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What The Queen Likes To Eat As She Celebrates Two Different Birthdays Each Year Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Updated: April 22, 2022 9:13 am EST In June, Queen Elizabeth II will attend her public birthday party, a celebration of Britain’s monarch. In April, however, she’s celebrating her 96th birthday (as much as she did or didn’t want to) in private. According to the BBC, the queen and her guests planned to spend April 21 at Wood Farm, a small Norfolk property that’s full of family memories of the late Prince Philip....

White Castle Chicken Rings Can Now Be Made At Home Facebook By Chase Shustack/June 3, 2022 8:17 am EST White Castle is primarily known for its sliders, those small hamburgers that are served with diced onions and pickles. But White Castle also has an impressive collection of sides to accompany the famous miniature hamburgers such as crinkle fries, onion rings, clam strips, and chicken rings. Joining the likes of Burger King’s Chicken Fries in a unique spin on the conventional chicken nugget, White Castle’s chicken rings are admittedly something of an oddity that people are both fascinated and disturbed by....

Workers Reveal What It’s Really Like To Work At Hardee’s Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock By Brandon Schultz/Aug. 9, 2022 7:24 am EST Crumbly biscuits, hand-breaded chicken fingers, and Angus burgers: We can only be talking about Hardee’s. If none of this makes any sense to you, then you might not have heard of Hardee’s, a fast food chain that has more than 1,700 restaurants across the Eastern half of the United States. Some Hardee’s restaurants have even managed to spread towards the Northwestern parts of the U....

11 Genius Cutlery Hacks SW Photo/Shutterstock By Nads Willow/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 1:52 pm EST If you enjoy cooking at home, chances are that you enjoy eating at home too. Part of that experience, whether a quick bite to eat or a long, drawn-out dinner, is not just the food itself, but what you’re eating it with too. Cutlery is important to dining, and, more specifically, clean cutlery that’s in good condition....

26% Of People Think Bobby Flay Can’t Cook, According To This Poll Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Kimberley Laws/March 8, 2022 4:59 pm EST If you’ve ever watched celebrity chef Bobby Flay in action, you know that he makes whipping up a culinary masterpiece look as easy as riding a trike. And, whether you’re his biggest fan or a doubting detractor, the man certainly has an impressive list of accomplishments. Bobby Flay has the credentials of a great chef, graduating from the French Culinary Institute and working under renowned chef, Jonathan Waxman, for three years....

Aldi Shoppers Can’t Wait To Try This St. Patrick’s Day Themed Ice Cream Kristen Prahl/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/March 1, 2022 3:30 pm EST With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, major retailers like Aldi are starting to prepare for the festivities. According to Food Network, Aldi has special products available for a limited time, such as its St. Patrick’s Day cheese collections that will be sold from March 2 for $3....

Andrew Zimmern Reveals What He’s Really Drinking During Iron Chef’s Tailgates Kevin Winter/Getty By Justina Huddleston/June 20, 2022 5:58 pm EST Andrew Zimmern, who was the star of the show “Bizzarre Foods” before it got canceled, has eaten and drank a lot of seemingly strange, or just unfamiliar, things in his life. But there is one thing he chooses not to consume, ever, and it’s a little different than, say, the reason Guy Fieri never eats eggs....

Chipotle’s New Test Robot May Soon Be Making Your Tortilla Chips Facebook By Felix Behr/March 17, 2022 3:46 pm EST Most conversations about robots in the fast food industry focus on the fear that workers will become obsolete due to automation. What if McDonald’s could remove human error entirely to ensure the Big Mac is always exactly the same? Perhaps Chipotle sensed the angst. When the company reached out to Miso Robotics, the expressed purpose was to ease one job workers reportedly don’t like doing: making tortilla chips....

Classic Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe Michelle McGlinn/Mashed By Michelle McGlinn AND Mashed Staff/July 14, 2022 5:10 pm EST There are many cocktails out there that the well-versed imbiber might consider “classic.” A margarita, for example, is pretty classic, as is a dirty martini and even a White Russian. But there’s arguably one that reigns supreme above the rest: the Old Fashioned. Recipe developer Michelle McGlinn is a fan of a good cocktail, which is why her classic Old Fashioned recipe makes for a perfectly balanced, smooth drinking experience....

Decadent Mudslide Cocktail Recipe Jaime Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/July 25, 2022 2:21 pm EST What do you get when you mix chocolate with booze? A decadent mudslide cocktail that will make all of your dreams come true. It’s kind of like an adult chocolate milk, and it totally hits the spot in the summer. If you’ve never had an after-dinner cocktail that contains chocolate, then there’s no time like the present to try one....

Easy Baked Taco Pie Recipe Jason Goldstein/Mashed By Jason Goldstein AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 28, 2022 11:20 am EST This easy baked taco pie combines two of your favorite foods of all time: tacos and pie! It’s such a simple and tasty way to make your go-to dessert savory. Created by recipe developer Jason Goldstein of Chop Happy, this delicious treat is very simple and doesn’t require too many ingredients to come together....

Easy Chocolate Crinkle Cookie Recipe Laura Sampson/Mashed By Laura Sampson AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 24, 2022 5:39 pm EST Chocolate crinkle cookies are delicious all year round but often associated with Christmas time. They’re just so festive-looking and fun to make. The white sugar contrasts nicely against the chocolate and the cracks (or crinkles) of the cookie, and for chocolate lovers, there really is no better option than a cookie that cuts straight to the good stuff — no nuts, no fruit chunks, no candy bar bits — just chocolate....

Geoffrey Zakarian’s Secret To A Picture-Perfect Charcuterie Board Jason Koerner/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/March 25, 2022 3:30 pm EST Making a charcuterie board seems like it shouldn’t take too much effort, but crafting an Instagram-worthy plate of meats, cheese, and produce takes a certain talent and a handful of tips. According to Picky Palate, any solid charcuterie spread should consist of a few essentials, including cured meats, nuts, olives, crackers, and a selection of jams....

Here’s How Chopped Keeps The Winner’s Identity Secret Amanda Edwards/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Updated: May 2, 2022 7:00 am EST As a competition, “Chopped” is anything but easy to get through. Participants need to be ready to tackle several daunting tasks on the show, like dealing with the mystery box of ingredients. According to Insider, contestants genuinely have no idea what they’ll be cooking with on the series. While they do get the opportunity to look at the pantry in advance, the mystery box is as elusive as ever....

Here’s How To Tell If A Banana Is Too Ripe For Banana Bread Shutterstock By Karen Fredrickson/Updated: June 28, 2022 12:23 pm EST Banana bread is a great snack or dessert and is a wonderful way to use bananas that have become too ripe. However, figuring out exactly how ripe the bananas need to be can be a challenge. You definitely don’t want them to be rotten, but you need them to be ripe enough....

How Sam’s Club Is Still Selling The Cheapest Rotisserie Chickens Facebook By Elaina Friedman/June 1, 2022 3:40 pm EST Even the least desirable chicken bits have become precious commodities in recent months. Restaurants are struggling to sell chicken wings after ramping up prices on the once-affordable pub dish to keep up with rising inflation, while factors like climate change, high gas prices, avian flu outbreaks, and climate change are contributing to chicken shortages on the whole, per The Washington Post....

In Carla Hall’s Career, One Recipe Stands Above The Rest Paul Archuleta/Getty By Janelle Alberts/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 10:21 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Carla Hall captured fans’ hearts as the “Top Chef” Season 5 runner-up and then again in “Top Chef: All-Stars” Season 8, where she took home the title of “fan-favorite.” Since then, she’s co-hosted “The Chew,” written cookbooks, launched a restaurant, and ran a catering company....

Investment Followers Might Hate This Starbucks Stock News Dennis Diatel/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/March 28, 2022 7:19 pm EST Shares in Starbucks have dropped by 20% in recent months. Looking at a stock cart designed by Yahoo Finance, the news grows worse: When Starbucks was riding its 2021 peak in July, the price per share reached $126.06. At the time of this writing, it is $88.38 — slightly higher than mid-March’s low of $79....

Miller Lite Is Celebrating Pride Month With A New Book The Toidi/Shutterstock By Elise DeVoe/May 22, 2022 12:03 pm EST Although it can feel like brands are just now jumping on the Pride Month bandwagon, Miller Lite has actively been supporting the LGBTQ+ community since the 1970s when the brand was one of the sponsors of the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. Moreover, the popular beer brand was a welcome presence at Pride events in New York City during the ’90s and led the charge in offering “same-sex domestic partner benefits” starting in 2000 (via PR Newswire)....

People Can’t Get Enough Of The UK’s Snack-Stealing Seagull Simog81/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/May 17, 2022 1:45 pm EST Seagulls are no strangers to social media, and not because people find them as endearing as Scuttle from “The Little Mermaid.” In the summer of 2021, a TikTok video went viral when one of the mischievous birds decided to stalk an unsuspecting teenage boy in Scotland as he was about to bite into a KFC chicken wrap, literally snatching it from out of his mouth, per Newsweek....