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Buddy Valastro’s Son’s Birthday Has Fans Feeling Old Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/Sept. 29, 2021 1:25 pm EST “Happy 17th Birthday to my son @buddyvalastrojr, our smart, loving, independent, fearless, and handsome son,” Buddy Valastro gushed on his Instagram page. Though the Cake Boss posted this a mere four hours ago, it already has over 135,000 likes and counting. “I hope your day is filled with lots of happiness, fun, and excitement,” the post continued....

Carl’s Jr. Is Finally Bringing Back Its El Diablo Thickburger, But Only To One City Carl’s Jr. By Sophia Lo/Oct. 25, 2021 10:32 pm EST Plenty of chains and fast food restaurants are taking advantage of Halloween to bring back some fan-favorite menu items. Burger King is reviving the ghost pepper trend by debuting some extra spicy chicken nuggets, and Jack In the Box is selling its Monster Tacos for a limited time....

Coffee Fans Are Seriously Impressed By This Barista’s Spooky Creation MaddyZ/Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/Oct. 19, 2021 2:34 pm EST There’s a spooky, new latte art design that Redditors are losing their minds over, and it’s bound to set off a flurry of requests at coffee shops this Halloween season! The adorable jack-o-lantern design with a crooked grin and twisted stem comes courtesy of a barista on Reddit with the username u/CoffeeDerp....

Coffee Mate Wants You To Pick Which Holiday Flavor Will Return For 2022 Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Nov. 12, 2021 12:59 pm EST Whether you’re team Starbucks, team Dunkin’, or team “brew your own at home,” anyone who drinks coffee on the regular has their own preferences on how to prepare it. Maybe you like it black, but, if you’re like 79% of Americans, you prefer add-ins mixed into your daily coffee (via PR Newswire)....

Homemade Bouillabaisse Recipe Tommy Leung/Mashed By Tommy Leung AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 14, 2021 10:29 am EST This fancy-looking dish might look tough to pronounce, but you’ll soon be singing the praises of bouillabaisse (boo-yuh-bays), a French seafood stew that’s positively brimming with fresh fish and incredible flavors. If you love seafood, this is sure to be your new favorite recipe to prepare. This tasty stew originated in Marseilles, France on the Mediterranean coast....

How To Keep Pasta From Sticking, According To A Chef Anton27/Shutterstock By Elise DeVoe/Jan. 5, 2022 12:59 pm EST Cooking pasta is a pretty simple process, but there can be hiccups if a few details are missed. Like when noodles stick to the pot, which is disappointing because you get less pasta and it’s also tough to clean — you usually have to get in there and scrape it with a spatula or even your nails to free the straggler pieces....

How To Make The Whipped Strawberry Milk Everyone Is Talking About Instagram By Heather Clark/Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 9:45 am EST Users on the video-sharing social media platform TikTok have been producing a ton of viral recipe videos lately, and their latest offering doesn’t disappoint — a whipped strawberry milk concoction. This drink is created using a process similar to Dalgona coffee, according to Today, which is an instant coffee-based drink that became popular on the platform, with one TikTok video recipe for it receiving almost 2 million likes....

Instagram Is Raining Hearts Over Duff Goldman’s Daughter Eating Cheese Rodin Eckenroth/Getty By Alia Hoyt/Nov. 23, 2021 2:28 pm EST Another day, another adorable picture of sweet Josephine Goldman on daddy’s Instagram page! In this latest image, celebrity chef and pastry wizard Duff Goldman is holding a bit of cheese in the foreground, while young Josephine eagerly reaches her chubby little baby hand out to snag it. Captioned, “She’s definitely mine....

The Best Dessert At Applebee’s According To 37% Of People nelea33/Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Nov. 8, 2021 3:05 pm EST Have you ever eaten at an Applebee’s? Billed as a “Neighborhood Grill + Bar,” the casual sit-down restaurant chain with more than 1,500 locations in all 50 states is known for serving indulgent comfort food such as mozzarella sticks, grilled chicken sandwiches, and ground beef-loaded nachos (via ScrapeHero). And while menu items such as a fresh strawberry balsamic chicken salad and a buttery sirloin steak are consistently recommended, the chain’s employees have also warned against duds including frozen, pre-made mashed potatoes and its Quesadilla Burger, a mashup that fails in both the ‘dilla and burger categories....

The Bradley Cooper Movie You Should Never Watch On An Empty Stomach Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock By Erica Buehler/Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 6:42 pm EST Unlike horror movies where you might want to skip the large dinner if you get queasy easily, there are some movies that you want to make sure you watch on a full stomach. One of the great things about modern movie technology is just how good everything looks....

The Reason Wendy’s Frescata Sandwich Was A Failure YouTube By Kalea Martin/Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 9:08 am EST Wendy’s may be known for their square hamburgers and their signature Frostys, but not too long ago the fast food chain attempted to make deli sandwiches a menu staple, too. Back in April 2006, Wendy’s announced they would be “expanding in a new direction,” through the introduction of the Frescata sandwich (via QSR)....

The Surprising Reason Potatoes Were Once Illegal In France ArturTona/Shutterstock By James Lewis/Nov. 17, 2021 11:45 am EST It would be impossible to comprehend life without the overwhelming joy of french fries. Oozing with salty goodness, the thin slivers of beautifully fried potatoes provide immeasurable comfort to resolve almost any craving or feeling. While the exact origin of french fries is disputed, as their name suggests, there’s a strong belief that they were born in France....

The Truth About Melody Moore From Worst Cooks In America Season 24 Food Network By Taylor Huang/Jan. 4, 2022 10:32 am EST Along with 11 other less-than-spectacular chefs, Melody Moore will be making her first appearance on Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America” this Wednesday at 8 pm EST (via Food Network). She will be on the show’s 24th season, which is a unique set of episodes as it puts contestants in pairs....

This Is Marc Murphy’s Favorite Late-Night Snack Michael Loccisano/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:54 pm EST Marc Murphy is no stranger to guilty pleasures and midnight snacking. On an episode of “Guilty Pleasures” (via Food Network), the “Chopped” judge revealed he is a fan of a cupcake from the Tennesse cake shop Iveycake appropriately named “Spoiled Rotten Cupcake.” Murphy confessed that he thinks about this cupcake “a lot,” calling it a total “sugar bomb....

This Might Be The Easiest Way To Get Over A Brain Freeze Fer Gregory/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Dec. 29, 2021 12:13 pm EST It may be the dead of winter, but you needn’t wait for warmer weather to dig into your favorite ice cream or grab an ice cold slushie from your local gas station. Yes, there’s nothing quite as refreshingly cold as an ice cream sun– ow! What’s up with this sudden shooting pain?...

This Pasta Dish Is 1 Of Andrew Zimmern’s Favorites Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Lauren Rothman/Nov. 1, 2021 7:51 pm EST If you’ve watched your fair share of food television, you’re more than likely familiar with Andrew Zimmern, former host of the Travel Channel show “Bizarre Foods,” on which the chef and TV personality chowed down on gut-churning edibles such as deep-fried Cambodian tarantulas and sautéed Samoan coral worms. Or maybe you know Zimmern from his YouTube cooking show “Andrew Zimmern Cooks,” where he shares recipes for steaming, hearty dishes like pasta carbonara and risotto milanese....

TikTok Is Having A Crab Rangoon Moment Joshua Resnick/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 4, 2022 7:16 pm EST Crab rangoon is an American Chinese dish that’s meant to surprise, delight, and entice. According to Atlas Obscura, this unusual dish is made with cream cheese and small quantities of “imitation crab.” The ingredients are wrapped inside a wonton shell and deep-fried, and typically served with a sweet dipping sauce. The dish qualifies as an appetizer and is believed to be highly popular among those who’ve sampled it....

Let kids play with their food Onjira Leibe/Shutterstock What parent hasn’t told their child, “Don’t play with your food?” These stern dinner table admonishments are misplaced, according to Gamoran. “First and foremost, it has to be playful! I’ve learned that with my kids,” he said. “They want to whisk it, they want to shake it, they want to smush it, they want to throw it, anything like that. Doughs, [things] that you can shake up in a jar — those are what makes kid food, kid food....

14 Popular Jollibee Menu Items, Ranked From Worst To Best Lester Balajadia/Shutterstock By Kori Ellis/Nov. 17, 2021 1:39 pm EST If you’ve grown bored of typical fast food and it’s all starting to taste the same, add excitement to your life by going to Jollibee. If you’ve never heard of Jollibee, it’s a fast food chain that started in the Philippines that has now grown to the point that it has caused Filipino food to become a global phenomenon....

Ace Of Cakes Was Originally Called Something Totally Different Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock By Jared Kaufman/Jan. 28, 2022 11:17 am EST The hit Food Network show “Ace of Cakes,” which ran for 10 seasons between 2006 and 2011, turned pastry chef Duff Goldman into a celebrity. With unconventional tools such as blowtorches and saws, he and his team have created impressively detailed, larger-than-life cakes for “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, the premiere of the fifth “Harry Potter” film, and even President Obama’s second inauguration in 2013....