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Read This If You Recently Bought Litehouse Salad Dressing Litehouse Food Service By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 9:38 am EST If you recently bought a salad from a retail store in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Utah, and picked up a pillow-packet of Caesar dressing/dip or Blue Cheese dressing/dip to go with it, or if you otherwise find that you are in possession of a pillow-packet of Caesar or Blue Cheese dressing in one of these states, it would be a good idea to check the label of such dressing/dip immediately, because 13,500 such pillow-packets are subject to a recall issued February 15, 2021, according to the U....

Reddit Is Noticing A Major Chicken Shortage At Walmart Maksvil/Shutterstock By Molly Clark/Jan. 25, 2022 8:12 pm EST Pandemic-era grocery store shortages are nothing new. In the beginning, there was the infamous toilet paper shortage due to panic hoarding. Understandably, hand sanitizer and disinfectants became scarce for similar reasons. Then came the less likely contenders: canned corn, Oreos, and even yeast became hot commodities. Meat shortages started happening, too, as a May 2021 Food & Wine article reported....

Secrets Of Fast Food Drive-Thrus Shutterstock By Joel Burrows/Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 9:29 am EST There’s nothing better than a smooth drive-thru experience. You’re not standing in a line, you’re not forced to listen to a restaurants’ subpar music, and you’re not watching another customer have a meltdown over his ice cream not being cold enough. Instead, you get to sit in an air-conditioned box and munch on some fries as your car slowly cruises home....

Silk Has Good News For Plant-Based Coffee Creamer Users jadimages/Shutterstock By Sophia Lo/Feb. 16, 2022 7:53 pm EST For vegan and lactose-intolerant consumers, now is a better time than ever to find plant-based milk options. Non-dairy milks have made their way not only into store-bought cartons, but also into plant-based Cold Stone Creamery treats, packs of dark chocolate vegan ice cream at Costco, and beyond. Over the last few years, popular soy milk brand Silk has broadened its product line to include milks, yogurts, and creamers made with coconuts, cashews, almonds, and more....

Simple Rainbow Cake Recipe Molly Allen/Mashed By Molly Allen/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 9:42 am EST Looking to add a big, bold splash of color to your day? With this recipe, you can literally have your cake and eat it too. While the rainbow food craze has experienced its ups and downs, it never has truly gone away. No matter the generation, there’s always someone who gets just plain giddy at the sight of food showing off beautiful rainbow hues, and this rainbow cake is no different....

Simple Shakshuka Recipe Sher Castellano/Mashed By Sher Castellano AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 14, 2021 9:42 am EST If you love eggs and eating adventurously, you have stumbled upon the perfect recipe to spice up your brunch game. Along with Mashed, Sher Castellano has put together a delicious yet accessible shakshuka recipe. Not familiar with this North African dish? As Castellano explains, shakshuka “is made up of a spiced tomato sauce with peppers and onions and with eggs, herbs, and sometimes cheese....

Ted Allen Had A Hilarious Response To This Fortune Cookie Advice Gustavo Caballero/Getty By Katie Lenhardt/Nov. 30, 2021 12:01 am EST Oftentimes, fortune cookies walk a fine line between foretelling the future and irritating people with unwarranted advice. It would appear that Food Network fixture Ted Allen was recently on the receiving end of said unsolicited advice, based on his tweet from the weekend. According to History, the fortune cookie was created in the late 1800s in shops around Kyoto, Japan, and started as a savory sesame and miso cracker with a message tucked inside....

The Best Adult Advent Calendars Coming To Aldi In 2021 jan j. photography/Shutterstock By Lauren Rothman/Nov. 2, 2021 5:25 pm EST Growing up, did you eagerly look forward to the arrival of Christmas Day and its associated bounty of presents — and of course, time with family and delicious foods to boot? If so, you may have participated in another Christmas tradition: the advent calendar. Thought to have originated sometime in the 19th century with German Lutherans marking the days leading up to Christmas, advent calendars run from December 1 through Christmas Eve (via Vox)....

The Real Reason Espresso Martinis Give You Such A Bad Hangover Tomas Zhao do Amaral/Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/Sept. 15, 2021 1:18 pm EST Ever have an evening when you need something to take the edge off, but also want to party like you’re Lionel Richie? (That is to say, all night long?) The feeling you’re probably looking for, in drink form, is known around the world as an “espresso martini.” Served cold in a martini glass, the cocktail recipe is fairly simple — 2 ounces of vodka and an ounce of espresso meet a half-ounce each of coffee liqueur and simple syrup, according to HuffPost....

The Real Reason Sous Vide Cooking Has To Happen In A Vacuum Foto Cuisinette/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Oct. 11, 2021 6:58 pm EST If you’re pondering the question in this story’s headline, the pedantic answer is that sous vide cooking must occur in a vacuum because “sous vide” means “under the vacuum.” Without the vacuum you have no vide. The actual answer, however, is that the vacuum is essential to the cooking process sous vide employs....

The Truth About Eboni Henry From Guy’s Chance Of A Lifetime Food Network By Amanda Tarlton/Jan. 3, 2022 11:36 am EST From “Top Chef” to “Chopped” to “Hell’s Kitchen,” there’s no shortage of cooking competitions these days. One of the newest to come to Food Network is “Guy’s Chance of a Lifetime,” which premiered on January 2, 2022. “This is not your every-day, run-of-the-mill competition show,” Guy told The Hollywood Reporter....

The Untold Truth Of Bit-O-Honey NicoleeeeeKM/Shutterstock By Emily Monaco/Dec. 30, 2021 4:33 pm EST Let’s be honest: Bit-O-Honey is admittedly not the sexiest candy bar on the shelf. Who didn’t find themselves pawning off these little morsels when they landed in their Halloween baskets, attempting to trade them for something featuring a more tantalizing ingredient like caramel or peanuts or chocolate? But don’t be fooled: This candy bar has stood the test of time for nearly 100 years, and with such longevity, it must have something good going for it....

The Untold Truth Of Shake Shack Noam Galai/Getty Images By Andrew Sheldon/Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 9:09 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There is something timeless about the burger stand that never gets old. That’s just one of the reasons Shake Shack has skyrocketed in popularity since its inception less than two decades ago. With its proprietary meat blend, crinkle-cut fries, and delectable frozen treats, Shake Shack has amassed a cult-like following and taken a huge bite out of the fast food restaurant business in the blink of an eye....

Things You Can Do At Sam’s Club Without A Membership Bloomberg/Getty Images By Lauren David/Nov. 9, 2021 1:11 pm EST Sam’s Club, similar to Costco, is a huge warehouse that allows members to shop items that range from bulk groceries to furniture to appliances. For most people, shopping here is the land of saving money and getting good deals, although you have to pay a yearly membership fee to have the opportunity to reap those rewards....

This Is The Best Way To Clean A Silicone Baking Mat Natalia Lebedinskaia/Shutterstock By Adrianna MacPherson/Aug. 30, 2021 10:52 am EST A single silicone baking mat can take the place of countless sheets of parchment paper or aluminum foil, protecting your baking sheet in a more sustainable way. While there are certain cases where you may want a material that’s more easily disposable, for your daily cooking, a silicone baking mat can be a total game changer....

What Trader Joe’s Shoppers Are Saying About The Store’s Bare Shelves Alex Millauer/Shutterstock By Justina Huddleston/Jan. 11, 2022 8:54 am EST There is prep work to be done when it’s time for a big food shopping trip that can include picking out recipes for the week, making a full list, gathering your reusable bags, and gassing up the car. Imagine after all that work getting to the grocery store only to find bare shelves?...

Why Are Challah Loaves Round On Rosh Hashanah? Oleanda/Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Sept. 3, 2021 1:59 pm EST Whether you celebrate Rosh Hashanah or not, chances are you’ve eaten a delicious slice of challah bread on its own, as French toast or in a strata or bread pudding. The versatile and satisfying enriched bread is commonly made into a braided loaf. However, when the Jewish holiday rolls around between September 6 and 8, challah is fashioned into rounds instead....

Why McDonald’s Broken Ice Cream Machines Are Getting Attention From The Feds Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock By Katherine Mclaughlin/Sept. 2, 2021 5:39 pm EST It’s an all too common situation: You pull off the highway and into a McDonald’s drive-thru lane ready for a McFlurry and maybe a side of fries when the voice on the other end of the microphone delivers the devastating news — “The soft-serve machine is broken.” At this point, it feels like nearly every person on the planet that’s visited a McDonald’s has experienced this moment....

Why We Need To Rethink This Gender Stereotype About Cooking, According To TikTok’s Emmanuel Duverneau - Exclusive Emmanuel Duverneau/Instagram By Jorie Mark/Feb. 8, 2022 1:56 pm EST The stereotype that “women belong in the kitchen” may sound like something straight out of the 1950s, but it hasn’t totally faded, especially since the majority of social media influencers, including foodies, are female (per BizWomen). Because of this, it’s easy to think of everyday cooking and cleaning as still being a woman’s domain....

Britney Spears’ LA Restaurant Review Has The Internet Buzzing Tinseltown/Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 10:10 am EST When Britney Spears popped the champagne in November, to mark the end of her 13-year conservatorship, she vowed to spend the next two months celebrating her freedom, her birthday, and, probably, New Year’s Eve (Stars! They’re just like us!) So, when Spears posted a photo to her Instagram account to document a recent outing to an L....