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This Taco Bell Power Bowl Is Unrecognizable Under All The Hot Sauce Taco Bell By Amanda Tarlton/Dec. 5, 2021 9:37 pm EST While Taco Bell might be best known for its, well, tacos, the fast food chain also has plenty of other crowd-favorite items on the menu. There are burritos, nachos, quesadillas, and the wildly popular Crunchwrap Supreme, to name a few. And who can forget the chain’s Power Bowls? There are two variations available: the traditional Power Menu Bowl and the Veggie Power Menu Bowl (via the Taco Bell website)....

TikTok Thinks This Coffee Hack Could Save You From The Snail Nisathon Studio/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Nov. 8, 2021 1:13 pm EST The terms of the contract are crystal clear: You will immediately receive $10 million and the key to immortality upon signing. It sounds like an offer you couldn’t dream of refusing, but there’s a catch. As soon as that money hits your bank account, you will immediately be targeted by what is perhaps the world’s most vicious and highly skilled assassin: a garden snail who is also immortal....

Want To Stay At A Potato-Shaped Hotel? Now’s Your Chance mahirart/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 11:13 am EST If you are looking for an unconventional getaway, you have many options from which to choose. For example, Idaho now has a hotel that’s shaped like a potato listed on Airbnb. (Yes, really.) According to Insider, this hotel was set up in 2012 to honor the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th anniversary....

What Happened To Paul Qui After Winning Top Chef? Monica Schipper/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 10:29 pm EST Chef Paul Qui was an impressive participant in season 9 of Bravo’s “Top Chef.” According to Us Weekly, his path to the title was fraught with challenges. He managed to make a solid impression by winning 17 challenges before he clinched the coveted title. After his appearance on the popular cooking competition show, Qui looked like he was all set for a promising career....

24% Think This Is The Best Donut At Dunkin' Cineberg/Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/Oct. 13, 2021 1:57 pm EST Right around this time of year in 2018, Dunkin’ announced that it was on a mission to innovate. As Dunkin’ Brands CEO and Dunkin’ U.S. President David Hoffmann noted, “Our new branding is one of many things we are doing as part of our blueprint for growth to modernize the Dunkin’ experience for our customers....

3-Ingredient Nutella Chocolate Cake Recipe By Jennifer En/Updated: Sept. 21, 2021 9:26 am EST Nutella is the brainchild of Italian food company Ferrero and has been around since 1965. This ubiquitous chocolate hazelnut spread is dangerously addictive. Its creamy texture, sweet and nutty notes, and chocolatey flavor make it a universal favorite snack food. Whether you spread it on toast, dollop it atop strawberries, or lick it shamelessly off a spoon, no one can deny the magnetic appeal Nutella possesses....

Brach’s New Jelly Bean Flavor Tastes Like Your Favorite Cupcake Diana Taliun/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 11, 2022 12:07 pm EST Brach’s isn’t just known for its candy corn. The company produces a wide range of chocolates and candies, including a classic: jelly beans. And according to an Instagram post by the popular account @candyhunting, the brand will soon be releasing its latest bean-shaped offering just in time for Easter. The sweet, round, and chewy confections known as jelly beans have managed to strike a chord among candy enthusiasts for centuries....

CELSIUS’ Fruity New Energy Drink Is Only Available At These 2 Stores Zety Akhzar/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 9:03 am EST If you’re in the market for an energy drink that’s free of high fructose corn syrup, sugar, aspartame, and artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives, then CELSIUS may be for you. The brand already has a variety of lines, including HEAT, BCAA, and CELSIUS-ON-THE-GO, per its website, but it doesn’t look like they are stopping there....

Coscto’s Cranberry Cinnamon Cheese Is A Holiday Must-Have Celebrity By Amanda Tarlton/Nov. 22, 2021 6:05 am EST Whether you’re hosting family and friends for a holiday party or simply like a tasty treat while you’re snuggling up on the couch watching Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel, there are plenty of seasonal snacks available at Costco right now. For starters, there’s the famous Kirkland wine that you can buy for as little as $7 a bottle....

Employees Reveal What It’s Really Like To Work At Bojangles Bloomberg/Getty Images By Naomi Kennedy/Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 3:40 pm EST There are tons of places to get your fried chicken fix at these days, and if you originally hail from the South, Bojangles may be your number-one destination for the delicacy. Opening its first location in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1977, the chain has since grown to have a whopping 763 locations east of the Mississippi river, with its northernmost eatery currently being in Reading, Pennsylvania....

Foods From The 1980s That Are Weirdly Making A Comeback Twitter By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 6:54 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The year 2021 came saddled with some pretty big expectations. Unfortunately, given that COVID-19 risk didn’t quite subside, few of those expectations were realized. That being said, the first few months of 2021 gave us reason to hope that the world could start turning again, and dramatically at that....

Here’s What Katie Lee Biegel Ate For The Super Bowl Facebook By Justina Huddleston/Feb. 14, 2022 6:35 pm EST Chicken wings might be the most popular Super Bowl snack, but that’s not the only thing people like to dig into when watching the biggest football game of the year. Katie Lee Biegel, co-host of Food Network’s “The Kitchen,” has shared several go-to game day recipes, from buffalo chicken enchiladas to cauliflower nachos....

Here’s What Separates Japanese And Western Knives Husjur02/Shutterstock By Nick Desimone/Jan. 6, 2022 11:01 am EST A good kitchen knife is an excellent investment for both professional and home cooks. Everyone has a different set of needs out of their kitchen knife; a knife that is perfect for a sushi chef working at a restaurant that does 400 covers per night will definitely not be the ideal knife for a college student learning to cook for the first time....

How Bobby Flay May Have Helped Giada De Laurentiis Land Her Food Network Show s_bukley/Shutterstock By Kalea Martin/Nov. 11, 2021 1:50 pm EST It’s hard to imagine Food Network without Giada De Laurentiis. The celebrity chef certainly has come a long way since her “Everyday Italian” days. After her debut cooking show’s success, she went on to host many Food Network shows, including “Giada at Home” (via Food Network). She was a judge and mentor on “Food Network Star,” regularly appeared on other shows on the channel, and, if that wasn’t enough, also has a few cookbooks and restaurants to her name, per her official website....

How The Pumpkin Spice Latte Became A Fall Staple vovidzha/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Oct. 1, 2021 4:40 pm EST In 2003, Peter Dukes was just your average guy who happened to have a really cool job working for Starbucks HQ in Seattle. Little did he know that when spring came around that year, he would become the product manager — really, the spearhead — of the most popular seasonal beverage in Starbucks history: the Pumpkin Spice Latte....

How To Fly With Your Thanksgiving Leftovers, According To The TSA Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock By Amy Hamblen/Nov. 18, 2021 11:33 am EST If you’re planning on taking a flight to your Thanksgiving destination this year, you should be in good company. According to a report produced by Adobe, as of November 7, airline reservations for Thanksgiving week are up 78% over 2020 — not surprising considering the pandemic — but those bookings are also up 3....

McDonald’s Just Teased This Holiday Favorite Is Coming Back On Twitter Eliz A/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Nov. 30, 2021 12:26 am EST Apparently, a Twitter user named Jay spent their weekend driving from one McDonald’s restaurant to another. “@McDonalds WHEN ARE YALL GETTING HOLIDAY PIES BACK??!” they pleaded on Twitter, only to issue a follow-up tweet one hour later. “Update: I have been to four different McDonald’s.” Evidently, it was time for the chain’s social media crisis manager to step in....

Mini Cherry Pie Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 27, 2021 8:20 am EST Recipe developer Miriam Hahn is also a wellness coach, but that doesn’t mean that she can’t have a little fun with baking. And these mini cherry pies of hers are basically the definition of fun with baking because they’re bursting with sweet and juicy cherries. At the same time, they’re a cinch to make....

Starbucks Just Changed Its Vaccine Policy Again Chinnapong/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Jan. 19, 2022 5:48 pm EST Starbucks is making headlines today because it walked back on its policy requiring employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing, AP News reports. The coffee chain is one of the first major players in the food industry to announce a change in its vaccine policies following last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which blocked the Biden administration’s mandate that all companies with more than 100 workers must only employ those who are vaccinated or have COVID-19 tests every week....

The Fast-Food Item This 106-Year-Old Woman Credits For Her Longevity JeniFoto/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 8:04 am EST You could say that the older someone is, the more savage and hilarious their sense of humor becomes. Of course, that quick wit could be credited to many years’ worth of wisdom and experience. So when you ask seniors over the age of 100 what the secret to their longevity is, it should come as no surprise that the answers are anything but straight (and often involve rather amusing confessions)....