Carrot Cake Baked Donuts Catherine Brookes/Mashed By Catherine Brookes AND Mashed Staff/Feb. 24, 2022 5:11 pm EST There’s nothing quite like a homemade donut. And when you serve them fresh out of the oven? The result is absolutely amazing. This yummy recipe provides instructions for a carrot cake donut that is a mix between cake and a donut. It has a tasty, sweet base with a smooth, creamy frosting that adds another layer of sweet flavor....
Duff Goldman’s Upcoming Book Is All About Cookies Jerod Harris/Getty By Elaina Friedman/Updated: April 8, 2022 8:37 am EST As the former star of Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes” and the owner of Charm City Cakes, celebrity pastry chef Duff Goldman is widely known for his mastery of (you guessed it) cake. He even made the cake for former President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration, not to mention a giant R2-D2 robot creation for “Star Wars” director George Lucas, which he revealed to be his favorite cake he’s ever made....
How Rye Whiskey Can Majorly Upgrade Your BBQ Game Kirill Livshitskiy/Shutterstock By Derek Helling/Aug. 23, 2022 1:06 pm EST Making whiskey and barbecuing meat are two staples of American food culture that have often intertwined. For instance, some of the 30 best rye whiskeys come from parts of the U.S. that are also famous for BBQ. Fortunately, you don’t have to travel to the Carolinas or Texas to experience a convergence of barbecue and rye whiskey, though....
How Wienerschnitzel And Hamburger Stand Are Celebrating Father’s Day Facebook By Elise DeVoe/June 19, 2022 4:11 pm EST The story of Wienerschnitzel and Hamburger Stand is partly the story of a father and a son. The first of the two chains, Wienerschnitzel, was founded by John Galardi in 1961 in Southern California and is known not for the namesake of the restaurant, but for its hot dogs. The brand sells a whopping 120 million hot dogs every year, and nothing pairs better with a hot dog than a hamburger, so Galardi opened Hamburger Stand about 20 years later (via The Desert Review)....
Huge Mistakes Everyone Makes When Ordering Delivery Shutterstock By Emily Alexander/Updated: May 2, 2022 11:10 pm EST Delivery is one of the great wonders of the food world — the perfect marriage of restaurant quality and home comfort. But just like any menu savant knows, ordering your food to be delivered adds a whole new layer of complexity to the selection process, not to mention all the new variables to consider when transporting food across distances great or small....
Instagram Had Plenty To Say About Padma Lakshmi’s Hilarious ‘Y2K’ Pic Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Brianna Corley/June 15, 2022 10:08 am EST As noted on her website, Padma Lakshmi is known for being one of the minds behind the hit show “Top Chef.” But the longtime cookbook author and food world celebrity and model can also add being a Y2K fashion icon to her resume. Lakshmi’s new potential Y2K royalty status can be linked to a throwback Instagram post she made that had her fans on the social media app in an uproar....
Instagram Is Loving Padma Lakshmi’s Jurassic Park Look Arturo Holmes/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/Updated: April 18, 2022 8:42 pm EST Fans of “Top Chef” always want to see the show visit new locales. A Reddit thread explored some of these possibilities, and fans particularly loved the idea of the contestants and judges going to Hawaii, Atlanta, Memphis, Tucson, and even Kansas City. Throughout the thread, no one mentioned how they wish the show might visit Jurassic Park or include some dinosaur-themed episodes, but all of that might change thanks to one particular post that Padma Lakshmi shared to her Instagram....
Is It Actually Possible To Make Mashed Potatoes Out Of Potato Chips? Dan Kitwood/Getty Images By Ceara Milligan/Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 2:25 pm EST Scrappy recipes — you know, the ones with unorthodox ingredients and preparation methods — can actually be super fun to whip up. From making ice cream from bananas to using frozen grapes as ice cubes, it seems that there are endless amounts of cooking hacks these days....
Marc Murphy Trades Chopped For Volunteering At The World Central Kitchen - Exclusive Interview Ron Adar/Shutterstock By Hanna Claeson/Updated: April 6, 2022 8:35 am EST “Chopped” judge Marc Murphy didn’t have any expectations when he got on a plane to Poland to volunteer with World Central Kitchen near the Ukrainian border. Every time he leaves his Airbnb, he takes everything he needs to leave for good. “We don’t know the situation,” he told Mashed....
Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Cake Recipe Boasts An Irish Twist 2xDP/Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/March 16, 2022 3:32 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nigella Lawson is clearly ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Her recent #RecipeOfTheDay posts on her Instagram page show off delectable Irish classics: First, from the cookbook “Ireland For Food Lovers” by Georgina Campbell, a recipe for Dublin Coddle consisting of sliced potatoes, sausages, and rashers....
Noodles And Company Wants To Give You Free Mac And Cheese, But There’s A Catch Ken Wolter/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/July 10, 2022 6:49 pm EST Macaroni and cheese is not just a simple comfort food that makes us long for childhood when mom, dad, or the babysitter would whip up a pot of this creamy and cheesy dish. Macaroni and cheese is part of the American story, even if it did not originate in America or with Thomas Jefferson (via Thomas Jefferson Monticello Foundation)....
Padma Lakshmi’s Latest Video Has Fans Craving Corndogs lev radin/Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/May 10, 2022 1:24 am EST Padma Lakshmi inadvertently experimented with ASMR in her most recent Instagram post, to the delight of her fans. ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, is the sensation felt in the back of one’s head and spine when engaging in activities that involve focused attention (such as watching videos), according to Vox. In recent times, people have used the term, “ASMR,” in reference to whispering and other satisfying sounds....
Read This Before Trying TikTok’s Viral Sea Moss Smoothie Instagram By Amanda Tarlton/July 21, 2022 8:27 am EST Over the last few years, TikTok has become a go-to source for recipes and food inspiration. There was cloud bread in all of its pastel-hued glory, baked feta pasta that made cheese lovers everywhere scream with happiness, and the Pepto Bismol-esque #pinksauce. Now, there’s a new obsession popping up all over the social media platform: the sea moss smoothie....
Reddit Is Unsure About Costco’s $4 Sushi Tibilletti/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/July 31, 2022 11:52 am EST If there’s anything the old saying of “you get what you pay for” can apply to, it’s food. It refers to the idea that if you pay very little for something, it might not be as good as something you could have paid a bit more for. This doesn’t mean that all cheap foods are inherently bad, of course, but sometimes those prices reflect the quality of the product itself....
Sonic’s New Shake Flavors Are Inspired By Baked Goods Wild As Light/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/March 21, 2022 10:15 am EST Sonic has more than its fair share of fan-favorite menu items. The chain’s cherry limeade is a favorite of regulars, and its mozzarella sticks are often lauded, too. And that’s not to mention the iconic Sonic tots (both regular and broccoli-filled) and Sonic Blasts; the fast-food chain’s crowd-pleasers never fail....
The 17 Most Expensive Bourbons You Need To Try Before You Die Danita Delimont/Shutterstock By Allie Miller/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 3:52 pm EST Bourbon collectors are now willing to pay over $10,000 for the good stuff. On the surface, it’s not hard to see how the market end up this way. Ever since 1964, when Congress declared bourbon “a distinctive product of the United States,” the drink can only legally be produced here (via Slate)....
The Budget-Minded Drinking Trend That’s Taking Over Jim Beam n_defender/Shutterstock By Amberly Mckee/Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 3:33 pm EST Alcohol has consistently risen in price since 1952, per In 2013 Dollars. From then to 2022, inflation rates for alcohol have increased 2.79% per year. This means that beverages costing $10 in 1952 would cost $68.81 in today’s money. Interestingly, the possibility of a recession doesn’t seem to be slowing down alcohol purchases; instead, it only impacts the place where alcohol is consumed (via Forbes)....
The Possible Reason So Many Fast-Food Chains Got Their Start In California 8th.creator/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/March 5, 2022 3:11 pm EST If someone were to ask you what McDonald’s, Jack in the Box, and In-N-Out Burger all have in common, the first answers off the top of your head may be that they all sell burgers or are simply popular fast-food chains. While those are undeniably true, these restaurants share more than just familiar menu items, but also familiar roots....
The Retro Cereal You Can Only Find At Walmart Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Aug. 7, 2022 11:00 am EST The 1990s were an interesting time for everyone — and that goes for cereals too. Tried-and-true boxes of Kellogg’s and Cap’n Crunch were available, but many kids wanted the most outrageous and most marketable cereals out there, especially if they were based on pop culture. If you wanted to have a “most awesome breakfast adventure,” you’d get a box of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Cereal (via Food Junk)....
The Sandwich So Good It Has Its Own Fair JWCohen/Shutterstock By Rebecca Cherico/Aug. 22, 2022 12:25 pm EST Philadelphia is home to the cheesesteak; Chicago celebrates Italian beef (especially since the success of The Bear); New Orleans proudly serves its po’ boy; and Binghamton boasts … the spiedie. If you don’t know what a spiedie is, a) you’re clearly not from Upstate New York and b) your loss. Technically, the spiedie was born outside of Binghamton, in the town of Endicott (per Atlas of Popular Culture in the Northeastern U....
