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Parmesan Roasted Carrots Recipe Jaime Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Feb. 8, 2022 3:32 pm EST What’s on the menu this evening? If you’re like us, you plan meals out in advance, shop early in the week, and give yourself double points if you chop and dice your veggies ahead of time. Prep-pro moms and simple-chef dads, we have a light side dish even the kids will love. Registered dietitian Jaime Shelbert from Wholly Nourished put together a nutrient-dense recipe: parmesan roasted carrots....

Reddit Is Impressed By This McDonald’s Mansion In Ohio Reddit By Chase Shustack/Dec. 15, 2021 3:53 pm EST From food courts to around the block, from downtown city centers to suburban crossroads, it seems that everywhere you look and everywhere you go, it’s always there — golden arches glowing like a beacon for hungry Big Mac fanatics. With 18,332 McDonald’s locations in North America as of February 2021, it’s pretty hard to not run into one (via FinancesOnline)....

Reddit Is Trolling This Michelin-Star Restaurant For Its Lack Of Plates ricochet64/Shutterstock By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 4, 2022 9:52 am EST The Chicago-based eatery, Alinea, has been praised for its innovative approach to dining under well-known chef and restaurateur Grant Achatz. According to Elite Traveler, the restaurant even serves 15-course meals and “edible balloons,” among other traditional dishes, like beef Wellington. The eatery designs different dining experiences for its customers, per Tock, such as “The Alinea Kitchen Table” for groups of six, which is described as an “intimate, immersive and cutting edge experience....

Sandwich Chain Italian Subs Ranked From Worst To Best Foodio/Shutterstock By Trevor Carlson/Updated: Jan. 31, 2022 2:18 pm EST A humble sandwich that packs a flavorful punch, the classic Italian sub, is widely regarded as one of the most delicious and popular sandwiches in America. What started out as an affordable handheld missile of cured cold cuts prepared by working-class Italian immigrants along the East Coast has blossomed into a beloved lunchtime staple, appearing on countless menus across the country....

Sunny Anderson Just Weighed In On Travis Scott Festival Tragedy David Livingston/Getty By Lucia Capretti/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 4:58 pm EST It’s not unusual for music festivals to be raucous events as people let loose to enjoy their favorite artists, however, usually they are pretty well controlled to prevent total chaos. Unfortunately that was not the case at the third annual Astroworld Festival that took place in Houston, Texas on November 5 and 6, which came to a tragic end....

The Annual Kool-Aid Festival You Probably Never Knew Existed Scott Cornell/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Nov. 23, 2021 4:01 pm EST Because of the rapid exposure and publicity (and public well doing) tied to certain events, it’s not uncommon for food and beverage brands to headline a sports game or entertainment extravaganza as the parent (aka head) sponsor. For example: The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. Pepsi paid an obscene amount of money to obtain the show’s rights — a two billion dollar deal for a 10-year contract, per CNBC – but think of all the public interest and attention that grossed....

The One ‘Food’ Geoffrey Zakarian Can’t Live Without Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Oct. 26, 2021 12:08 pm EST Geoffrey Zakarian has been a part of the culinary landscape for over 30 years, according to his Food Network bio. And over the course of those three decades, Zakarian has done it all. The Iron Chef owns restaurants, he serves as a judge on the hit cooking competition show “Chopped,” he has his own line of cookware, and he has even partnered with Norwegian Cruise Line to create seaworthy restaurants....

The Real Reason The Cost Of Vegetable Oil Is At An All-Time High Matthew Horwood/Getty Images By Erich Barganier/Feb. 8, 2022 12:00 pm EST Supply chain issues continue to plague the food industry in 2022. Produce groups across North America rallied together in November 2021 to address an inevitable shortage of fruits and vegetables, per CTV News. Canada faced particular pressure as a result of no offloading room at ports, and food that workers normally would offload in 15 days sat aboard ships upwards of 60 days....

The Real Reason Wendy’s Doesn’t Have Locations In The EU Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images By Hope Ngo/Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 11:54 am EST Europeans may be snooty when American fast food restaurants are involved, but it hasn’t stopped some of our biggest fast food chains from crossing the Atlantic pond and taking flight in markets abroad. This would explain why familiar names like Subway, McDonald’s, KFC, and Pizza Hut have made it to the ranks of the top 500 European franchises (via Franchise Europe)....

The Untold Truth Of Lidia Bastianich Ben Gabbe/Getty Images By Lauren Rothman/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 10:45 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Viewers of public television might know Lidia Bastianich as the playful, uber-Italian grandmother type she has portrayed on screen since her first cooking series, Lidia’s Italian Kitchen, debuted in 1998. But in addition to being a cuddly nonna who loves to whip up pasta and polenta for her five grandchildren, Bastianich, 74, is an award-winning chef, restaurateur, and bestselling cookbook author with a compelling backstory as an Italian immigrant who made it big in the American food world....

The Untold Truth Of Sour Patch Kids Epov Dmitry/Shutterstock By Sophia Hart/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 4:27 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In grocery stores all across the world, if you make it to the candy aisle, you’ll be met with an almost unlimited choices of treats such as chocolate, hard candies, and fruity, fun gummies. However, you don’t always want something that’s just sweet....

This Surprising Expense Is Adding Up For Remote Workers Dragana Gordic/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/Jan. 4, 2022 4:35 pm EST More employees have been working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that shift from in-office to home office has affected eating habits. Whereas pre-pandemic people would often use their lunch breaks to escape the office for an hour to eat lunch at a sit-down restaurant with colleagues, now those in remote settings are mostly either cooking homemade meals or ordering delivery....

We Tried Every Sonic Hard Seltzer So You Don’t Have To Crawford Smith/Mashed By Crawford Smith/Nov. 17, 2021 5:43 pm EST True Sonic fans know that the chain’s drink menu is at least as important as the food. While the tots and Coney dogs have their fans, aficionados of the Sonic experience always come back for the beverages. Of course, the chain’s distinctively chewable pellet ice has a cult following, but that’s only one of many unique touches the iconic drive-in brings to their drinks....

Apple Walnut Salad Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 16, 2021 9:45 am EST What do you get when you combine arugula, apples, walnuts, and a light dressing that is packed with flavor? One heck of a salad! When it comes to sides and main courses, there are plenty of salads to choose from, and some of them can be light while others are a bit heavy. Of course, you have your standard Caesar salad that always hits the spot, and then there’s a classic cobb that’s filled with colorful ingredients and is worthy of an Instagram post....

Can Eating Horseradish Really Help Clear Your Sinuses? Vania Zhukevych/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Jan. 3, 2022 10:18 am EST Horseradish is most often seen as a condiment that is enjoyed smeared on top of ham, sausage, potatoes, vegetables, burgers, fish, and numerous other savory foods that benefit from its punchy kick. It’s also a key ingredient in many sauces and dressings, plus peppery cocktails like the Bloody Mary and the Archie Red (via Absolut)....

Chef Pati Jinich Dishes On Starting Her Career Later In Life And What Mexican Food Means To Her - Exclusive Interview Angie Mosier By Steven John/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 3:11 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Chef Pati Jinich has been staple fixture of the American culinary scene for nearly a decade and a half now thanks to her passion for and skill with the foods of her native Mexico....

Copycat Auntie Anne’s Pretzel Recipe Molly Allen/Mashed By Molly Allen/Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 11:38 am EST Walking through the mall on a Saturday afternoon, you’re bound to be met with a variety of smells. Orange Julius is whirling up smoothies, and Cinnabon’s sweet scent wafts through the air. And while those mall staples are certainly appealing, there’s one mall favorite that is truly making your mouth water: Auntie Anne’s pretzels....

Easy One-Pot Butter Chicken Recipe By Jennifer En/Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 11:38 am EST An Indian restaurant favorite, butter chicken, also called murgh makhani, is beloved for its unabashed richness and bold flavor. With origins in North India, this insanely popular dish was invented in 1948 by Kundan Lal Gujral. When his renown restaurant in Dehli needed to use up the tandoori chicken on hand for other dishes, the clever owner decided to keep the meat moist by simmering it with juicy tomatoes, spices, and yep, butter!...

Fast Food Signature Sauces Ranked From Worst To Best Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 3:51 pm EST At some point in history, some fast food restaurateur decided that plain ketchup just wasn’t enough. Skip the mayo, ditch the honey mustard — the people need more. It doesn’t really matter who that restaurateur was, because now we have a plethora of fast food signature sauces to choose from, whether you want something cheesy, zesty, sweet and sour, creamy, spicy, or anything in between....

Here’s What Was In The ‘All-American’ Meal Bobby Flay Cooked For Obama s_bukley/Shutterstock By Melissa Campana/Nov. 23, 2021 2:18 pm EST Bobby Flay cooked dinner for former President Barack Obama when he hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 (via Politico), and while the two presidents talked about global politics, Flay prepared a several-course meal for them that started with tamales. If you only have one chance to cook for an American president you might as well pull out all the stops so that you might get a second chance to cook for them, and New Mexican lobster tamales with green chili certainly do just that....