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Jamie Oliver Is Turning Heads With His ‘Dirty Little Secret Snack’ Dominik Bindl/Getty Images By Khyati Dand/Dec. 17, 2021 9:06 am EST Certain food combinations just make sense. For example, no matter where you are in the world or how crisp you like your French fries, it’s an unspoken rule that French fries are meant to be eaten with tomato ketchup. Similarly, a burger without a side of fries is unfathomable, a peanut butter sandwich without jelly is unthinkable, and pasta without cheese is an abomination....

Kimchi Fried Rice With Spam Recipe Cecilia Ryu/Mashed By Cecilia Ryu AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 30, 2021 10:27 am EST A simple fried rice dish is one of those foods everyone needs to have in their repertoire, but it’s even tastier (and healthier!) if you make it with kimchi. As recipe developer Cecilia Ryu points out, “This is definitely a one-pot dish!” That’s true except, of course, if you choose to top it with a fried egg, and she says you absolutely should....

Liam Hemsworth Had 3 Birthday Cakes This Year Tinseltown/Shutterstock By Naomi Kennedy/Jan. 15, 2022 12:40 pm EST Birthdays only come around once a year, so when the calendar finally flips to your own special day, it’s only right that the proper celebration ensues. Earlier this week, it was Liam Hemsworth’s turn to be the birthday boy. The “Hunger Games” actor turned the big 3-2 on Thursday, January 13, and, based on a recent post on his Instagram page, it certainly seems like it was a good one for the star....

McDonald’s Social Media Managers Just Sent Out This Hilarious Message RYO Alexandre/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Sept. 3, 2021 11:45 am EST When it comes to trustworthy fast food, McDonald’s is a brand that easily stands out in the market. Per the McDonald’s website, it has an impressive presence around the world. There are more than 26,000 outlets in over 100 countries, and the brand is showing no signs of stopping. McDonald’s has evolved greatly over the years....

NFL’s Chad Ochocinco Johnson Says McDonald’s Is The Key To Success Gerardo Mora/Getty Images By Adrianna MacPherson/Dec. 10, 2021 11:06 am EST Even though they work out enough to burn off a huge amount of calories and could theoretically eat whatever they want, many pro athletes keep things relatively clean. They typically consume plenty of lean proteins, vegetables, complex carbohydrates, and of course, a ton of water. To many athletes, food is essentially fuel, something necessary to help them get through those long games and training sessions....

Padma Lakshmi’s Diet Is Focused On These 4 Types Of Food Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Lucy Maddox/Dec. 15, 2021 5:11 pm EST Very few people have a resume that rivals Padma Lakshmi’s. While the Indian-American superstar may be best known as the longtime judge and co-host of hit cooking competition “Top Chef,” Lakshmi has worn many hats over the course of her lifetime. Lakshmi launched her career as a model when she was scouted while studying abroad in Spain....

Rachael Ray Wants To End The ‘Snobbery’ Over This Lettuce Cindy Ord/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Oct. 28, 2021 1:30 pm EST It’s the green that was once labeled “the polyester of lettuces,” and among the nation’s most esteemed palates, it has few vocal supporters. Alice Waters dismissed the iceberg lettuce, saying that the vegetable “doesn’t have a sense of place,” while Mimi Sheraton purportedly once tweeted: “Can’t find iceberg lettuce for Sam Sifton’s recipe in NYTMag?...

Reddit Can’t Believe Chick-Fil-A’s Cross-Shaped Drive-Thru Windows ZikG/Shutterstock By Ralph Schwartz/Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 9:46 am EST Is Chick-fil-A trying to send its customers subliminal messages, or is the fried chicken chain simply trying to make its drive-thrus more efficient? Chick-fil-A is either loved or hated for being proud and vocal about its Christian values (via Baptist Press). Its corporate purpose is to “glorify God,” and to that end, its restaurants are religiously closed on Sundays....

Simple Caesar Salad Recipe Maren Epstein/Mashed By Maren Epstein AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 9:32 am EST Is there a dish more versatile and satisfying than a delicious, salty, crunchy Caesar salad? Maren Epstein, who blogs at Eating Works, has the perfect recipe for this lunch or dinner side or main that was inspired by the real thing. “I wanted to recreate the original Caesar salad that was served in Tijuana, Mexico,” she shared with Mashed....

The Big Changes Coming To Buffets Post-Pandemic Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 2:48 pm EST We said goodbye to more than a few restaurant chains as a result of the pandemic, and while a number of them had gone into the shelter-in-place period under a financial cloud, others, like Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes closed because it was impossible to run a buffet-style restaurant in the middle of a pandemic....

The Former CEO Of Dunkin’s New Job Has Nothing To Do With Donuts pancha.me/Shutterstock By Julia Mullaney/Dec. 17, 2021 10:14 am EST In Dunkin’ Donuts history, the role of CEO has been pivotal to the brand’s growth. Founder William Rosenberg ran the company when it was started in 1950, but by 1963 his son, Robert Rosenberg, was appointed CEO (via WBUR). Rosenberg spent 35 years in the position until he retired back in 1998....

The Real Reason Kat Kinsman Hates Stevia Monica Schipper/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Sept. 28, 2021 10:58 am EST Sugar is not the only option available if you’re looking to make your beverage or dessert a bit sweeter. There are tons of options, including but not limited to artificial sweeteners along with other picks such as honey and jaggery. Per Healthline, artificial sweeteners are polarizing and tend to attract extreme reactions from both ends of the spectrum....

The Thanksgiving Side Dish Lori Loughlin Can’t Live Without Tinseltown/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Nov. 15, 2021 2:07 pm EST The turkey lies as the centerpiece of Thanksgiving — this is rather obvious. After all, we do lovingly call the holiday “Turkey Day.” However, the opulence of the holiday is the result of not just the big bird but the side dishes that surround it. To highlight these lesser sung side dishes, Parade asked Lori Loughlin and other celebrities in 2017 what non-turkey dish they loved to see on a Thanksgiving table....

The Truth About Sherelle Morrison From Halloween Baking Championship Season 7 Instagram By Maria Faller/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 1:52 pm EST If you are obsessed with shows like “The Great British Bake off,” then you will fall for the Food Network’s popular autumn holiday show, “Halloween Baking Championship.” If you aren’t already bewitched by the show, catch the premiere of its 7th season on September 13, as fans are already stoked about it....

The Untold Truth Of Cheeseburger In Paradise Facebook By Allie Miller/Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 11:31 am EST Many things have disappeared since the start of the pandemic. Jimmy Buffett’s restaurant chain Cheeseburger in Paradise was one of them. Parrotheads — as the singer’s fans call themselves — mourned the loss of this American institution when it said goodbye to the last remaining location in 2020. It wasn’t the only business of its kind to do so....

These Are All Of Ree Drummond’s Celebrity Crushes Monica Schipper/Getty Images By Molly Clark/Dec. 14, 2021 5:46 pm EST Ree Drummond and her husband, Ladd — aka “The Marlboro Man” as he is known on her website, The Pioneer Woman — are pretty adorable together. The couple met in a bar, have now been married for 25 years, and are the parents of five children – a partnership Drummond calls “a wild adventure,” (via People)....

Things You Should Never Order At Sonic Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 8:57 am EST Sonic Drive-In receives national attention thanks to its quirky TV advertising and, if you’ve never been to a Sonic, you may find yourself easily salivating over the delicious-looking coney dogs, burgers, tots, milkshakes, and more that end up spinning across your television screen. However, tried-and-true Sonic fans — as well as Sonic employees — know that there are a few items on the Sonic menu that you’ll want to avoid, first-timer or not....

Vegan Mushroom Risotto Recipe Hayley MacLean/Mashed By Hayley MacLean AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 2, 2021 11:12 am EST There are few things more comforting than a bowl of risotto, which is a traditional Italian dish that incorporates rice, broth, and possibly even some meat or vegetables. While there are many different ways to make a risotto, recipe developer and nutritionist Hayley MacLean presents a vegan mushroom risotto recipe, which is incredibly savory and warming....

Why This Ex-Taco Bell Employee Is Warning People To Stay Away From Some Of Its Meat KULLAPONG PARCHERAT/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 3:41 pm EST Sometimes, it can seem like just about every fast-food restaurant has had some sort of scandal involving its meat. For Subway, it was the chain’s highly questionable tuna. KFC has faced allegations that include serving raw chicken, a fried rat, fried paper towel, and expired products....

Why You Might Recognize The Song In Bud Light’s 2022 Super Bowl Commercial monticello/Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/Feb. 10, 2022 5:00 pm EST Budweiser’s 2022 Super Bowl commercial is both a nod to the past and a glimpse at the future. Previous Budweiser Super Bowl commercials have featured everything from frogs to lemons, as was the case in the brand’s 2021 ad for its lemonade hard seltzer (which some people called the best of the night)....