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The Problem Shoppers Have With Costco’s Hatch Green Chile Potato Skins nelea33/Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/Feb. 8, 2022 12:37 pm EST For nights when you really just don’t feel like cooking, the freezer aisle at Costco can be a life saver. Their wide selection of easy-to-prepare frozen foods can be a great option for quick snacks or meals on a busy night. Recently, their Dee Amore Hatch Green Chile Potato Skins began turning heads online, after the popular Instagram account @costco_doesitagain made a post alerting their followers to the frozen snack....

The Real Reason You Eat Popcorn At The Movie Theater Noam Galai/Getty Images By Chase Shustack/Nov. 17, 2021 11:53 am EST Movie theater popcorn is a hot, buttery treat served in a bucket big enough to take up your whole lap. Snacking on the nostalgic finger-food while watching the big screen has become a long-standing tradition. Popcorn is a staple of the movie theater food pyramid, right up there with Goobers and Reese’s Pieces....

The Real Reason Your Freezer Doesn’t Have A Light Ahanov Michael/Shutterstock By Jen Peng/Dec. 2, 2021 4:30 pm EST Quick! Without going to your kitchen, do you know offhand if your freezer has a light or not? Unless you’ve recently had a midnight craving for some ice cream and decided to rummage around your freezer without bothering to turn on the kitchen lights and grabbed some frozen burgers instead, chances are you won’t know that many freezers don’t come with a light....

The Reason Your Matzo Balls Sink, According To Andrew Zimmern Noam Galai/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Oct. 21, 2021 8:11 pm EST ​Andrew Zimmern got his love for Jewish foods from his grandmother. The star of the Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods told Hadassah Magazine that on Sundays his grandmother Henriette made Zimmern “a Jewish lunch” composed of “gribenes with schmaltz and sweet-and-sour tongue.” Zimmern further divulged, “Try as I might, to this day I can’t say I’ve quite nailed that tongue recipe....

The Unbelievable Amount Of French Fries Americans Eat Every Year PosiNote/Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Aug. 30, 2021 12:39 pm EST There’s no denying that French fries are delicious and extremely tempting in all their deep-fried golden glory. But the delectable food has a somewhat complicated history. Where they were actually first invented remains a question — there are strong ties to France, Spain and Belgium, but no one can draw a final conclusion as to who was making them earliest just yet (via The Daily Meal)....

The Untold Truth Of Fogo De Chao Twitter By Samantha Maxwell AND Brian Boone/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 10:57 am EST For a long time, America’s food culture was very, well … American. But over the last few decades, more people in the US have wanted to try different foods and cuisines from around the world. This growing curiosity was the perfect entry point for a variety of culinary traditions. From Chinese to Mexican to Japanese food, Americans embraced new dishes — albeit ones that were largely redesigned for the Western palate....

Trader Joe’s Snowman Hot Cocoa Bombs Are Almost Too Cute To Eat Liliya Kandrashevich/Shutterstock By Aimee Lamoureux/Nov. 12, 2021 4:12 pm EST What could help you get into the holiday spirit more than snuggling under a blanket with a mug of sweet, delicious hot cocoa warming your hands? Perhaps nothing — unless that hot cocoa also happened to come in the shape of a cute, festive snowman. Trader Joe’s has just the thing to make your winter even merrier with its adorably delicious snowman hot chocolate bombs, which just returned to store shelves for the 2021 holiday season....

Twitter Is Cheering The Return Of The Budweiser Clydesdale John Mantell/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Feb. 14, 2022 11:34 am EST Nothing says Super Bowl Sunday like the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales and the annual commercial the brand produces starring the magnificent animals. This Super Bowl LVI ad was no different and has Twitter cheering the Clydesdale’s emotional comeback. The famous horses first made their debut in 1975, and since then viewers have seen some incredible storytelling in these ads....

What Is Maple Sugar And How Do You Use It? Shutterstock By Keira Wingate/Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 9:58 am EST We’ve all heard of the sticky decadent topping known as maple syrup, but what about its long lost cousin, maple sugar? There is a reason waffles, fresh toast, and pancakes taste the best with maple syrup on top: sugar. With sugar in just about any sweet thing you could crave, trying to find a substitute for it is important, says Today....

What Is Sumac And What Does It Taste Like? Alesia.B/Shutterstock By Michael La Corte/Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 6:59 pm EST You might not use sumac in your cooking as often as you do paprika or chili powder, but it is an excellent spice that can lend flavor, depth, and nutritional benefits to a slew of dishes. Grown on shrubs in the Middle East, Italy, and beyond, sumac comes from a vibrant, crimson berry that is dried and then ground into a coarse powder, according to Taste of Home....

Why Winning School Of Chocolate Was Bittersweet For Juan Gutierrez Michael Tullberg/Getty By Karen Hart/Dec. 10, 2021 1:15 pm EST If you are a fan of Netflix’s “School of Chocolate,” then you know a winner was crowned, and — spoiler alert — it was Juan Gutierrez. If you follow Gutierrez on Instagram, it might not be surprising that his beautiful, chocolate creations made him a clear winner. Per Reality Titbit, the inaugural season of this series brings together eight pastry and chocolate chefs who were guided by renowned chocolatier Amaury Guichon, the head instructor at Pastry Academy in Las Vegas....

Wings Over Just Dropped A Chicken Tender Sandwich With A Fun Twist Instagram By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/Dec. 20, 2021 1:51 pm EST To say that America loves chicken sandwiches is an understatement. Restaurant Business called 2020 “the year of the fried chicken sandwich.” In 2019, burgers still ruled when it came to fast food orders, with 6.4 billion beefy sandwiches sold. According to The NPD Group, however, chicken took away some of the market share, jumping more than three percent to 2....

Airy Lemon Chiffon Cake Recipe Jessica Morone/Mashed By Jessica Morone AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 8:26 am EST Decadent and delicious, a chiffon cake tastes as if it’s as light and thin as air with a multitude of flavors infused throughout. If you’ve never had a chiffon cake before, you are in for a real treat. It’s made with egg whites, which makes it light and airy. If you love anything lemon flavored, you will absolutely love this lemon chiffon cake....

Copycat Nothing Bundt Cake Recipe Lindsay D. Mattison/Mashed By Lindsay D. Mattison/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 8:38 am EST If you have a Nothing Bundt Cakes location near you, you know how amazing their cakes and pastries are. It started with two women who just loved to bake for their friends and families. Today, it’s so much more than that: The growing chain now has franchises nationwide, and people love how they make their cakes with real eggs, butter, and cream cheese....

Easy Chicken Fajita Pasta Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 9:59 am EST Some cuisines meld beautifully, creating so-called “fusion” dishes that blend essential elements of meals from different culinary heritages. Think taco pizza, Mexican ravioli, or Korean potato salad as a few examples. But mixing Italian and Southwestern cooking — that’s a bridge too far, right? Not so much. In fact, it’s a bridge you need to cross ASAP, to extend the metaphor....

Easy Pumpkin Bread With Cake Mix Recipe Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 27, 2021 1:54 pm EST Baked bread and sweets are great to whip up all year round, but with the addition of a little bit of pumpkin flavor, we think that this recipe screams fall. There are so many amazing things about this recipe, and we’re here to shout it from the rooftops. Many bread recipes can be time-consuming and require a lot of ingredients, making it a little more involved to make....

Every Way To Cook Rice, Ranked Worst To Best Suwan Wanawattanawong/Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Oct. 18, 2021 5:19 pm EST Rice: It’s a humble staple food. Cooked in plain water, it becomes a blank culinary canvas on which home cooks can create dishes from just about every culture in the world. With a little finesse, rice turns from boring and bland into a spectacular comfort food that will steal the show away from any entrée on your table....

Here’s How Much Martha Stewart Is Really Worth Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images By Pauli Poisuo/Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 12:41 pm EST Martha Stewart has lived a surreal life that’s taken her to places most of us wouldn’t even think to dream about. At various stages of her life, she’s been a model, a television show host, a domestic goddess, a convicted felon, a business mogul, and, of course, Snoop Dogg’s BFF. At this point, she could probably reveal that she’s been a Batman-style costumed superhero all along, and no one would bat an eyelid....

Instagram Is Cackling Over Martha Stewart’s Mood-Lit Chicken Pics Jim Spellman/Getty By Taylor Huang/Jan. 11, 2022 4:40 pm EST You never know what to expect when it comes to Martha Stewart’s Instagram, which is a hodgepodge of pictures of everything from her cat to her mini snowplow. And in her most recent post, Stewart shared a well-lit picture of her other animals: her chickens. The celebrity chef captioned the photo, “Beautiful moody shots of my poultry by @gregyale lighting designer thanks Greg!...

Instant Pot Spanish Rice Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 11:39 am EST Spanish rice makes a delicious, flavorful side for Taco Tuesday, or any for any meal, really. But the time needed to pull off this dish is a bit of a deterrent if you ask us. That’s why recipe creator Miriam Hahn, along with Mashed, has developed an Instant Pot version of Spanish rice, which, as she told us, “is about 30 minutes quicker, and you don’t have to monitor it....