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Roasted Vegetables Recipe Melissa Olivieri/Mashed By Melissa Olivieri AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 10:04 am EST For our money, vegetables are much, much tastier when they’re roasted. There’s something about a charred, salty hunk of broccoli that feels so superior to trying to gnaw your way through a raw stalk. As a result, we’re always on the lookout for easy-peasy roasted vegetable recipes, the kind you can just throw together on one sheet pan (lined with foil or parchment for easy clean-up) and stick in the oven....

Spicy Chicken Soup Recipe Stephanie Rapone/Mashed By Stephanie Rapone AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 20, 2021 8:33 am EST The best thing about this soup is, of course, how great it tastes. And all the better since the taste can be adjusted to suit all sorts of palates. While this can indeed be a “spicy” soup — as in hot and fiery — perhaps a better adjective would be “spiced.” “As written, it is very minimal in the spice department,” says chef and recipe developer Stephanie Rapone of Pantry to Plate....

The One Thing Bobby Flay Won’t Do When Dining Out By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 3:00 pm EST Celebrity chef Bobby Flay has had an interesting life. According to Biography, the chef quit high school when he was 17 years old and took up a gig at Joe Allen in New York City at a time when his peers were focusing on their education. He progressed to the kitchen in a short period and decided to join culinary school....

Blackstone investment firm sees growth potential in Oatly Facebook Oatly has been active on Twitter, too, responding to its unhappy customers. “We want to create real, long-term change in areas where change is needed. By partnering with one of the world’s largest private equity firms, we have an opportunity to shift money that may have gone towards a different type of investment directly towards a sustainable investment,” Oatly tweeted. Blackstone’s aim doesn’t appear to be good or evil....

The Truth About Team Here To Sleigh From Holiday Wars: Season 3 Facebook By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 9:58 am EST The beginning of the holidays is a chance for many fans to catch up on new editions of some of their favorite TV shows. As some viewers might be pleased to know, Season 3 of “Holiday Wars” on Food Network launched its first episode earlier this month, exciting those who have been looking forward to seeing the delicious desserts baked by skilled chefs on the series....

The Untold Truth Of Bacardi Rum monticello/Shutterstock By Taylor Markarian/Updated: March 1, 2022 4:38 pm EST Bacardi is one of the best selling rum brands in the world, favored for its smooth, mild taste with just the right amount of character. But its story is about more than daiquiris and piña coladas; it is a tale of political revolution, betrayal, bitter feuds, and wild success. Since its founding in Cuba 160 years ago, the company has been tied to the fate of the country itself....

This Real Estate Listing Gives A Rare Peek Into Julia Child’s Former Home Francesco Da Vinci/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/Jan. 10, 2022 2:36 pm EST If you watched some of Julia Child’s original cooking program or saw Meryl Streep’s depiction of the famous chef in “Julie and Julia,” you’ve already taken a glimpse into Child’s home and saw where all of the culinary magic happened, per Architectural Digest. Child started cooking in the house as far back as 1956....

What Is Brining Actually And Why Is It Important? Elena Veselova/Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/Nov. 23, 2021 1:48 pm EST In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving each year, the word “brining” tends to be thrown around by foodies everywhere — particularly among those who are getting ready to roast the turkey for the season’s festive meal. For home cooks who are already familiar with what brining is and why it’s important, the process tends to be a given....

Why Halloween Baking Championship Wasn’t What Contestant Steven Sechoka Expected 5 second Studio/Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/Sept. 15, 2021 11:04 am EST Food Network’s holiday-themed baking contest, the perennially popular “Halloween Baking Championship,” premiered its latest season on Monday, September 13. This season, which is the show’s seventh, promises high “camp” — literally, given that its inspiration is 1980s classic slasher movies such as “Friday the 13th” (of course, set in a summer camp)....

Would Goodfellas’ Prison Pasta Sauce Really Be Possible? Gennaro Leonardi/Shutterstock By Anthony Mastroianni/Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 4:53 pm EST Ever since you were a kid, maybe you didn’t want to be a gangster, but who wouldn’t want to be able to make that extraordinary-looking red sauce from “Goodfellas” that the boys put together in prison? According to a piece by Men’s Health, it’s not exactly the last-minute Ragu canned gravy you might use for an at-home pasta night....

Yogurt-Dipped Strawberries Recipe Kit Hondrum/Mashed By Kit Hondrum AND Mashed Staff/Jan. 18, 2022 9:41 am EST Chocolate-covered strawberries are one of the most popular fruity desserts out there, and while it’s delicious to enjoy a chocolate-covered strawberry, there’s another excellent way to eat it. This recipe combines strawberries with Greek yogurt, making it a little healthier but just as satisfying for your sweet tooth. You also drizzle a little bit of chocolate over the top at the end, because the flavor really works wonderfully alongside the strawberries and creamy yogurt....

30 Popular American Snacks Ranked Worst To Best RecCameraStock/Shutterstock By Ryan Unger/Jan. 3, 2022 9:19 am EST If there’s one thing Americans know how to do, it’s load up on snack foods like every supermarket on planet Earth was going out of business and have themselves a grand old time sucking down as much sugar, saturated fat, and processed chemicals as their stomachs can handle (and they can handle a lot)....

A Courthouse Bomb Scare Turned Out Be Surprise Taco Bell KULLAPONG PARCHERAT/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Feb. 17, 2022 8:02 am EST What was meant to be a satisfying morning meal turned into a potentially dangerous situation at the Tuscaloosa, Alabama Federal Courthouse on Monday. The Tuscaloosa Police Department reported on their Facebook page that around 8 am they dispatched the Hazardous Device Unit to the courthouse where a staff member had noted a couple of “suspicious packages” set on the front steps....

Hershey’s kisses and chocolate bars do share the same ingredients TY Lim/Shutterstock A quick look at the Hershey’s website indicates that Hershey’s Kisses and its Milk Chocolate Bars have the same list of ingredients. They’re basically comprised of milk chocolate that features a mix of milk, sugar, cocoa butter, lecithin, cocoa butter, and natural flavor. Additionally, they are both gluten-free and kosher. Quora users discussed this topic at length in a thread....

Chick-Fil-A’s Dan Cathy Says Opening In This Location ‘Is The Big Prize’ QualityHD/Shutterstock By Maria Faller/Updated: Sept. 21, 2021 10:13 am EST To say that Chick-fil-A is expanding is an understatement. In just the past 10 years alone, the 65-year-old company has nearly tripled in sales and, in 2018, the fast food restaurant increased its revenue in America by 16.7% (via Business Insider). Nation’s Restaurant News further reports that, in 2020, Chick-fil-A did $10....

Cowboy Ciao Salad Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 21, 2021 9:21 am EST The Cowboy Ciao salad is one of the most popular salads that you can make or order. Not only does this salad look absolutely amazing with all the ingredients lined up in rows, but it also tastes great. Really, what’s not to love? If you are looking for a salad to impress your dinner guests or one that is worthy of the perfect Instagram photo, then you need to look no further than the Cowboy Ciao salad....

Einstein Bros. Just Came Out With A Breakfast Burrito Einstein Bros. By Aimee Lamoureux/Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 10:52 am EST Fans of Einstein Bros. bagels are about to find a new item to love. While the chain, which was founded in 1995, is primarily known for its coffee and bagels, Einstein Bros. is now expanding its menu with a brand-new breakfast item: a breakfast burrito. The Big Breakfast Burrito, which the chain describes as a “hearty, mouth-watering kick of flavor,” is packed with ingredients sure to satisfy those cravings for a savory and sizeable breakfast, all packed into a perfectly portable tortilla, per Einstein Bros....

Goldfish Now Makes Bigger Crackers For Adults Tiger Images/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Jan. 10, 2022 8:08 pm EST Few packaged snacks are as nostalgic as Goldfish crackers. The cute cheddar fish — appropriately bearing the slogan, “the snack that smiles back” — have been a staple in many homes ever since they first hit grocery store shelves back in the 1960s (via PR Newswire). Maybe your mom always packed them in your lunchbox to eat with your PB&J, or perhaps you enjoyed popping them in your mouth one by one as an after-school snack....

Gordon Ramsay’s Reaction To This Beef Wellington Cake Is Super Relatable Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock By Rachel Pasche/Oct. 26, 2021 6:49 pm EST Chef Gordon Ramsay, the internet’s king of cooking reaction videos, is back — only this time, he’s a little bit conflicted about where he stands on a social media user’s dish. That’s right, the man who famously placed two pieces of bread on either side of a cook’s face and made them refer to themselves as an “idiot sandwich” (via YouTube) has finally found himself unable to form a one-sided opinion on a follower’s recipe....

How Anthony Bourdain Really Felt About Gordon Ramsay Larry French/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Dec. 16, 2021 10:26 am EST Some television clips manage to capture a moment almost inconceivable decades after they aired. One such moment occurred when Anthony Bourdain visited the Gordon Ramsay Restaurant for the London episode of A Cook’s Tour “A Pleasing Palate.” What makes the moment so compelling is that, according to IMDb, it aired on April 20, 2002....