Why Eating Spicy Food Makes Your Mouth Feel Like It’s On Fire Ponomarenko Anastasia/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Jan. 21, 2022 8:40 am EST Picture this: You have a giant plate of assorted chicken wings in front of you, all smothered in different flavorful sauces. The first few bites offer a lovely, mild, savory flavor. You’ve got this! Then, you reach for a wing generously spun in an aromatic, slightly different colored sauce....
Why Nadiya Hussain Feels Like She Doesn’t Fit In The Food Industry David M. Benett/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Oct. 3, 2021 10:05 pm EST Nadiya Hussain didn’t realize her life would change after her husband encouraged her to apply to “The Great British Bake Off.” According to her website, she initially resisted, but changed her mind when he encouraged her to give it a shot. Hussain writes, “I entered Bake Off because he was right....
Why Stanley Tucci Once Thought He’d Never Enjoy A Meal Again magicinfoto/Shutterstock By Erica Buehler/Oct. 4, 2021 6:08 pm EST After reading that headline, you might immediately think, “Ah, celebrities, they’re just like us, they can catch COVID-19 and lose their sense of taste too,” and, well, you’re not wrong. But that’s not the case for actor Stanley Tucci. You’ve probably seen Tucci in any number of amazing, award-winning movies, though his most recent screen appearance is actually his own travel and food TV show, “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy....
Why This Instagram Thanksgiving Pie Map Was So Controversial Elena Veselova/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Nov. 17, 2021 1:08 pm EST There are people who look forward to Thanksgiving dinner for the turkey, the stuffing, and the mashed potatoes. And then there are people who look forward to the real highlight of the meal: the dessert. If you’re like most Americans, the dessert spread includes a pie or two. Maybe it’s classic pumpkin, maybe it’s apple, maybe it’s sweet potato, or maybe it’s something else entirely....
You Won’t Believe The Massive Bloody Marys At This Wisconsin Bar Marian Weyo/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Nov. 15, 2021 10:51 am EST When Sunday brunch rolls around, some diners may feel enticed to order a “hair of the dog” cocktail with their meal to help them cope with their gruesome hangover. One of the most popular cocktails for this remedy is the Bloody Mary – the classic tomato juice- and vodka-based drink that offers a savory, spicy tang to help relieve symptoms from last night’s bender....
30 Minute Mozzarella Stick Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 10:42 am EST Whether you’re preparing an app platter for game day, the perfect snacks for movie night, or you just have a hankering for the perfection that is breaded and fried cheese, you’ll never go back to store-bought or restaurant-made sticks again after you realize how easy it is to make these mozzarella sticks yourself....
Alex Vs. America: Release Date, Episodes, And More - What We Know So Far Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty By Lauren Cahn/Nov. 30, 2021 5:11 pm EST Long before she could have known that she would one day become a Food Network star in her own right, the celebrity chef, restaurateur, and author Alex Guarnaschelli wasn’t necessarily the biggest fan of fellow chef Bobby Flay, she told People in 2018. These days, however, Guarnaschelli counts Flay among her closest friends....
Costco Shoppers In The US Are Jealous Of This Giant Chocoflan Bloomberg/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 11:34 am EST While we tend to think of flan as a creamy custard coated in a sugar sauce, the origins of this decadent dessert stem from Romans trying to find a way to use as many eggs as possible. According to Cheesecake, the modern flan traces its lineage back to the Roman empire, which faced a massive egg surplus....
Dalgona Coffee Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 11:56 am EST If you have been online in the past year, you have likely come across the whipped coffee trend. Maybe, like us, you’ve wondered how difficult it is to make. Perhaps you have wanted to try out the fluffy treat. Well, now is your chance! Along with Mashed, U.K.-based food blogger Susan Olayinka, who shares recipes on The Flexible Fridge, has put together and quick and easy recipe for Dalgona coffee — or whipped coffee — that as she told us, “is honestly so good and even more fun to make....
Down Home With The Neelys’ Apple Injected Smoked Pork Recipe With A Twist Petar Marshall/Mashed By Petar Marshall AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 12, 2021 12:44 pm EST If you’re all about comfort food, then Food Network’s Down Home with the Neelys is the ideal show for you. Hosts Patrick and Gina Neely dish up everything from grits and collard greens to pulled pork, sharing recipes you can use to make their favorites at home....
Fans Of White Chocolate Will Love Magnum’s New Ice Cream Bars Kroger By Boshika Gupta/Jan. 12, 2022 1:17 pm EST Magnum ice cream is hoping to offer something extra special to its customers this year. According to PR Newswire, the brand’s parent company Unilever has announced new ice cream flavors for four of its brands including Talenti Gelato, Sorbetto, Klondike, Breyers, and of course, Magnum. The new products, which will be sold across the country in January and February, will “include a reimagined twist on classic American flavors [and] unexpected pairings for the perfect flavor combinations....
Gordon Ramsay Just Teased A Holiday Road Trip And Fans Are Ready To Roll Jaguar PS/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Dec. 13, 2021 8:46 pm EST Here’s something you don’t see every day: Gordon Ramsay in a festive holiday sweater complete with snowflakes, Christmas trees, candy canes, and ice-skating Santa Clauses. But such is the attire the celebrity chef and “Hell’s Kitchen” personality dons in his new holiday television special, “Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip: Christmas Vacation....
Jonathan Waxman Dishes On His Relationship With Joe Bastianich - Exclusive Bryan Bedder/Getty Images By David Klein/Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 11:41 am EST Superstar chef Jonathan Waxman’s recent guest judging stint on “MasterChef: Legends” was like a big family reunion. “I’ve got my culinary dad here,” Aarón Sánchez gushed, who revealed the James Beard Award winner’s role as a mentor in and out of the kitchen during Waxman’s visit. “He plays an extremely paternal role in my life because I sadly lost my father when I was a teenager and he kind of really helped me get through some tough times....
Mandy Moore’s Pumpkin Pie Should Be Your New Pilgrim Rick Tradition Jamie Lamor Thompson/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Nov. 1, 2021 5:51 pm EST Mandy Moore may have risen to fame as a teen pop icon of the early 2000s, but today she’s best known as Rebecca Pearson, matriarch of the famous Pearson family on NBC’s hit drama “This Is Us.” On the TV show, Moore’s role as mother to children Kevin, Kate, and Randall is one that is as heartwarming as it is touching....
McDonald’s Employees Are Going On Strike. Here’s Why Nixx Photography/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 12:40 pm EST As a massive fast food brand, McDonald’s is not unfamiliar with controversies, and one of the issues that it has recently been associated with is sexual harassment. According to CBS News, in February 2021, employees at the fast food chain spoke about facing harassment at work. Notably, an employee mentioned how lonely they felt....
Padma Lakshmi Uses This Cranberry Drink To Reset After The Holidays lev radin/Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Nov. 30, 2021 2:40 pm EST Ah, the holiday season: a time of year that foodies like us look forward to with great anticipation. During Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and all the other holiday feasts in between, we always relish the opportunity to indulge in delicious foods such as turkey and other roasted meats, hearty side dishes like mashed potatoes and stuffing, and, of course, plenty of desserts, from pies to sugar cookies to peppermint bark....
Savory Butternut Squash Soup Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 21, 2021 10:50 am EST Hooray for the autumnal equinox! And since it just happens to be that time of year again when butternut squash is available in “abundance,” as recipe developer Susan Olayinka points out, well then “why not turn it into a soup?” Not surprisingly, that is our thinking exactly — although we’ll confess, we like to cook with this deliciously sweet yet savory “winter” root vegetable whenever we can find some in the produce section....
Sprite Has Good News For Fans Of Its Beloved Holiday Flavor Coca-Cola By Aimee Lamoureux/Oct. 5, 2021 1:15 pm EST As hard as it may be to believe, we are entering the tail end of the year, which means the holidays are almost upon us. And while that may mean lots of additional end of year stress, it’s also time to start looking forward to all of the special seasonal releases that can only be enjoyed around the holidays....
The Big Mistake You’re Making With Dried Chiles And Spices, According To Aarón Sánchez Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Hanna Claeson/Aug. 30, 2021 3:23 pm EST Ever wonder what separates your cooking abilities from a celebrity chef’s? Sometimes, it’s as simple as seasoning. Like James Beard Award-winning chef Samin Nosrat told Mashed in an exclusive interview, many of us are afraid “to actually have a relationship to salt and fat and acid beyond what is dictated to [us] in a recipe....
The Internet Is Obsessed With This Retiree’s Giant Vegetables Twitter By Hanna Claeson/Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 4:57 pm EST When 72-year-old Gerald Stratford hit 250,000 followers on Twitter, he tweeted his fans a virtual bouquet of daffodils. The platform has been infatuated — nay, bonkers for — the gardener of larger-than-life vegetable for some time now. It’s a love affair that shows no sign of stopping. These days, the retiree spends upwards of five hours a day, tweeting out enthusiastic gardening advice (via Eater)....
