no denying the pleasure and comfort that comes with eating PB&J (unless, of course, you have peanut allergies, or jelly makes you uncomfortable)....

The Surprising Ingredient You Can Find In The Caesar Salad You’re Eating Shutterstock By Angela Gervasi/Updated: June 14, 2022 9:49 am EST Few dressings make it onto American menus as often as Caesar. The salad is creamy, crisp, refreshing, and it owes much of its success to its salty, savory, parmesan-tinged dressing. The crunchy culinary success was derived in Tijuana, where an Italian-American chef allegedly improvised the salad during a busy Fourth of July....

The Truth About Man’s Greatest Food Host Roger Mooking Cindy Ord/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Updated: April 21, 2022 5:26 pm EST Celebrity chef Roger Mooking is a man of many talents with a diverse culinary background. He was born in Trinidad and grew up in Canada, and is always seeking different cultures to learn and pull inspiration from — something he often incorporates into his cooking (via Food Network). He’s also been lucky to come from a family of restaurateurs, and managed to pick up quite a few skills while he grew up, according to his alma mater George Brown College....

The Unexpected Ingredient That Will Majorly Upgrade Your Bloody Mary Sasha_P/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/June 17, 2022 1:24 pm EST The Bloody Mary is that go-to cocktail every brunch party serves up. Sure, mimosas give this drink a run for its money, but the Bloody Mary has stood the test of time. This bright red drink, that recently turned 100, was first mixed up by a bartender from Harry’s Bar in Paris named Fernand Petiot, according to the Associated Press....

The Unique Way Wendy’s Makes Halloween Happy For Trick-Or-Treaters Sean Locke Photography/Shutterstock By Rachael Grow/Aug. 26, 2022 10:15 am EST Wendy’s firmly believes that a creamy Frosty is a superior treat to Halloween candy, and it just might be true. When the fast-food chain developed its Frosty “secret recipe” in the 1960s, founder Dave Thomas knew it had to be perfect. “The idea of mixing vanilla into chocolate was a general idea to make the chocolate a bit smoother and give it more of a malty flavor,” (via Wendy’s)....

The Untold Truth Of Messy History Of American Food YouTube By Naveena Vijayan/May 25, 2022 4:36 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You can stop asking Alexa for trivia about your food because there is a new show that covers much of it. Produced by Thrillist and Group Nine Studios, “Messy History of American Food” is a six-part series covering the history of some of America’s most popular foods including burgers, soda, chocolate, bread, cereal, and chicken wings (via Real Screen)....

The Untold Truth Of Portillo’s TonelsonProductions/Shutterstock By Emily Monaco/Updated: March 16, 2022 1:22 pm EST If you’re a fan of Chicago-style hot dogs, a classic American rags-to-riches story, or just some old-fashioned drama, Portillo’s is the chain for you. This born-and-bred Chicago hot dog restaurant’s origin story certainly seems magical. It was founded by a pair of newlyweds back in 1963, according to the company. In the years that followed, the chain expanded out of Chicagoland to cities nationwide, My San Antonio reports....

The Unusual Ingredient You Should Add To Chocolate Chip Cookies Melica/Shutterstock By Brianna Corley/June 15, 2022 7:43 am EST Maybe you have fond memories of the scent of chocolate chip cookies baking after a long day at school. And if you have continued to find yourself adoring this gooey chocolate dessert as an adult, you’re not alone. According to Business Insider, Americans feast on 7 billion chocolate chip cookies per year, and around half of those consumed are prepared at home....

These Real People Have Been Featured As Pez Dispensers Erin Cadigan/Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Updated: April 20, 2022 1:53 pm EST Pez candy has been around for a lot longer than you might think. It was invented in 1927, although the Pez website tells us that the iconic dispenser didn’t appear until 22 years later. While the first dispensers were pretty plain, 1957 saw the introduction of the first character head, a Halloween witch....

Twitter Is Cracking Up At Guy Fieri’s Rebrand Suggestion For Elon Musk Arturo Holmes/Getty By Erich Barganier/Updated: April 18, 2022 8:40 pm EST As you may have noticed, Elon Musk has been all over social media regarding his recent Twitter escapades. According to CBC, Musk offered to buy every share of unowned Twitter stock for $54.20, equating to a price tag that exceeds $43 billion. The news has ruffled some feathers across a few sectors, and some analysts are calling this business decision a “hostile takeover....

What You Need To Know About 7-Eleven’s New Breakfast Pizza EPR Retail News By Brianna Corley/Aug. 23, 2022 2:51 pm EST It’s no secret that 7-Eleven has a lot going for it — especially given that it was crowned the largest convenience chain in the world (per CNBC). Of course, the retailer is definitely drawing crowds by being open 24/7 so that customers can satisfy their thirst with a Big Gulp day or night....

When You Know You’re Not Using Enough Butter, According To Ree Drummond - Exclusive Instagram By Hanna Claeson/Aug. 16, 2022 8:32 am EST Like Edie Sedgwick to Andy Warhol, butter is Ree Drummond’s muse. The Pioneer Woman’s fridge — as she happily admitted about a decade ago on her blog – is usually stocked with pounds of the deliciously fat-heavy churned cream. “It adds color, flavor, beauty, and joy to absolutely everything I cook,” she affirmed....

Why Ryan Reynolds’ Aviation Gin Mother’s Day Ad Is So Relatable Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images By Elise DeVoe/May 7, 2022 1:41 pm EST “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds is involved in several business ventures outside of his acting career, like owning Aviation Gin and co-owning a Welsh football club, Wrexham AFC, with Rob McElhenney. Although he undoubtedly stays busy with all these irons in the fire, he still finds time to have (often fake) feuds with other celebrities on the internet....

10 Best Substitutes For Sweet Paprika Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Updated: July 6, 2022 5:03 pm EST No kitchen spice cabinet is complete without paprika. Even if you don’t use this crimson-colored powder often (though you should!), it always seems to be lurking on the shelf. True paprika comes from a number of specific pepper types grown exclusively in Spain and Hungary and is even the national spice of Hungary (via Pepper Scale)....

10 Ways You Should Be Using Hot Honey Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock By Taylor Murray/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 12:41 pm EST In recent years, a new kind of fun food topping has started to create some buzz in culinary circles: hot honey. Honey has always existed as an essential pantry staple, but more recently people are catching onto chili-infused honey. This “hot honey” can be made at home or purchased from several different retailers, including one of the most well-known, the widely loved Mike’s Hot Honey....

13 False Facts About Mushrooms Everyone Actually Believes vaivirga/Shutterstock By Katherine Peach/Feb. 25, 2022 9:37 am EST Mushrooms are one of those foods that people tend to love or hate. Despite the prevalence of mushrooms in global cuisine, false ideas about cooking, eating, and foraging for them are still common. To be fair, it’s easy to be confused even though mushrooms are a typical dinner option — neither fruit nor vegetable nor animal, mushrooms are a bit of a different beast from the rest of the produce section....