The Untold Truth Of Bob Evans Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 11:50 am EST Maybe the farmhouse-style, red restaurant is one of your favorite chain breakfast spots or your top pick for fueling up during a road trip. Maybe you love the grocery store food items, like the microwavable mashed potatoes or mac ’n cheese. Whatever reason you’re a fan of Bob Evans, there’s likely a lot that you don’t know about the popular brand....
This Famous Ratatouille Scene Lied To You Gerardo Mora/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Dec. 15, 2021 1:14 pm EST You don’t necessarily watch Pixar for the realistic depiction of the universe. If you do, you shouldn’t drive a car. However, Pixar’s “Ratatouille” managed to impress the likes of Anthony Bourdain with its depiction of the restaurant industry. “It’s a measure of how deficient Hollywood has been in making an accurate restaurant-food based film that far and away the best was about an animated rat,” he commented to Entertainment Weekly in 2011....
This Is Scott Conant’s Favorite Late-Night Snack Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Lauren David/Nov. 15, 2021 3:41 pm EST Snacking at night may be a ritual before heading to bed or a habit that is hard to break. There’s no doubt that nibbling on delicious tidbits several hours after you’ve eaten your dinner can be comforting. To that effect, most people have a few of their favorite snacks hidden away or even an entire section of the cupboard dedicated to snack foods....
This Is The Most Expensive Starbucks Drink Ever Ordered Charly Triballeau/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 3:00 pm EST Coffee is one of the most popular caffeinated beverages in the world. According to those friendly coffee statistics from the International Coffee Organization, we pour about 1.4 billion cups of coffee a day worldwide, and about 45 percent of it, or 400 million cups a day, is consumed in the United States (via Street Directory)....
This Is What Makes People Mad About Jessica Woo’s Bento Box TikToks - Exclusive Instagram By Jorie Mark/Nov. 23, 2021 11:59 am EST Viral TikTok food creator Jessica Woo fills her kids’ school lunch bento boxes with everything from shrimp Alfredo pasta to sushi to pancakes shaped like the characters from the kids’ game “Among Us” — and there’s always a handwritten note of love and encouragement. For the most part, the Internet responds to Woo’s videos with love letters of its own in the comments section, along the lines of, “You’re such an amazing mom” and “That looks so bomb” (via TikTok)....
This Spicy Seafood Whopper Was Only Available At Burger King Japan Twitter By Kalea Martin/Oct. 25, 2021 12:14 pm EST When it comes to fast-food chains, seafood isn’t normally the first thing that comes to customers’ minds. Unless, of course, you’re thinking of the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish or the seafood menu at Long John Silvers. But even in these cases, the only type of seafood offering basically consists of deep-fried fish with tartar sauce sandwiched between two buns....
TikTok Is Jealous Of This Influencer-Exclusive Chick-Fil-A Card Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock By Elise DeVoe/Jan. 5, 2022 1:43 pm EST With their signature chicken sandwich and customer service that’s almost too friendly, Chick-fil-A has solidified itself as one of the most successful fast food restaurant chains in America. According to Reader’s Digest, Chick-fil-A was the most popular fast food restaurant in 2021 and has held on to that top spot for five years running....
What Is Oxtail And How Do You Cook It? Candice Bell/Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 12:34 am EST Have you ever eaten oxtail? If you have, it may have been in the form of a Jamaican oxtail stew or a hearty, filling oxtail soup. But what is oxtail, really? What, even, is an ox? According to The Spruce Eats, oxtails once came from oxen (which are castrated male cows, explains Farmhouse Guide), but today the term oxtail refers to the tail cut of beef or veal of either sex....
What To Know If You’re Thinking Of Trying Dry January Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Dec. 29, 2021 5:50 am EST Dry January got its start in the U.K. in 2014 as a challenge to the sober-curious to take a 31-day “test-drive” of the booze-free lifestyle. Six years after it started, Vice found that the number of U.S. participants was on the decline. Just 14% planned to participate in 2020, which was quite the drop from the 23% who’d intended to do so in 2019....
What You Should Absolutely Never Order At Steak ‘N Shake Richard Jordan/Getty Images By Holly Riddle AND Brian Boone/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:13 pm EST Despite the name, you won’t be chowing down on delicious steaks alongside your shakes when you dine at Steak ’n Shake. Instead, the nearly century-old American fast-food restaurant is known for its menu filled with “steak” burgers and sugar-laden milkshakes, extremely affordable prices, and late-night dining....
Why Reddit Says You Should Never Become A Chef Stockbusters/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Dec. 30, 2021 11:50 am EST It’s no secret that kitchen staff in the restaurant industry are experiencing burnout. Chefs and cooks often work long hours in hot, enclosed environments and are encouraged to participate in what Vice calls a “work until you drop culture.” Mental health is suffering among these individuals — Vice cited a Unite study that revealed that 51% of chefs experience symptoms of depression due to working extended hours: 56% said they have taken painkillers, 27% use alcohol, and 41% take stimulants just to make it through service....
Why Robert Irvine’s New Restaurant: Impossible Project May Actually Be Impossible Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Sept. 2, 2021 10:55 am EST Robert Irvine is back at it, saving restaurants that have fallen into disrepair, one kitchen at a time. Filming for the new season of “Restaurant: Impossible” is underway and the British chef has taken to social media to tell his followers all about it. If you are unfamiliar with this reality cooking show, Irvine, in short, takes the filthiest, dirtiest, and most dysfunctional restaurants and helps turn them around in record time....
Why This Prue Leith Expression Has Been Getting Criticism David M. Benett/Getty Images By Molly Clark/Jan. 29, 2022 1:14 am EST This article contains mentions of disordered eating and eating disorders. Prue Leith has faced backlash over how she’s been known to describe some of the more delectable bakes she tastes as a judge on the “The Great British Bake Off.” According to Unilad, some of Leith’s signature lines include “worth the calories” and “the most fattening bite you can imagine....
Why You Should Never Forget To Remove The Giblets From Turkey Bochkarev Photography/Shutterstock By Alia Hoyt/Oct. 18, 2021 6:30 pm EST Whether it’s your first time or your twentieth making a Thanksgiving turkey, it’s frighteningly easy to goof it up by forgetting to remove the giblets. Giblets are made up of the heart, liver, neck, and gizzard of the turkey, all placed in a plastic or paper bag and stuffed up into one of the turkey’s nether regions (the neck or the larger main cavity), according to MyRecipes....
Colossal Shrimp Mofongo Recipe Carlos Leo/Mashed By Carlos Leo AND Mashed Staff/Dec. 2, 2021 9:21 am EST If you’re not familiar with Puerto Rican cuisine, you may have never tried mofongo. Well, now’s the time to remedy that situation! Recipe developer Carlos Leo tells us that “Mofongo is the national dish [of] Puerto Rico, and the origins [of] this dish come from Africa.” Okay, so what is mofongo, exactly? He explains that mofongo itself consists of fried plantains that are mashed with salt, garlic, and pork rinds....
Creamy Beef Stroganoff Recipe By Jennifer En/Updated: Sept. 21, 2021 9:49 am EST Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 50 minutes. Servings: 4. Beef stroganoff is classic Russian fare that’s especially perfect on nights when warming comfort food is required. Traditionally made with pieces of sauteed beef cooked in a decadent sauce, this cozy dish is an easy favorite during winter months but can (and definitely should) be enjoyed any time you need dinner to feel like a big bear hug....
Hearty Fall Salad With Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 23, 2021 11:38 am EST Summer is definitely the right time of year to use all of your produce to make refreshing salads that complement the hot temperatures. However, there are plenty of salads that are ideal to enjoy as the weather starts to cool down. Miriam Hahn, a wellness coach and owner of YouCare-SelfCare, is passionate about sharing ways to make healthy living a priority....
Here’s How To Make The Grilled Cheese From Chef YouTube By Hope Ngo/Updated: Feb. 2, 2022 2:20 pm EST Before Jon Favreau released “Chef” in 2014, the grilled cheese sandwich was the ultimate comfort food — something that was made for us by mothers and grandmothers, and which we learned to make for ourselves when we wanted a snack in between meals or when we were too lazy to cook. But the movie was a game-changer for the comfort food classic....
How Chef John Determines What Recipes To Try On Food Wishes - Exclusive David Livingston/Getty Images By Steven John/Updated: Sept. 16, 2021 3:32 pm EST At this point in his culinary career, John Mitzewich, better known as Chef John of the wildly popular YouTube channel “Food Wishes,” has made recipe demonstration videos for thousands of dishes (via YouTube). His videos teach viewers to make everything from Ping Gai chicken to sweet potato soufflé to Detroit-style pizza, and gingerbread biscotti....
Incorrect Things We Believed About Food 25 Years Ago Shutterstock By Maria Cristina Lalonde/Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 3:02 pm EST Once upon a time, we were certain the sun and planets moved around the Earth. We were confident the Titanic was unsinkable. We thought disco was here to stay and vinyl jumpsuits were the height of sophistication. With time, however, we learned that the Earth and other planets orbit the sun....
