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One-Pot Whole Wheat Pasta Carbonara Recipe By Jennifer En/Updated: Sept. 21, 2021 9:25 am EST Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 10 minutes. Servings: 4. Pasta carbonara is a favorite Italian dish with an elusive history. According to culinary experts, you’d have trouble finding any reference to the dish in cookbooks written more than 50 years earlier. Since most of the origin stories are anecdotal, it’s hard to pinpoint where this popular concoction came from....

Padma Lakshmi Is Drooling Over This Turkey Leg lev radin/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Dec. 19, 2021 10:42 am EST Padma Lakshmi wears many hats. When she’s not touring the U.S. for her show “Taste The Nation” or filming the latest season of “Top Chef,” she probably keeps herself busy writing the next New York Times-bestselling cookbook, all while regularly sharing recipes on her website. In the middle of her packed schedule, Lakshmi also never fails to find time to interact with fans on social media....

Ree Drummond’s Youngest Son Is All Grown Up In This Sweet Football Post Bobby Bank/Getty By Taylor Huang/Dec. 6, 2021 2:39 pm EST Many of us know Ree Drummond as the culinary force behind “The Pioneer Woman,” but another hat she proudly wears is being a loving mother. This might not come as a surprise to those who enjoy Drummond’s recipes, which are often are simple and meant to be shared with a hungry crowd....

Skittles Just Got A Special Makeover For Easter Facebook By Taylor Huang/Feb. 15, 2022 8:35 pm EST Marshmallow Peeps, pastel-colored M&M’s, and bunny-shaped Reese’s cups may be Easter candy classics, but Skittles is also entering the ring this year with a springtime sweet of its own. While chewy and fruity original Skittles are typically eaten year-round — especially among chocolate haters — these new candies have an updated Easter aesthetic that still allows you to “Taste the Rainbow,” based on a photo shared to Instagram....

Taylor Swift’s Go-To Sweet Potato Casserole Is Perfect For Thanksgiving Debby Wong/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Nov. 11, 2021 10:35 am EST Stars: They’re just like us. As in, they also celebrate Thanksgiving. Jessica Alba goes the traditional route with turkey, stuffing, and candied yams (via Popstar Online). Chrissy Teigen — who says she hates turkey — opts for two roasted chickens instead, explaining it makes guests “much happier.” And Duchess Meghan Markle has been inspired by her British in-laws to serve up Cornish game hens on the American holiday....

The Hilarious Halloween Treat Nigella Lawson Makes Every Year David M. Benett/Getty By Lucy Maddox/Oct. 27, 2021 1:51 pm EST Who doesn’t love Nigella Lawson? The domestic goddess has been inspiring us for decades with her confident and carefree attitude in the kitchen and her elegant, effortless dishes. Before she became the famous cookbook author and food writer that she is today, The Recipe notes that Lawson began her career in journalism, first as a literary editor for The Sunday Times and then as a restaurant critic for The Spectator....

The Real Reason A Restaurant Might Undercook Your Steak Anton Chernov/Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Dec. 11, 2021 11:20 am EST If you’ve ever ordered a steak and had it come out not to your liking, chances are you sent it back to the kitchen. After all, you want your steak cooked to a certain interior temperature, right? And you should get what you ordered — you’re paying for it! But what if you and the chef have differing opinions on what constitutes “medium well”?...

The Real Reason Beans Can Cause Gas Candice Bell/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/Jan. 4, 2022 4:48 pm EST Our brains have been hardwired from our youth to associate beans with gas. Both their aural and olfactory side effects have been immortalized in song and cinema. Perhaps most famously, Mel Brooks paid tribute to the fart joke with his scene in “Blazing Saddles,” in which a group of cowboys, sitting around a campfire eating plates of beans, suddenly erupt into a symphony of flatulence....

The Reason Alex Guarnaschelli Doesn’t Buy Pre-Cut Produce Bryan Bedder/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Sept. 20, 2021 6:04 pm EST Alex Guarnaschelli is full of tips and tricks to help us conserve time and money in the kitchen. When asked by Weight Watchers about time-savers she suggests for home cooks, the celebrity chef said, “I think the most important thing is to have a day or two in the week where you really do a lot of cooking, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be on Sunday....

The Reason These Wish-Bone Salad Dressings Are Being Recalled Bloomberg/Getty Images By Aimee Lamoureux/Feb. 1, 2022 10:50 am EST Major food company Conagra Brands, Inc. has recently announced it is recalling two Wish-Bone brand salad dressings due to a potential allergen. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the affected products are Thousand Island salad dressing and Chunky Blue Cheese salad dressing in both 15- and 24-ounce bottles. In concert with retailers, Conagra Brands is trying to see to it that all recalled dressings are pulled from store shelves....

The Untold Truth Of Chow Mein Mahi ryan/Shutterstock By M. Leigh Hood/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 4:22 pm EST This is a dish many people around the world find familiar, even if they’ve encountered it under different circumstances and different sauces. Some people may have met chow mein in school. While others found it in a street food cart, or discovered it in a take-out restaurant. Its crunchy noodles have taken on a life of their own....

The Untold Truth Of School Of Chocolate’s Amaury Guichon Facebook By Joe Nasta/Sept. 30, 2021 5:54 pm EST Here at Mashed, we’ve been waiting with baited breath since August when Netflix announced the new show “School of Chocolate,” that’s set to premiere this fall (via Deadline). While we’re still waiting for a trailer and more information to be released by Netflix to get properly excited, the premise of the show sounds promising....

This Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Was Only Available During The 1987 Stock Market Crash Jay Yuan/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Sept. 13, 2021 4:09 pm EST No joke: There is an ice cream flavor graveyard behind Ben & Jerry’s factory headquarters in Waterbury, Vermont. According to Insider, the physical cemetery is an offshoot of the original digital graveyard that was featured on Ben & Jerry’s website, and today is home to 40 gravestones marking the discontinuation (or “deaths”) of now-retired flavors....

This Massive White Truffle Just Sold For Over $100,000 Stefano Guidi/Getty By Kate Hagan Gallup/Updated: Feb. 16, 2022 8:42 am EST Paying more than $100,000 for any luxury food item might seem excessive, but truffles are the culinary king of fungi, after all. The town of Alba in northern Italy recently auctioned off a prized 2-pound white truffle for 103,000 euros, the equivalent of $117,795.64, according to the New York Post....

Trader Joe’s Fans Are Obsessed With Its New Hazelnut Filled Bamba Natalia Hanin/Shutterstock By Katherine Mclaughlin/Oct. 18, 2021 2:40 pm EST Trader Joe’s has developed a cult following over the years. If not for its cheap prices and ship-themed stores, then for its unique store-brand items you can’t get anywhere else: dark chocolate peanut butter cups, mandarin orange chicken, cauliflower gnocchi, and Everything but the Bagel seasoning, to name a few....

Twitter Can’t Stop Talking About The New White Castle Robots kung_tom/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 16, 2022 12:02 pm EST Robots have started making an impression on the food industry. Per the BBC, several tech companies are working hard to design robot chefs that can prepare meals from start to finish in restaurants, as well as homes. It makes sense: Robots can save time and streamline the cooking process, making it easier for restaurants to cater to their customers’ needs....

Twitter Is Divided Over Starbucks UK’s New Vegan Tuna Sandwich monticello/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 1:05 pm EST While some vegans are quite comfortable with their food options, there might be some previous meat-eaters who long for a tuna sandwich or chicken salad on occasion. UK Starbuck’s recognizes this dilemma and has created a possible solution to help appease all customers. The coffeehouse is offering a Tu’Nah sandwich, which per the UK website, uses plant-based tuna and is topped with red onion, cucumber, and vegan mayonnaise....

We Tried Krispy Kreme’s Pumpkin Spice Donuts: Here’s What You Need To Know Jenny Kellerhals/Mashed By Jenny Kellerhals/Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 3:51 pm EST Krispy Kreme has joined the pumpkin spice club again this year and is now offering three pumpkin spice flavored doughnut options for a very limited time. As of on Monday, September 6, you can lay your hands on limited-edition seasonal doughnuts that include Pumpkin Spice Original Glazed, Pumpkin Spice Original Filled Cheesecake, and Pumpkin Spice Cake Doughnuts, for one week only....

Why Piggly Wiggly Might Not Survive 2022 Tohuwabohu1976/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 4:28 pm EST The time period of 2020 through 2021 has been quite the journey — and many grocery stores and franchises in particular have had to pay the price. Chains like Giant Eagle and Whole Foods are struggling under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some that offered indoor dining options and could no longer utilize the space have had to close, coupled with the general steady decline of brick and mortar store visits as more people shop online for food....

12 Frozen Foods From Restaurants That Are Definitely Worth Your Money bodnar.photo/Shutterstock By Anne Taylor/Oct. 4, 2021 2:52 pm EST There’s nothing quite like visiting your favorite restaurant with some friends and enjoying a spread of tasty dishes and drinks carried out to your table. While the atmosphere is always nice, the real reason we eat out is for the food. Restaurants are able to create delicious appetizers, entrees, and desserts that make our mouths water just thinking about them....