Easy Chicken Sausage Sheet Pan Recipe Jaime Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 2, 2021 3:30 pm EST It can be easy to opt out of cooking when you think of the piles of dishes you will have to clean. Thankfully, there are better options than calling for take-out every night or slurping down yet another bowl of instant noodle soup. Sheet pan recipes are simple, versatile, and best of all they are cooked on a single baking tray....
Fans Are Loving This Photo Of Buddy Valastro And Wife Lisa At A Wedding Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Cristine Struble/Oct. 11, 2021 10:12 am EST While Buddy Valastro might be the Cake Boss, a recent Instagram photo of him and his wife Lisa at a family wedding is a stunning example of a power couple. Dressed to the nines for his nephew’s wedding, Valastro offered the following wishes for the bride and groom, “special day today for the marriage of my nephew and his wife....
GBBO Contestant Lizzie Acker Got This Tattoo In Response To Criticism Instagram By Erich Barganier/Nov. 4, 2021 4:18 pm EST When contestants on the “Great British Bake Off” face hardship, they don’t stay down. According to Insider, contestants knocked over each other’s baked goods, fans bullied a Japanese Week finalist online, and many bakers struggled to whip up a proper batch of brownies. Despite the challenges, every contestant pulled through and gave it their all on the show....
Guy Fieri Believes These Pantry Staples Are Better Frozen Than Canned Steve Jennings/Getty Images By Melissa Campana/Oct. 12, 2021 1:03 pm EST If you want to get elected Mayor of Flavortown, you have to know your onions. That’s what put Guy Fieri in the hot seat, anyway — Variety explains that the tow-headed host of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” put in his time with the basics from the beginning, when, as a ten-year-old, he ran his own pretzel business out of a box rigged to his three-wheeled bicycle....
How Bob Evans Tried To Protect The Environment Eric Glenn/Shutterstock By Kathryn Shelton/Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 4:33 pm EST While Bob Evans’ “Down on the Farm” may seem like just another catchy commercial jingle, it’s the essence of who Bob Evans, the man, really was, and the impetus for his legacy. Many of us hear the tune, or travel past one of the iconic red barn restaurants, and think biscuits and gravy, or chocolate cake....
How The Author Of Mary Had A Little Lamb Turned Thanksgiving Into A National Holiday Alexander Raths/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Nov. 12, 2021 5:30 pm EST Thanksgiving has accumulated a ton of controversy surrounding its origins. According to National Geographic, the feast of togetherness celebrated between pilgrims and the indigenous population of 1621 wasn’t the first — another colony in Virginia started celebrating an annual Thanksgiving celebration in 1619, while Spanish colonists and the Florida Seloy tribe enjoyed a feast back in 1565 that featured pork and beans, as well as an observed Mass, per Insider....
How To Guarantee Your Panda Express Orange Chicken Is Fresh, According To Reddit Instagram By Khyati Dand/Sept. 28, 2021 1:10 pm EST What’s a Panda Express order if you don’t get a portion (or two) of their iconic orange chicken? The sweet and spicy orange sauce glazed pieces of wok-tossed chicken are pretty much the best thing on the menu. As with most fast-food chains, though, sometimes the near-perfect dish turns into a soggy entrée that tastes stale from being left outside for too long....
Instagram Is Erupting With Nostalgia Over Ree Drummond’s Egg Recipe Monica Schipper/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Nov. 19, 2021 9:40 am EST The Pioneer Woman, also known as Ree Drummond, is always taking us down memory lane with her classic comfort cooking. Whether she is cooking up a mac and cheese casserole or making our mouths water with her chicken fried steak and gravy, Drummond is also bringing us back to the kind of meals we ate as kids....
Never Skip This Step For Homemade Burritos Agave Photo Studio/Shutterstock By Justine Lee/Dec. 15, 2021 3:10 pm EST Homemade burritos are one of those things that seem really nice and ridiculously easy in concept, but come time of actual assembly, it can go south towards a territory of sopping spillage and disappointment. It’s the kind of letdown you would hardly ever face at Chipotle, much less your favorite authentic Mexican restaurant, where the cooks so skillfully load up a tortilla with a mountain of fillings and bundle it up into a neat, tight roll — all without breaking a sweat....
Papa John’s Wants To Elevate Your Pizza Experience With Its New Tableware Alan Hardman on Unsplash By Owen Duff/Nov. 9, 2021 7:57 pm EST Fans of Papa John’s new BaconMania menu are in luck: the chain just debuted a new, bespoke set of tableware — tailor-made for BaconMania menu items. Arriving just in time for Thanksgiving, the limited edition BaconMania Collection promises to “elevate” any Papa John’s pizza experience. Papa John’s described the new merch in a press release shared with Mashed....
Shady Things McDonald’s Tried To Hide From Their Employees Epics/Getty Images By Alexandra Cass/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 12:31 pm EST There are few brands in existence today that are more ubiquitous than McDonald’s. What started as one humble fast food burger joint back in 1954 has grown into a modern-day empire, employing an astonishing number of workers (Forbes estimated nearly two million, including franchises) at close to 37,000 locations around the world....
Sweet Chili Sauce Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 27, 2021 8:19 am EST We love a sweet sauce. We love a little something spicy. But when the two flavors come together, it’s absolutely perfect. That’s why we love sweet chili sauce so much: It really is the best of both worlds. While you can always buy it at your local grocery store or Asian market, you may not have realized that you can easily make it at home....
The 14 Types Of People Who Dine At McDonald’s: Which One Are You? S3studio/Getty Images By Chris Heasman/Nov. 22, 2021 9:05 am EST After decades spent slinging burgers and frying fries, it’s probably fair to say that McDonald’s has earned the right to be called a “big deal.” Even if you’re not a huge fan of the Golden Arches, the fact that the company can bring in $19.2 billion in revenue should at least be a little impressive — and that was a bad year for them....
The Big Problem Instacart Workers Have With The Latest Tipping Policy Bloomberg/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/Oct. 20, 2021 12:18 pm EST Back in 2020, Instacart workers faced a wave of tip-baiting issues. According to Delish, this practice occurs when a customer promises large tips to guarantee an order gets filled faster, but then significantly reduces the tip upon delivery. The problem took off during the pandemic, as some workers relied on filling Instacart orders to make a living, while shoppers relied on the contact-free delivery method to get groceries....
The Reason You Should Keep Cayenne Pepper In Your Pantry GoncharukMaks/Shutterstock By Julia Mullaney/Jan. 18, 2022 10:17 am EST Ground cayenne pepper, like many spices, has been put to culinary use for centuries. It’s made from whole cayenne peppers, which are a nightshade vegetable that reportedly originated in French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America, per Brittanica. This particular type of pepper has been around for at least 9,000 years, and Encyclopedia reports that Native Americans actually used cayenne for medicinal purposes, such as to relieve stomach aches and help with circulatory problems....
The Truth About Jason Derulo’s Virtual Restaurant Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 7:54 pm EST If you count yourself as a mega-fan of singer-songwriter and entertainer Jason Derulo, you don’t want to miss his latest venture. The personality has the reputation of whipping up some very unique treats on his TikTok channel that combine cakes, candies, snacks, and more to form the ultimate snack foods. Derulo has now taken these talents to the restaurant game and plans to deliver these trademark “Milli Meals” to diners everywhere (via Foodsided)....
The Untold Truth Of TRUFF Hot Sauce TRUFF By Taylor Huang/Sept. 1, 2021 2:16 pm EST With their viral black truffle condiment, TRUFF hot sauce has taken both the internet and spice lovers’ hearts by storm. This massively popular hot sauce comes in three varieties: White Truffle, Hotter, and The Original. TRUFF was a result of founders Nick Ajluni and Nick Guillen’s shared Instagram account, @sauce. According to Forbes, the two friends, who met at a college party, would post content of rappers and women posing with “food doused in sauce....
This Is The Busiest Arby’s Restaurant In The U.S. Alp Aksoy/Shutterstock By Julia Mullaney/Nov. 12, 2021 2:50 pm EST Everyone has seen Arby’s advertisements over the years, from its “I’m thinkin’ Arby’s” tagline to its “We have the meats!” catchphrase. The fast-food chain specializes in sandwiches. Anyone who has seen an Arby’s commercial has likely heard of its popular slow-roasted beef. But they also sell shakes, fries, and chicken tenders, among other menu items....
This New Zealand Airline Will Take You Directly To A Winery Tonic Ray/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Feb. 18, 2023 1:48 am EST In the United States, ideas to ban alcohol on flights are fermenting. A New Zealander winery, however, has plans to charter a special plane just so people can visit their vineyards. Starting in early 2022, as Invivo explains in a press release, people can fly from Auckland to Queenstown as part of their upcoming Invivo Air flights....
This Recent Study Might Have You Swearing Off Diet Soda Forever Bloomberg/Getty Images By Katherine Mclaughlin/Oct. 18, 2021 12:53 pm EST When diet soda was first introduced to consumers back in 1952, it was actually meant for diabetics. According to Fast Company, the first zero-calorie cola drink to hit the market was a beverage called “No-Cal” that used an ingredient called “cyclamate.” This chemical is about 30 times sweeter than sugar, and since it isn’t metabolized, it was “ideal for people who need to avoid sugar....
