Hulu’s New Partnership With Uber Eats Comes With One Serious Perk oasisamuel/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Sept. 28, 2021 1:00 pm EST Uber Eats and Hulu have entered a natural partnership. One entertains you at home, while the other brings you food. Hulu explained to Mashed in a press release that certain subscribers to Hulu are now eligible for a free six months with Uber Eats Pass. Afterward, the subscription would cost $9....
Kristin Chenoweth Hates This Type Of Food Paul Archuleta/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Nov. 15, 2021 12:00 pm EST Kristin Chenoweth is an actor and Broadway star you can’t help but love. Her bubbly personality and sweet voice are the perfect combo. It’s also what made the star of the mystery comedy “Pushing Daisies” the perfect choice for Food Network’s aptly named 6-episode confection show, “Candy Land.” The show engages with sugar and cake artists to create fantastical sweets that would be befitting for the world of “Candy Land,” all in an effort to win $25,000 (via Food Network)....
McDonald’s Happy Meal Toys That Are Worth A Lot Of Money Ratana21/Shutterstock By Felix Behr AND Molly Harris/Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 10:15 am EST In 2001, a craze crashed through the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Snoopy, the iconic black-and-white dog from the Peanuts comic strips, had just been released as a McDonald’s toy. As BBC News reported at the time, two people were sent to the hospital due to cuts from window glass shattering under the weight of excited McDonald’s customers....
Pesto Mac And Cheese Recipe Christina Musgrave/Mashed By Christina Musgrave AND Mashed Staff/Jan. 21, 2022 10:47 am EST Macaroni and cheese on its own might not be the most flavorful of foods, but that makes it the perfect base for an endless variety of customizations. It’s kind of like the pasta version of a baked potato. In this recipe, Christina Musgrave of the website Tasting with Tina mixes pesto with mac and cheese for a new taste sensation....
Potatoes Au Gratin Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 10:58 am EST For health’s sake, it’s best to have something like a salad, some brown rice, and a portion of tofu or chicken for dinner. Or go with a healthy lentil stew and some rich rye bread on the side. You get the point: most days, it’s best to eat on the lighter, healthier side....
Snickerdoodle Pancakes Recipe Melissa Olivieri/Mashed By Melissa Olivieri AND Mashed Staff/Jan. 26, 2022 10:27 am EST Did you know you can serve dessert for breakfast without any cookies, ice cream, or cake ending up on the table? Okay, well maybe some variation of cake will be served: the pancake. And yes, perhaps these pancakes do taste like a classic snickerdoodle cookie. At any rate, there’s no ice cream! What we have here are, in the words of chef and recipe developer Melissa Olivieri of The Olive Blogger, “Deliciously fluffy pancakes that taste like the classic snickerdoodle cookie — a great breakfast for the holidays!...
Sweet And Sour Meatloaf Recipe Kate Shungu/Mashed By Kate Shungu AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 30, 2021 1:56 pm EST It’s pretty hard not to love retro or vintage recipes — and recipe developer Kate Shungu from Gift of Hospitality completely agrees with this sentiment. And, what better way to enjoy an old-fashioned meal than through this sweet and sour meatloaf recipe? “The recipe was popular in the 1970s and 1980s,” Shungu explains of her meatloaf....
The Incredible Story Of Valentina Hot Sauce’s Namesake Haelen Haagen/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Updated: Sept. 27, 2021 7:54 pm EST A generous splash of hot sauce can make just about anything taste better – tacos, pizza, scrambled eggs, you name it. One of the most prized hot sauce brands is Valentina, which can be found in several grocery stores and Mexican restaurants around the globe. Tons of products are named after real people: Hershey’s chocolate, Duncan Hines cake mixes, Campbell’s soups, Heinz ketchup, and many more....
The Massive Amount Of Cherry Limeade Sonic Sells Every Year Wild As Light/Shutterstock By Lauren David/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 12:50 pm EST The iconic Sonic Drive-In, which first opened in 1953, now has more than 3,500 locations in 46 states across the U.S., per the brand. It became known for its style of service, where servers, known as carhops, would bring customers their food on roller skates. However, per Yahoo, today, whether carhops actually skate to deliver your food varies from location to location....
The Reason You Should Avoid Marie Callender’s Pina Coladas Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Updated: Feb. 20, 2022 6:25 pm EST When you hear the name Marie Callender, the first thing that might come to mind are the brand’s frozen dinners, pot pies, and desserts that come in the boxes with green labels on them. The brand does make quite a few different kinds of frozen dinners from lasagna and country fried chicken and gravy to creamy parmesan chicken pot pie and shrimp mac and cheese bowls, after all (via Marie Callender’s Meals)....
The Surprising History Of ‘Dirty Sodas’ Brent Hofacker/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/Jan. 18, 2022 11:41 am EST It’s hard to make it through childhood in the U.S. without encountering nonalcoholic drinks like the Roy Rogers or Arnold Palmer. Who doesn’t remember the first time mom or dad ordered a Shirley Temple — a drink, per USA Today, that was created by a bartender at celebrity hub Chasen’s who combined 7Up, ginger ale, grenadine, and a bright red Maraschino cherry — and feeling like you were drinking a grown-up drink sans the alcohol?...
The Surprising Truth About MasterChef Winner Kelsey Murphy’s Signature Headbands FOX/Instagram By Boshika Gupta/Sept. 22, 2021 9:33 am EST It’s hard to deny that one of the biggest cooking shows on television is “MasterChef,” a name that has motivated many across the world to experiment in the kitchen. The show’s latest season featured culinary stars from different backgrounds. According to Parade, what made this season’s finale historic was that it had three talented female chefs in the finale: Kelsey Murphy, Autumn Moretti, and Suu Khin....
The Truth About Cheyenne Loomis From Worst Cooks In America Season 24 Cheyenne Loomis/Instagram By Lauren Cahn/Jan. 17, 2022 3:02 pm EST The January 5 premiere of the 24th season of Food Network’s fan favorite amateur cooking competition, “Worst Cooks In America” (it’s ranked among Food Network’s top five, according to Broadway World), was a momentous occasion for several reasons. First, it marked longtime host Anne Burrell’s first season premiere since inking her new multi-year deal with the Discovery+-owned network in November 2021 (via The Wrap)....
This Is How Much The World’s Most Expensive Pancake Cost Sydney Troxell from Pexels By Katie Lenhardt/Nov. 23, 2021 2:39 pm EST Move over breakfast of champions, and make way for the pancake fit for a king. According to Mental Floss, Pancake Day is celebrated in the UK, Australia, and Ireland on Shrove Tuesday (widely known as Fat Tuesday in the US). This is the last day before Lent, a 40-day period of abstinence practiced by Christians, when they used to clear out all the sugar, butter, and eggs in their kitchens to eliminate potential food temptations....
This Trader Joe’s Is A Protected Historic Landmark Corinna Haselmayer/Shutterstock By Nick Desimone/Dec. 16, 2021 4:34 pm EST Trader Joe’s mandarin orange chicken and Unexpected Cheddar have already convinced plenty of people that the grocery chain is a national treasure — but the borough of Brooklyn in New York City has made the designation official: A Trader Joe’s location at 130 Court Street in Brooklyn is a designated historical landmark. OK, so the landmark status wasn’t exactly granted because of how much people love Unexpected Cheddar (although that seems like a pretty good reason)....
Tom Colicchio Designed This New Sandwich And It’s Seriously Delicious - Exclusive Santiago Felipe/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 12:05 pm EST Chef Tom Colicchio has a wide variety of passions and projects, and while you might know him as the head judge on TV’s Top Chef or as one of the foremost restaurateurs in America, he has a special passion for helping people eat healthier. Colicchio helped establish Food Policy Action, a group dedicated to getting Americans healthier food options across the country, in addition to helping John Hancock create their HealthyFood program (via Cooking Light)....
Valentine’s Day Fudge Recipe Jessica Morone/Mashed By Jessica Morone AND Mashed Staff/Jan. 26, 2022 10:34 am EST Valentine’s Day and sweets go hand-in-hand. February 14th is also a great day to do something extra special for your loved ones, no? So when you make Valentine’s Day fudge from scratch and give it to your sweet-toothed sweetheart? That’s an arrow that’ll hit the target. (And yes, that’s a Cupid pun.) Now, does your sweetheart have to know that this thoughtful DIY fudge requires only five ingredients, two of which are completely ornamental, and that the whole process takes just 10 minutes, provided you don’t count the chilling time?...
What Is Timpano And How Big Is It Usually? JollyTomato/Instagram By Hope Ngo/Jan. 31, 2022 1:38 pm EST Until the movie “Big Night” with Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub came along in 1996, few of us stateside — except for perhaps the most ardent of pasta fans — would have heard about a timpano (aka timballo), the over-the-top pasta dish baked in a metal basin before it is flipped over and presented whole....
What People With Peanut Allergies Should Know Before Eating At Chick-Fil-A James Andrews1/Shutterstock By Hannah Twietmeyer/Dec. 2, 2021 9:38 am EST Fast food is all about convenience. Road trip cravings, weekday lunches, and last-minute dinners can all be satisfied by a quick excursion through the drive-thru. However, as in most instances when eating food prepared by others, things can get dicey when food allergies are involved. Even though background research and follow-up questions are crucial for those with food allergies, there’s a lot of trust being put into those preparing your meal when dining out....
What Really Happened To The First Restaurant On Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images By Julia Mullaney/Oct. 28, 2021 1:03 pm EST In 2006, Guy Fieri put himself on the map when he entered Food Network’s competition show, “The Next Food Network Star.” The chef’s cooking chops, combined with his upbeat attitude and signature spiky blond hair, helped him emerge as the winner — and got him several opportunities to host successful shows of his own (via Food Network)....
