Delicious Egg Roll Recipe Cecilia Ryu/Mashed By Cecilia Ryu AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 8:50 am EST The egg roll is a classic Chinese-American dish that serves as the perfect appetizer, side, or even main course. See, when it comes to why egg rolls taste so good, there is really no mystery at all: fill a flaky wrapper with spiced meat and veggies and fry it in oil, and pure deliciousness ensues....
Here’s How To Get A Free Hot Honey Spicy Chicken Sandwich From Wendy’s Deutschlandreform/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/Feb. 12, 2022 5:44 pm EST Free food? Yes, please! Whether it’s Costco samples or special offers on your preferred food delivery app, very few people will actually turn down free food. As more restaurants and food services partner with the likes of DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats, it seems like there are more deals than ever before....
How The Cheesecake Factory Ruined This Ex-NFL Quarterback’s Finances Idealphotographer/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/Jan. 20, 2022 10:27 am EST Star athletes mismanaging their money and filing for bankruptcy despite once earning millions of dollars per year happens more often than you might expect. When the cash is flowing like a volcano and there doesn’t seem to be any end in sight, some can get reckless and careless — especially when that athlete didn’t grow up rich....
On The Border Is Located Only In These 2 Countries Instagram By Emily Weaver/Jan. 21, 2022 2:09 pm EST Known for its hand-pressed tortillas, cheesy queso, and ice-cold Mexican-inspired cocktails, On the Border has been serving up Border-Style Mex (also known as Tex-Mex) since 1982. What is Border-Style Mex, you may be wondering? According to the restaurant’s website, On the Border’s unique mesquite flavor, which is what sets them apart from more traditional Mexican cuisine, is derived from the 20 million acres of drylands nestled between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers, on the border of Texas and Mexico....
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Sparkling Wine Has A Hidden Message Sean Gallup/Getty Images By Khyati Dand/Feb. 16, 2022 10:26 am EST It’s hard to have missed the fact that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her 70th year of reign this year, making her the first British monarch in history to ever celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. In a celebration befitting of the grand occasion, festivities are planned to take place all through the year with a four-day bank holiday weekend from June 2 to June 5....
The Real Difference Between Detroit-Style Pizza And Chicago-Style Pizza Shutterstock By Liz Barrett Foster/Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 1:48 pm EST An estimated 13 percent of Americans eat pizza every day, according to the USDA (via South Florida Reporter). The majority of this pizza hails from large chains, small mom-and-pop pizzerias, and home kitchens across the country. Traditional, hand-tossed crust, like you would find at most chain pizzerias, tends to be the most familiar, but nearly every region of the country also specializes in its own pizza style....
The Real Reason Crabs Turn Red When Boiled Michaelnero/Shutterstock By Rachel Pasche/Nov. 23, 2021 12:45 pm EST Let’s face it, as much as we know that lobsters, crabs, and shrimps are bottom feeders in the ocean, they taste amazing, and we simply cannot give them up. These crustaceans are positively delicious, though they look quite a bit different on a plate than they do in their natural habitats, namely where their shell color is concerned....
The Reason This NYC Pizza Costs Over $2,000 Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images By Chase Shustack/Oct. 11, 2021 2:48 pm EST New York City and pizza — it’s a combination that brings to mind a businessman eating a slice of pizza folded like a hot dog as he struts down Park Avenue or a group of radical teenage turtles fighting crime in the sewers with a piece of the pie in their hand....
The Swahili Word Jamba’s Name Was Derived From Bloomberg/Getty Images By Ceara Milligan/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 5:11 pm EST Ever since it was founded by 26-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Kirk Perron, Jamba has been a smoothie game changer. Since day one, the brand has served millions of customers its wholesome blended beverages made with fresh fruits and added vitamins for an extra boost, according to the company’s website. Perron’s resume included jobs at real estate firms and grocery chains before he made the entrepreneurial leap and opened his first store in April 1990, according to San Luis Obispo Tribune....
The True Origin Of Matzo Ball Soup Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 8:08 am EST If you have only made matzo balls from a mix, you don’t know what you’ve missed out on! According to Food Network, making this Passover classic from scratch doesn’t take much effort. Formed from leftover matzo crumbs, these dumplings combine eggs, oil, and seasonings with the namesake meal to form a classic that’s graced tables for generations....
The World’s First Celebrity Chef Isn’t Who You Think Shutterstock By DB Kelly/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 10:13 am EST Celebrity chefs are everywhere today, and sometimes, it seems like you can’t turn on the television without seeing an advertisement for a new show. But here’s a question: who was the first celebrity chef? Who was the first person to mix cooking and showmanship? Who was the first to wow with their skills in the kitchen, put on display for all to see?...
This ‘Fake Starbucks’ Location In Venezuela Has The Internet Divided Manu Padilla/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Dec. 29, 2021 3:30 pm EST Starbucks has inspired some serious copycats over the years. A restaurant called Stars & Bucks popped up in Palestine and serves a similar menu to the traditional coffee chain, in addition to providing hookahs to its patrons, per The Recipe. According to the same article, a small red hut called Star Box Coffee also once appeared in London and got targeted by Starbucks due to the similarity in names....
This Food Was Robin Williams’ Favorite Late-Night Snack Debby Wong/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Sept. 17, 2021 10:09 am EST Legendary actor Robin Williams was a man who took food pretty seriously, even when he was in front of a camera. For example, according to The Daily Meal, the actor did a particularly impressive job in “Mrs. Doubtfire” when food showed up in several memorable scenes. He used a pie (posted on YouTube) to quickly hide his true identity, pretending it was a face mask in a hilarious scene from the film....
This Is How The Rock Tops His Banana Pancakes Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images By Mirtle Pena-Calderon/Updated: Feb. 12, 2022 4:58 pm EST Pancakes are universal and have been around for much of human history. According to National Geographic, the ancestor to the pancake can be traced back to the Stone Age and a time where prehistoric folks were believed to be cooking up something similar to a hardtack biscuit-looking dish. But Mental Floss notes that it wasn’t until the first century Romans that something similar to the modern pancake was born as they introduced things like milk, eggs, and spices to the recipe....
This Restaurant Reportedly Threatened To Fire Employees Without 5-Star Google Reviews Vitalii Vodolazskyi/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Jan. 31, 2022 10:09 am EST Workers in the restaurant industry sometimes have interesting rules they must follow. Even global fast food chains have been known to include a wacky rule or two in their employee contracts. For example, Chick-Fil-A has strict rules about facial hair, hair length, visible tattoos, and break times, according to a rule handbook shared on Reddit....
This Spicy Ingredient Takes Drew Barrymore’s Spaghetti To The Next Level DFree/Shutterstock By Erica Andrews/Nov. 2, 2021 2:18 pm EST The talented Drew Barrymore first graced our screens as a childhood actress in cult films like “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and “Firestarter.” Throughout her impressive career she’s also been a producer and now even has her own series, “The Drew Barrymore Show.” What can’t this skilled entrepreneur do? If you were thinking maybe cooking is where she stumbles a bit like the rest of us, you’d be wrong....
Throw Your Eggs Away Immediately If You Notice This MaryShutterstock/Shutterstock By Alia Hoyt/Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 1:15 pm EST There are a lot of normal variations in egg appearance, from the color and thickness of the shell to the brightness and consistency of the yolk and white inside. Most of these differences are nothing to worry about and are caused by outside factors, like the type of chicken the egg came from, what the hen was fed, the temperature where it was laid, and so on, per NC State....
Trader Joe’s Shoppers Can’t Get Enough Of This Spicy Bar Snack Mix Instagram By Amy Hamblen/Nov. 21, 2021 7:14 pm EST There was a time when people could passionately argue about whether Gardetto’s or Chex Mix was the superior snack mix. Well, Friends, Trader Joe’s has entered the, well, mix. The grocery chain, famous for its seasonal releases that leave fans pining all year for the return of their favorite treats, is at it again, this time with a returning product that may even rival the heavyweights of the snack mix world....
Ways You’re Messing Up Your Frozen French Fries Loveseen/Shutterstock By Mary Patterson Broome/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 10:35 am EST If you’ve ever struggled with recreating the magic of restaurant french fries in your own kitchen, you are far from alone — especially when you’re giving it a go with store-bought frozen fries. It can be really challenging to achieve that perfect ratio of crispy exterior and fluffy interior, and while opinions may vary on the best fry cut (crinkle, shoestring, steak, etc....
What Is Dinosaur Kale And Can You Eat It Raw? S.nilapan/Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Oct. 6, 2021 1:27 pm EST Have you ever eaten dinosaur kale? Although the name of this cruciferous leafy vegetable might sound odd, it’s actually an extremely common — and very tasty — variety of kale (via The Spruce Eats). A kale of many names, Brassica oleracea (variety acephala) is also known as lacinato kale, Tuscan kale, Italian kale, and cavolo negro, or “black cabbage” in Italian....
