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Cioppino Recipe Ksenia Prints/Mashed By Ksenia Prints/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 8:33 am EST Cioppino soup is a hearty mixture of at least four different types of fish and seafood, cooked in an aromatic fennel tomato broth. This cioppino recipe, developed by food blogger & photographer Ksenia Prints of At the Immigrant’s Table, makes for a classy and classic dinner that comes together with minimal effort. Cioppino is another one of those dishes that may sound and taste wholly Italian, but is in actuality a born-and-raised American dish....

Costco Fans Are Loving These Chocolate-Caramel Macadamia Nuts Tada Images/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Jan. 6, 2022 12:00 pm EST If you can find them, Costco’s Kirkland Signature Caramel Macadamia Clusters are apparently chocolate gems. “I LOVE Kirkland Signature macadamia milk chocolate salted caramel clusters!” Costco Buys gushed in a post featuring the product on Instagram. “These come and go so I always make sure to grab some when I see them!” Fair enough....

Costco’s Kitchen & Pantry Storage Bins Make Organizing A Snap Costco By Molly Clark/Jan. 24, 2022 3:08 pm EST Few things in life are as satisfying or joy-sparking (thanks, Marie Kondo!) as a beautifully organized kitchen. Just ask anyone who’s ever looked in the back of their pantry to find a can of green beans that expired 10 years ago. Nevertheless, trying to keep your kitchen area neat and tidy can be a struggle....

Does The President Really Have Their Own Food Taster? Rob Carr/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Sept. 30, 2021 6:01 pm EST This is top secret stuff, shrouded in winks and nudges and guarded by the Secret Service. Does the President of the United States have a food taster? Is someone currently employed to (just maybe) perish or puke in the line of duty while tasting the red-sauced angel-haired pasta and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that — per The Washington Post – are among President Biden’s favorite foods?...

Duff Goldman’s Reaction To This Potato-Themed Event Is So Relatable Sterling Munksgard/Shutterstock By Elise DeVoe/Jan. 7, 2022 1:10 pm EST While many food events highlight an array of dishes and ingredients, others put the spotlight on a single item. According to Newsweek, there has been a garlic festival in Gilroy, California, for four decades running. The Ellsworth’s Cheese Curd Festival in Wisconsin is a yearly celebration held in June, when guests can enjoy 6,000 pounds of the chewy, creamy delight....

Greece’s Giant Potato Statue Is Turning Heads For A Risque Reason ArturTona/Shutterstock By Gillie Houston/Oct. 19, 2021 1:45 pm EST One village’s attempt at honoring their trademark crop went hilariously awry this week, as spectators took to social media to make salacious claims about a new produce-shaped monument. According to Cyprus Mail, the Greek village of Xylofagou recently made international headlines with the debut of a larger-than-life spud statue, which was erected as a tourist attraction meant to bring recognition to the town’s long-standing potato farming industry....

Here’s How Instagram Eats Aldi’s Butter Croissants Aygul Bulte/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Nov. 3, 2021 9:02 am EST Butter croissants can be the perfect snack to grab on a hectic morning with a cup of coffee. Per Smithsonian Magazine, this treat owes its beginnings to the Austrian kipfel, a food item that has a crescent shape and is filled with butter and other ingredients such as almonds and sugar. “The croissant began as the Austrian kipfel but became French the moment people began to make it with puffed pastry, which is a French innovation…it has fully taken root in its adopted land,” explained Jim Chevallier, an author who has written a book on croissants....

Here’s What Makes A Tijuana Hot Dog Unique Mironov Vladimir/Shutterstock By Joe Nasta/Sept. 20, 2021 12:30 pm EST All your friends are over to celebrate the weekend, tailgate the football game, or have a cookout, and one of the easiest meals that will keep everyone satisfied is cooking on the barbecue. As they cook, the distinctive smell coming from the grill has your mouth watering while you get the buns and toppings ready....

How One Pro Golfer Spent Almost $450 At Taco Bell DoctorIce Photography/Shutterstock By Kathryn Shelton/Dec. 18, 2021 5:43 pm EST If you are a golf maven or know anything about the world of golf and golfers, upon reading this headline, without going any further, you might know exactly which pro golfer spent $446.10 at Taco Bell recently (via Golf Digest). When you throw in the detail that this golfer was drunk when he placed an Uber Eats Taco Bell order of this magnitude, you undoubtedly are smiling and shaking your head because yep, of course, he did....

Instagram Is Raining Hearts On Rachael Ray’s Adorable Valentine Joe Seer/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Feb. 15, 2022 4:28 pm EST Many have come to regard Rachael Ray as one of the biggest food celebrities around. Fans might not know that her husband, John Cusimano, has also had his fair share of televised cooking moments. According to Distractify, Cusimano has appeared on “Cake Boss” and has joined Ray on her own shows in the past....

Mars Isn’t Making This Popular Advent Calendar This Year Rokas Tenys/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Nov. 7, 2021 5:26 pm EST For a fourth year in a row, Mars has made headlines in the United Kingdom with its Celebrations Advent Calendar. This year it is because the company told The Sun that the advent calendar will not be available. Celebrations is a brand of miniature Mars chocolate bars and it’s proven to be very popular over the years....

Mini Apple Pies Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 23, 2021 12:22 pm EST When it’s apple season, you know what they say, right? Make apple pie. Of course, even when it’s not apple season, they say that, too. There are two reasons for that, only one of which takes into account how much we love this all-American pastry. The other reason is that apples can be stored for far longer than many other fruits — as much as eight weeks in the refrigerator, according to Healthline....

Popular Pollo Tropical Menu Items, Ranked Worst To Best Facebook By Samantha Maxwell/Sept. 16, 2021 4:58 pm EST There are so many fast casual and fast food chicken chains that it’s now difficult to make a decision about where you want to eat when you’re craving that kind of food. KFC is always an option, as is Popeyes. But if you just happen to live in Florida, you know that there’s a better, more exciting chain restaurant to try out: Pollo Tropical....

Starbucks Employee Shares Important Tips For Drive-Thru Patrons Bloomberg/Getty Images By Jen Peng/Dec. 13, 2021 6:42 pm EST Some customers enjoy spending time at their local Starbucks after getting their coffee. After all, based on its website, Starbucks’ goal is to be the “third place” where the community can gather. However, some customers just don’t have the time to hang out and place their order to go at the drive-thru instead — they need their caffeine fix and they need it now!...

Summer Tomato And Corn Salad Recipe Jaime Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 23, 2021 12:17 pm EST Whether you’re in the thick of summer and your fridge is overflowing with fresh produce, or you simply have a craving for light, fresh flavors to cut through a chilly gray day, sometimes a quick and easy salad can be exactly the right choice for dinner. You might make it to serve alongside your favorite protein, or simply eat it as a main course all on its own....

The Career Amanda Freitag Would Want To Have If She Weren’t A Chef Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images By Molly Harris/Oct. 11, 2021 3:56 pm EST When people are so talented they reach celebrity status within their own career industry, it can be hard for fans to imagine them doing anything else. Amanda Freitag, a judge on Food Network’s “Chopped,” is certainly one of those celebrities. Though she is so well-known as a chef and culinary expert, Freitag’s other choice of career might surprise her fans....

The Customer Habit Restaurant Servers Hate Most fizkes/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/Oct. 20, 2021 4:26 pm EST Even though the service industry says “the customer is always right,” customers can sometimes be the actual worst. Whether they’re trying to use expired coupons, letting their kids trash the restaurant, or making inappropriate comments to the staff, some customers really make servers’ lives miserable. This isn’t to say that all incidents of frustrating customers are necessarily intentional....

The Dish Daphne Oz Loves To Cook For Her Family Manny Carabel/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Oct. 21, 2021 10:16 am EST Cookbook author and TV personality Daphne Oz has lots of special memories attached to food. She told Eating Well that dishes like her mom’s spaghetti, Caesar salad prepared by her grandmother, and her grandfather’s stuffed artichokes are incredibly comforting for her because they remind her of home. Oz also revealed that as far as desserts are concerned, she enjoys making them on her own....

The Fascinating History Of Budae Jjigae Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Updated: Feb. 19, 2022 8:56 am EST If you were to order at random off a Korean restaurant menu and the item you picked was something called budae jjigae, your first reaction when the bowl arrived in front of you might well be “WTF is this stuff??” Bibimbap it isn’t, nor does it resemble any of the other more traditional Korean dishes you’re likely to encounter in a cookbook....

The Real Reason Trendy Food Is Expensive, According To Michael Symon Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Oct. 28, 2021 12:27 pm EST Celebrity chef Michael Symon definitely knows a lot about the food industry thanks to the fact that he’s been exploring it for a long time. According to Delish, many believe that Symon helped get Cleveland’s food culture back into the spotlight. He opened several eateries in his hometown — such as Lola and Mabel’s BBQ — and is an expert who has written several cookbooks for his fans in a bid to make cooking a lot more accessible to others....