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The Best December 2021 Aldi Finds For Your Holiday Brunch Losangela/Shutterstock By Amanda Tarlton/Nov. 24, 2021 3:10 pm EST If you’re looking for variety, unique foods, and lots of savings, Aldi is a great place to shop year-round. However, it’s especially worth a trip during the holiday season. The national grocery store retailer is famous for its seasonal products, from food to toys to pet treats. There are the coveted advent calendars, filled with everything from chocolate truffles to Irish cream to bath bombs....

The Bible’s Stance On Drinking Alcohol Might Surprise You manaemedia/Shutterstock By Maria Scinto/Sept. 5, 2021 11:05 pm EST It’s hard to get a good take on how Christians feel about the subject of drinking alcohol overall. While they tend to be pretty unanimous on the subject of the 10 Commandments (they are for them) and generally hold the party line on matters of basic morality, their stance on booze seems to vary widely from denomination to denomination....

The Emotional Moment That Happened Between Antonia Lofaso And Guy Fieri - Exclusive Steve Jennings/Getty Images By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 11:34 am EST Watching celebrity chefs interact on television, you might be inclined to think that not only do they all know everyone, but that they also have genuine affection for one another. Well guess what? You’re basically spot on, and that goes double for the celebrity chefs you see joking amiably with one another on the Food Network....

The Heartwarming Reason Bobby Flay Has A Theme For Thanksgiving Dinner Credit: Brad Barket/Getty By Karen Hart/Nov. 16, 2021 7:35 pm EST Cooking up Thanksgiving dinner can be enormously stressful — even if you are a pro like Bobby Flay. The celebrity chef recently took to his podcast “Always Hungry,” which he co-hosts with his daughter Sophie, to share that Thanksgiving is “undisputedly” his favorite day of the year (via iHeart)....

The Major Way Stop & Shop Is Fighting Food Insecurity 1000 Words/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Updated: Feb. 9, 2022 1:47 pm EST Stop & Shop is set to test run Fresh Connect, the healthy eating program by the nonprofit organization About Fresh, later this spring. The idea, as The Progressive Grocer explains, is to help people who live in areas of high food insecurity, defined by About Fresh as those “cut off from accessing and affording fresh foods leading to stress and impossible trade-offs that impact their health and stability....

The Truth About Jody O’Sullivan From Holiday Baking Championship Season 8 Food Network By Molly Clark/Nov. 1, 2021 6:18 pm EST Deck the halls! It’s that time of year again, so bake those cookies, sprinkle some sugar on top, and tune in to Season 8 of Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship.” Forget 12 drummers drumming; this season of the show will feature 12 bakers baking, all in competition for the winning title and some serious prize dough: $25,000 (via Food Network)....

The Type Of Fat You’re Eating Matters More Than You Think New Africa/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Nov. 8, 2021 2:56 pm EST When reading nutrition labels, trying to keep track of how many fats appear on the list could make anyone’s head spin. According to the American Heart Association, anyone watching their fat intake should monitor saturated fats, trans fats, monounsaturated fats, and polyunsaturated fats. You can start to identify these fats by remembering that saturated and trans fats typically have a solid state at room temperature (as is the case with butter), while monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats usually have a liquid state, as oil does....

The Unexpected Way Vegans Are Reportedly Honoring Dead Cows Hong Vo/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Dec. 21, 2021 8:45 am EST Perhaps few internet videos are as controversial as those that compare veganism and carnivorism. Case in point: a now-deleted TikTok that recently resurfaced on Reddit. It shows a group of people laying roses upon a grocery store’s packages of beef to honor the cows that gave their lives to become meat. It then cuts to a man eating a steak dinner next to a rose in a vase....

The Untold Truth Of Fireball Alexandru Nika/Shutterstock By Andrew Sheldon/Oct. 27, 2021 3:12 pm EST Love it or hate it, you can’t deny the fiery popularity of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky. The flavored spirit came seemingly out of nowhere to quickly become one of the most talked about — and asked for — alcoholic beverages around. So what’s to be said about Fireball that hasn’t been said before? Plenty, as it turns out....

There Are A Surprising Number Of Superstitions About Tortillas Rodrigo E Arevalo/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/Jan. 12, 2022 4:51 pm EST Every culture has its own set of food-related superstitions, beliefs, and traditions. In the South, people often eat black-eyed peas, also called Hoppin’ John, or a dish made with the peas, on New Year’s Day to bring good luck. On the other hand, some say eating chicken on New Year’s Day is rumored to bring bad fortunes and should be avoided at all costs....

Things You Should Never Order From A Vietnamese Restaurant Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 4:19 pm EST If you need to grab something delicious and healthy, Vietnamese restaurants always have something good in store for you. Whether you love a bowl of pho or a prawn papaya salad, Vietnamese food typically contains a low fat content, high amount of antioxidants, can improve your hair, and even help you lose weight (via HuffPost)!...

This Italian Dessert Was One Of Giada De Laurentiis’ Childhood Favorites FashionStock.com/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Dec. 10, 2021 11:31 am EST ‘Tis the season for snowy mornings, tree decorating, and lots and lots of eating! With the holidays in full swing, Instagram is flooded with all sorts of festive food inspiration, supermarkets are stocking up on all things peppermint and gingerbread, and chefs like “Everyday Italian” star Giada De Laurentiis have begun to share secrets to their favorite holiday foods....

This Museum Is Dedicated Entirely To Spam Bloomberg/Getty Images By Margaret McCormick/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 11:31 am EST Here’s a tasty travel tidbit: There are many museums in the United States and around the world dedicated exclusively to food. In Atlanta, you can drink in the history of one of America’s favorite fizzy beverages at the World of Coca-Cola (per Discover Atlanta). Middleton, Wisconsin, pays homage to a king of condiments, mustard, at the National Mustard Museum....

Who Is The New CEO Of KFC? Credit: Sapadia Aku/Shutterstock By Kathryn Shelton/Updated: Feb. 20, 2022 6:22 pm EST KFC has come a long way from the service station diner in Corbin, Kentucky, that served fried chicken to travelers who were in need of a fill-up (per The New Yorker). According to Forbes, in July 2020, KFC boasted a brand value of $8.3 billion, generated from the 22,6000 outlets it operates, 99% of them franchise-owned, in 135 countries....

Why Gluten-Free Americans Are Jealous Of This Italian Label baibaz/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 9:27 am EST Gluten-free food items are gaining traction as more and more food companies attempt to cater to their customers’ dietary preferences. According to Everyday Health, those who live with certain conditions such as celiac disease need to adopt a gluten-free diet and stick to grains like buckwheat, rice, and quinoa. Interestingly, the only way to really find out whether you are intolerant to gluten is to consume foods with gluten to find out how your body responds when you finally go in for a diagnostic test....

Why Reddit Thinks Taco Bell’s $1 Menu Is On ‘Life Support’ DoctorIce Photography/Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/Dec. 1, 2021 3:10 pm EST It was not all that long ago that we, along with many other fast food fans, were singing the praises of Taco Bell’s dollar menu. Taco Bell introduced its value menu items more than 30 years ago, per The New York Times, and until recently, it included as many as 21 items that you could actually purchase for $1 (via Delish)....

Why This Ghost Kitchen Keeps Finding Itself In Legal Trouble Reef Technology/Instagram By Hope Ngo/Dec. 8, 2021 10:19 am EST Until the coronavirus pandemic kept us in our homes last year, many of us hadn’t heard about ghost kitchens. Today, thanks to a COVID-19 driven surge in delivery services, ghost kitchens have become The Next Big Thing in the food and beverage industry, so much so that industry players have seen investments of more $3....

Why You Should Think Twice About Getting Arby’s Roast Turkey Ranch And Bacon Arby’s By Julia Mullaney/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 3:18 pm EST Arby’s is best known for its massive roast beef sandwiches. The restaurant chain got its start in 1964 when brothers Leroy and Forrest Raffel opened up their first shop in Ohio. According to Funding Universe, the two brothers, who already worked in the food business, realized that the fast food industry was rapidly growing and they wanted to get in on the ground level....

14 Popular Sausage Brands, Ranked Worst To Best Bokeh Stock/Shutterstock By Becki Robins/Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 12:18 pm EST If you’re like every other red-blooded barbecue-loving carnivore, you’ve probably been tempted to try every sausage you’ve ever seen. The problem is that would be a terrible exercise in indigestion. Well, we’ve got some great news for you. We have selflessly taken the gastrointestinal hit to rank the most popular sausage brands from worst to best so that you can sleep tonight without a bottle of Tums on your nightstand....

Campbell’s Chunky Soup Wants You To Choose Its Next Flavor Tonelson Productions/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 1:32 pm EST Campbell’s prides itself on offering plenty of soup options to its customers, and it claims that maintaining the quality of its products is one of its top priorities. A description on its website states,“We don’t take any shortcuts when it comes to satisfying your hunger. Our Chunky lineup of soups is packed with big pieces of meat and veggies that will leave even the fiercest fans full....