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The Summer-Ready New Soft Drink You Can Only Get At Taco Bell KULLAPONG PARCHERAT/Shutterstock By Sophia Lo/June 2, 2022 8:31 am EST To get through hot summer days, you might need a delicious and ice-cold beverage to sip on. Restaurants and chains are creating new drinks for the warmer weather. For example, Applebee’s has two new margaritas on their cocktail menu (via Business Wire) and this season, the Dirty Shirley became a must-have....

The Time Pineapples Gave Cracker Barrel Bad Press Deutschlandreform/Shutterstock By James Lewis/Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 7:33 am EST Pineapples may be seen as perfect for cute and artisan designs, but those sharp green weapons poised on top look more vicious than a hitman with a grudge. Pineapples are so often and easily chopped apart by humans, but what happens if they decide to launch a counterattack, slicing us up with their leaves of terror?...

Vera Wang Wants You To Celebrate Mother’s Day With Its Prosecco Till Janz/Vera Wang By Karen Hart/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 3:23 pm EST Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and if you are still scrambling to put together your best Mother’s Day breakfast menu for the most important women in your life, Vera Wang and her Vera Wang Party Prosecco are here to help. According to a press release, Wang launched her prosecco in 2021....

What The Cameras Don’t Show You On Restaurant: Impossible Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Naveena Vijayan/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 1:16 pm EST Food Network’s “Restaurant: Impossible” shows chef Robert Irvine traveling around the country saving restaurants. In a 2020 interview with BUILD, he said that 1,000 restaurants close every week in the United States. Lucky for them, Irvine and his crew are on a constant lookout to help restaurants in distress, and they come with two decades of experience revamping 250-odd restaurants (via Restaurant News)....

Why John Oliver Just Called Out Kit Kat Rich Fury/Getty By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 9:42 am EST John Oliver ripped into Nestle’s Kit Kat during an episode of his weekly HBO news series “Last Week Tonight,” in which Oliver puts an ironic spin on current events, per YouTube. Perhaps surprisingly, his laceration of Kit Kat came up in connection with the topic of carbon offsets. A carbon offset is a kind of “you break it, you buy it” thing with regard to carbon emissions — i....

You’ll Never Guess How Little Debbie Got Its Start The Image Party/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Updated: May 9, 2022 6:19 pm EST Little Debbie snacks have been a lunch bag staple for many years. Whether you can’t get enough Cosmic Brownies, Devil Cremes, Strawberry Shortcake Rolls, Nutty Buddy bars, Swiss Cake Rolls, Zebra Cakes, Oatmeal Creme Pies, Apple Pies, or Honey Buns, there’s a nostalgia-inducing treat that satisfies just about any sugar craving....

95 Best Instant Pot Recipes Stephanie Frey/Shutterstock By Kori Ellis AND Nancy Mock/Updated: May 25, 2022 11:36 am EST Additional reporting by Molly Clark. If you just got your first Instant Pot, congratulations: You’re in for a world of delicious and easy home cooking! This handy appliance speeds up the cooking process of many recipes without losing any of the flavors that you know and love. And because most recipes are cooked entirely inside the Instant Pot, you won’t have to deal with washing multiple pots and pans....

Aldi Shoppers Are Divided On These Brioche Bagels Instagram By Sophia Lo/March 21, 2022 7:34 pm EST If you love bread and sweets for breakfasts, then brioche should be on your shopping list. This light and fluffy bread makes a delicious brioche french toast recipe, no matter which brand’s loaf you use. (However, some customers have their favorites. Aldi shoppers recommend the chain’s chocolate brioche for french toast, for example.) For those who prefer a savory breakfast, bagels might be the go-to way to start the day....

Can You Die From Eating Too Much Chocolate? Shulevskyy Volodymyr/Shutterstock By James Lewis/May 22, 2022 6:45 pm EST The exuberance with chocolate when making cakes and desserts earns the title of a “death by chocolate” creation, according to Collins Dictionary. Many of us will have made the mistake of indulging in excessive amounts of moreish chocolate, but would a death literally caused by eating too much chocolate really be possible? According to some experts, the answer is yes....

Cauliflower Comes In More Colors Than You Think Nataliya Schmidt/Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/May 27, 2022 12:11 am EST When someone mentions cauliflower, a few things may immediately come to mind. For those who aren’t fans of the cruciferous vegetable, the first thought might be to quickly change the subject — or to run for the hills. Folks who do like it probably happily imagine cauliflower prepared in any number of creative ways: Shredded into rice, sliced into steaks and roasted, tossed raw in a salad, or transformed into pizza crust....

Elon Musk’s Unconventional Steakhouse Order Taylor Hill/Getty By Dave Malyon/Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 8:29 am EST Ever wondered what the wealthy, eccentric Elon Musk orders when he dines at a steakhouse? In an interview with Joe Rogan, Musk let on that when it comes to food, he prefers to live in the moment. “I’d rather eat tasty food and live a shorter life,” he said. Musk’s eating preferences are varied and draw from a range of cuisines and flavors....

How To Take Your Apple Pie To The Next Level Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock By Brianna Corley/May 31, 2022 5:23 pm EST Not to be the bearer of bad news, but apple pie doesn’t hail from America. It was actually created in Europe (per Smithsonian Magazine). As it turns out, one of the country’s most traditional baked goods favored for holiday celebrations is about as authentically American as fireworks — which were first launched in China around 200 B....

Quick Deviled Ham Salad Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 27, 2022 11:10 pm EST What’s for lunch today? How about a simple dish with a five-minute prep and no cook time? Recipe developer and dietitian Kristen Carli came up with a deviled ham salad that tastes good atop lettuce or between two pieces of toasted bread or a roll. It also makes a lovely light dinner — just add potato salad, fruit, or some French fries on the side....

Slow Cooker Cochinita Pibil Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 28, 2022 2:56 pm EST This dish produces meat as tender and succulent as American BBQ-style pulled pork, but when it comes to the flavor profile, it’s in a completely different ballpark. Chef, recipe developer, and registered dietician Kristen Carli says: “Cochinita pibil is a Yucatan dish traditionally served with tortillas and pickled red onions.” Rather than the savory profile you get with an American take on pulled pork, the flavors here tend toward the sweet and citrus with a touch of peppery bitterness thanks to the achiote paste....

The Alleged Liquor Thieves Who Fell For The Ultimate Bait-And-Switch dimitris_k/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/June 13, 2022 5:48 pm EST There’s the old saying: “Crime doesn’t pay.” In some cases, it’s unfortunate to say that some thieves can get away with their crimes and make out like, well, bandits with their ill-gotten gains. In other cases, however, the criminals may find themselves the “suckers” at the end of the day. A Florida man’s sweet scheme, for example, wound up with his face pasted all over the evening news when he was discovered to have broken into a restaurant to help himself to a pan of cobbler, lava cake, and a tub of ice cream — all done while he was shirtless, of course (via ABC 9 WFTV)....

The best stand-mixer deals Target When we hear “deals on kitchen appliances,” our minds immediately go to stand mixers. And who among us couldn’t benefit from “an extra pair of big, beefy arms in your kitchen” as Today suggests a stand mixer can stand in for? Well, maybe not literally, but imagine how competent one might feel in the kitchen to be letting that aesthetically pleasing stand mixer over there do that pesky whisking while one gently stirs a mother sauce?...

The Devastating Death Of Top Chef Alum Howard Kleinberg Frazer Harrison/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/July 27, 2022 1:51 pm EST Tragedy has struck the “Top Chef” family, per Bravo’s The Daily Dish. The Season 3 fan-favorite (and sometimes foil, per Entertainment Weekly), Howard Kleinberg, known as “Chef Howie” to many, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on July 22. The Florida native was just 46 years old, according to his obituary, which appeared in the Miami Herald....

The Grey’s Anatomy Star Who Ate At Martha Stewart’s New Restaurant Bryan Steffy/Getty Images By Justina Huddleston/Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 8:17 am EST If you follow Martha Stewart at all, then you know that over the course of her decades-long career her star has only continued to rise. She may be getting older, and her Martha Stewart Living Magazine may have just made the big switch to being a digital-only publication (via Eater), but Stewart has so many irons in the fire that it doesn’t even seem to matter....

The Huge Plant-Based Change Peet’s Coffee Is Making To Its Menu Facebook By Justina Huddleston/March 8, 2022 2:25 pm EST Spring is almost here, which means that many of our favorite coffee chains are announcing the new food and drink options they’ll be serving up for the season. Starbucks introduced a Toasted Vanilla Oatmilk Shaken Espresso, Dunkin’ has a Salted Caramel Cream Cold Brew, and now, Peet’s Coffee has announced a new plant-based spring food and beverage menu....

The Untold Truth Of Quiznos Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images By Samantha Maxwell/Updated: April 20, 2022 4:46 pm EST In a world full of soggy, un-toasted sub sandwiches with a myriad of toppings and a dearth of flavor, Quiznos stands alone as defender of deliciously warm, toasted subs — or it used to, at least. This fast food chain has made a concerted effort to portray itself as a cut above the rest, and it started doing so before that idea had become a widespread phenomenon that swept the fast food world....