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Here’s How To Know If Your Turkey Is Completely Cooked Through JeniFoto/Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 8:45 am EST Who doesn’t love the holidays — a time of family reunions, fun outfits, and, of course, table-long spreads of food? Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Thanksgiving, or the New Year, one classic main dish choice is — of course! — a burnished, perfectly roasted turkey. Roasting a turkey seems easy. You season the bird, throw it in a roasting pan, figure out the cook time, and slide the turkey into the oven....

Here’s Where You Can Buy Grey Poupon Ice Cream Facebook By Kimberley Laws/June 3, 2022 1:10 am EST When you think of Grey Poupon, you may picture a mustard-slathered sandwich piled high with French ham, a yellow schmear across an all-beef wiener, or a generous layer on your barbecued burger. If you’ve seen a lot of television commercials from the 1980s, perhaps an image of two well-heeled gentlemen in Rolls Royces sharing this favored condiment comes to mind....

How Chef Marc Murphy Is Helping Ukrainian Refugees lev radin/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/March 22, 2022 8:38 pm EST Nearly a month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, people around the world have come together to help refugees and civilians — including figures in the food scene. A few breweries in the U.S. are supporting Ukraine, for example, by making and selling Pravda Brewery’s beer recipes and giving the proceeds to the currently stalled Ukrainian business....

Huevos Rancheros Recipe Ksenia Prints/Mashed By Ksenia Prints/Updated: March 24, 2022 5:55 pm EST Imagine waking up to a glorious plate of huevos rancheros with guacamole, a breakfast plate heaped with eggs in a delicious cooked tomato salsa, served alongside a generous scoop of freshly made guacamole. Now that’s a breakfast worth getting out of bed for! Originating from the farms of Mexico, huevos rancheros are the typical Mexican breakfast plates enjoyed by ranch hands and farm workers throughout the country....

Instagram Is Piling On The Hate For A Trader Joe’s Ube Ice Cream Hack Facebook By Aimee Lamoureux/Updated: June 24, 2022 11:08 am EST Trader Joe’s ube ice cream has been turning heads since it arrived on the store’s shelves. The one-of-a-kind ice cream isn’t made with classic flavors like vanilla, chocolate, or even cookie dough. Instead, the treat gets its sweet, nutty taste and bright purple color from ube, a type of yam native to the Philippines....

Instant Pot Swiss Steak Recipe Carlos Leo/Mashed By Carlos Leo AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 24, 2022 1:40 pm EST Swiss steak isn’t Swiss, meaning it’s not that national dish of Switzerland. According to Beef2Live, “swissing” refers to a method of softening fabric by pounding it or running it through rollers. This technique is then applied to tenderizing a tough piece of beef. Recipe developer Carlos Leo of Spoonabilities has eliminated the tenderizing step by having the Instant Pot do it for him....

It’s July, And Costco Is Already Rolling Out Christmas Decorations Tada Images/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/July 13, 2022 9:27 am EST Costco and social media go together like peanut butter and jelly. Separately, they each have their merits — but when put together, they really work in tandem, making fans of the warehouse chain aware of new products they want to add to their carts. According to Winsight Grocery Business, synchronization between supermarkets and social media really is the future of food retail....

Ree Drummond And Her Sister Came Up With The Sweetest Name For Their House Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images By Melissa Campana/June 25, 2022 10:16 am EST If you’re working on a recipe and find that it’s just not sweet enough, don’t add more sugar; have Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond and her sister, Betsy, come over to give it a little love. The world has gotten to know Drummond and her family — that is to say, her husband, Ladd, and their five children — pretty well over the past few years, as the chef has made a name for herself (it’s “The Pioneer Woman,” by the way) as a Food Network star....

Roasted Broccoli And Carrots Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 25, 2022 4:49 pm EST Broccoli and carrots are both really great for you, so you may want to find a way to work them into your diet more frequently. Fortunately, they are both among America’s favorite vegetables, according to a 2019 survey that was reported on by Fox News. And all it takes to coax out all their wonderful flavors is to toss them in oil and roast them in the oven, according to recipe developer Susan Olayinka, who blogs about family-friendly fare at The Flexible Fridge....

Smoked Corned Beef Recipe Petar Marshall/Mashed By Petar Marshall AND Mashed Staff/March 3, 2022 2:55 pm EST When March hits, it’s hard to ignore the fact that St. Patrick’s Day is well on the way. This holiday is always celebrated with plenty of green, with a hint of glitter and gold, whether it’s dressing up for a party, hanging up decorations, or making special desserts. Another St. Patty’s Day staple? None other than corned beef....

The Aldi Meatball Fiasco That Has Reddit Worried FotosDo/Shutterstock By Justina Huddleston/Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 1:19 pm EST Aldi may have started off as a German grocery store chain, but these days, consumers can find Aldi grocery stores in 36 U.S. states. The brand has a pretty passionate fan base — there are more than 87,500 members of the Aldi subreddit and more than 2.8 million people like Aldi USA on Facebook....

The Best Low-Carb Holiday Side Dishes Elena Veselova/Shutterstock By Kitty Jay/Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 11:56 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Low-carb. Ketogenic. Paleo. These popular ways of eating aren’t just diet trends, they’ve become a dedicated lifestyle for people who want to cut down on sugar and carbohydrates for a wide variety of health reasons. If you count yourself as one of the many benefiting from a low-carb way of life, you don’t need to give it all up to the perils of overindulgent holiday eating....

The Ingredient Swap That Will Majorly Upgrade Your Canned Chili Foodio/Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/May 21, 2022 8:26 pm EST Opened up a can of chili recently? You may be left wondering what exactly those meaty bits are in the bottom of the can. If you look at the ingredients list, though, you may just find a vague “pork” or “beef,” which isn’t really specific. Most canned chili brands aren’t quick to divulge what exactly they’re using for their beef or pork....

The Real Reason Prince’s Estate Is Disputing A Wine Brand Michael Putland/Getty Images By Alia Hoyt/March 21, 2022 11:37 am EST Some artists are so iconic that they actually introduce certain words or phrases into the collective vernacular. For example, before Snoop Dogg coined “fo shizzle” and Destiny’s Child sang about being “bootylicious,” Prince inspired millions with “Purple Rain.” The phrase, which refers both to a movie starring the actor as well as an individual song featured on the soundtrack, had arguably never been uttered before in pop culture, and is widely attributed to the musical genius....

The Unlikely Way Bobby Flay Just Beat Ryan Reynolds Paul Morigi/Getty By Elise DeVoe/Aug. 19, 2022 12:25 am EST Bobby Flay and Ryan Reynolds may have more in common than you think. They both dropped out of school and worked as busboys, for example. Bobby Flay left high school at age 17 because he “had no interest in schoolwork,” and began busing tables in a restaurant where his dad was a part-owner (via The Wall Street Journal)....

The Unusual Location Of One Hell’s Kitchen Restaurant Twitter By James Lewis/July 24, 2022 6:56 pm EST The world definitely doesn’t lack strange restaurants for adventurous diners to experiment with, but for celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay, it’s only right that the locations are especially exotic. Ramsay certainly isn’t short of restaurants. There are 40 eateries associated with him across the globe, according to the Gordon Ramsay Restaurants website, including in the vibrant destinations of London, Las Vegas, and Kuala Lumpur....

This Might Have Been Where Mozzarella String Cheese Began In The US Jacek Fulawka/Shutterstock By Michael La Corte/Feb. 23, 2022 10:50 am EST An indelible childhood staple and a “national craze” (per The Atlantic), string cheese is a reliable snack standby that has resulted in many a debate about its origins and the proper way to eat it: Whether to “pull strings” — or segments of cheese — or to take bites of it whole....

What Happened To Spatty After Shark Tank? Facebook By Elise DeVoe/Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 10:29 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are few things more frustrating than being able to see plenty of product left at the bottom of a bottle, whether it’s makeup or your favorite sauce, and not being able to get it out. You bang it on the counter or try to scrape it out with the bottom of the pump to no avail....

What You Should Know About Dunkin’s Sourdough Bread nitpicker/Shutterstock By Rebecca Cherico/July 19, 2022 7:27 pm EST Ever notice how good news often doesn’t seem to “count” as news? Politicians saying something and following through? Not worth stopping the presses, apparently. But politicians not doing what they say they will? Contrary to human history and experience, that is considered news. So if you’re a Dunkin’ hater looking for validation or you’re simply not interested in good news, you can scroll right on by....

Why The Ready-To-Eat Chicken Recall Just Go So Much Worse Oksana Mizina/Shutterstock By Maria Faller/Updated: May 9, 2022 4:53 pm EST It’s a tough time for chicken. Whether you farm them, love to eat them, or in fact are a chicken, the poultry industry is in some serious trouble. Adding to the bird flu, inflation, and inclement weather that’s been affecting the birds (per Bloomberg), there is now a massive recall of chicken across the nation....