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Anne Burrell’s Bolognese Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 21, 2021 9:14 am EST In the United States, spaghetti Bolognese generally refers to any type of spaghetti with a hearty tomato-meat sauce. In Italy, however, there really isn’t any such dish, although Italian website The Local reports that the Italian Academy of Cuisine at the Bologna Chamber of Commerce adopted an “official” version in 1982 that contains both milk and bacon....

Chipotle Just Passed An Incredible Milestone Facebook By Felix Behr/Feb. 15, 2022 6:03 pm EST The fast food chain Chipotle has been a hot topic as of late. The restaurant raised its prices in the summer of 2021, arguing that it was necessary if they were to pay their workers a higher wage (via CNN). Chipotle also noted rising ingredient cost as a reason, but the point remained locked onto how an average hourly wage of $15 was unsustainable without more expensive products....

Chuck E. Cheese’s Glittery New Treats Are Perfect For Winter Chuck E. Cheese By Sophia Lo/Nov. 21, 2021 11:19 pm EST Every year around the holidays, we’re looking for delicious seasonal desserts to try. For anyone who likes to bake, we’ve rounded up some of the desserts that will keep you warm all winter, but we’re always keeping an eye out for new seasonal snacks in grocery stores and restaurants. For example, Whole Foods fans are excited for this hot cocoa ice cream sandwich to hit the frozen aisle, and Trader Joe’s customers are freaking out about the return of the Jingle Jangle snack mix, which is filled with chocolate-covered goodies....

Duff Goldman Says These Were His 2 Favorite Celeb Clients Michael Tullberg/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Sept. 2, 2021 12:56 pm EST Duff Goldman is a baker through and through. He told The Travel Addict that he first cooked as a child, making beef fondue with his family. “My mom would get the fondue pot and put oil in it everyone would get a pile of raw meat and we would cook our own meat,” he recalled....

Fans Are Mourning This Redditor’s Shattered Costco Wine Bottles Andrey Yusenkov/Shutterstock By Taylor Huang/Feb. 3, 2022 5:14 pm EST The Costco Reddit community is abuzz with chatter once again — but not over Costco hacks or the best finds at the food court. This time, they’re mourning the loss of one Redditor’s shattered Kirkland-brand wine bottles. U/Wonder_Woman217 posted a picture of the sorrowful “fallen Costco Malbec” scene, which depicted lots of red wine spilled over a once spotless hardwood floor....

Hershey’s Fan-Favorite Lava Cake Kisses Are Back In Time For Valentine’s Day Instagram By Aimee Lamoureux/Jan. 6, 2022 11:21 am EST Hershey’s Kisses are an iconic candy. Just seeing the instantly recognizable teardrop shape and silvery wrapper is enough to make any chocolate fan’s mouth start to water. However, Hershey’s isn’t one to just stop with a traditional milk chocolate dessert. They have been known to help their fans celebrate special occasions with a whole host of specialty Kiss varieties, including Strawberry Ice Cream Cone, Birthday Cake, Sugar Cookie, and even Candy Cane Kisses (via Wide Open Eats)....

Ina Garten Crashed TODAY With Hoda And Jenna With This Boozy Surprise Amy Sussman/Getty Images By Felix Behr/Dec. 17, 2021 12:10 pm EST “I think we need something,” Ina Garten began. She started brushing her neck and tried a different tactic: “All those baked goods. You need something to wash it down.” Hoda Kobt and Jenna Bush Hager, the co-hosts of “Today with Hoda and Jenna,” agreed. As the show’s Twitter account said in the tweet of this clip, they had received “a special holiday surprise” from Ina Garten....

Is There A Nutritional Difference Between Frozen And Fresh Chicken? MaraZe/Shutterstock By Alia Hoyt/Oct. 25, 2021 3:45 pm EST There’s a lot of necessary pressure these days to eat as healthily as possible to prevent problems like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. So some shoppers steer clear of frozen food options in an effort to keep things fully fresh. This maneuver is wholly unnecessary, though, since frozen chicken is every bit the nutritional superstar as its fresh counterpart....

Is Tiny Food Fight’s Mamrie Hart Related To Hannah Hart? Rick Diamond/Getty Images By Ralph Schwartz/Sept. 30, 2021 2:55 pm EST Mamrie Hart and Hannah Hart are two-thirds of the so-called “Holy Trinity” of content creators who were making YouTube videos before it was cool (via IndieWire). The two Harts might be the Son and the Holy Ghost in this Trinity metaphor, and Grace Helbig would be the Father (playing real fast and loose with the gender markers here)....

Lisa Ling And Helen Cho On The Importance Of Asian American Culture Seen In Take Out - Exclusive Photograph by Jade Thiraswas/HBO Max By Molly Allen/Jan. 27, 2022 11:25 am EST Journalist Lisa Ling is known for her work as host of “This is Life With Lisa Ling” and “The View.” Helen Cho has worked behind the scenes on a number of television shows, including “United Shades of America” and “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown....

Little Caesars’ New Bacon Crust Pizza Is Only Available In This Country Eric Glenn/Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Aug. 30, 2021 10:28 am EST Relations between the U.S. and Canada have always been fairly friendly, but it seems things have been heating up over which menu items are offered to one but not both. First, there was the Popeyes’ chicken sandwich which arrived in Canada much later than America (via The Star). Of course, Canadian Costco food courts got chicken sandwiches that the U....

NYC’s ‘First Vegan Mayor’ Has Been Accused Of Eating Fish lev radin/Shutterstock By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 4:18 pm EST Anyone trying out a vegan diet for the first time may notice a number of health and environmental benefits. They may also realize how strict its rules can be. According to Vegan.com, veganism means only eating things that do not come from animal origins, meaning you must cut out obvious items, like meat and dairy products....

Over 17,000 People Were Once On A Waitlist For This Instagram Granola Insta_Photos/Shutterstock By Holly Riddle/Dec. 22, 2021 2:35 pm EST Instagram has given birth to a wide swathe of food trends. The social media platform has pushed whipped coffee, artisanal focaccia, and a range of other trendy foods that caught the attention of home cooks. These trends likely took off because users saw them every time they opened the app, getting them more and more curious to try them each time....

Potato Gnocchi Recipe Maren Epstein/Mashed By Maren Epstein AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 11:50 am EST Ask a dozen different chefs where gnocchi originated and what constitutes the best recipe for making it and you will likely get a dozen different answers. According to Saveur, “There are many regions that lay claim to the origins of gnocchi. While they are generally associated with northern Italy, the truth is that these dumplings are found all over the peninsula and in many diverse forms....

Silk Almond Milk Fans Won’t Want To Miss This Year-Long Giveaway Silk/Facebook By Lauren Cahn/Jan. 13, 2022 8:58 am EST The phrase “plant-based diet” wasn’t widely used in the American vernacular until late in the twenty-teens, but since then it appears to have acquired a shiny new health halo, per the New York Times. That halo is well-deserved, according to the MD Anderson Cancer Center, which points out myriad ways that plant-based eating supports human health — including by improving digestion, lowering cancer risk, decreasing inflammation, and helping maintain a healthy weight....

Simple French Toast Casserole Recipe Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 1, 2021 2:04 pm EST Let’s be honest: When it comes to crowd-pleasing breakfast options, it doesn’t get much better than French toast. The sweet, bread-based dish is both a breakfast and brunch staple, and there are lots of ways to customize it. One of the most classic options is to add butter and syrup, although you could also top French toast with fruit or even fresh whipped cream....

Slow Cooker Swedish Meatball Recipe Melissa Olivieri/Mashed By Melissa Olivieri AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 14, 2021 11:09 am EST With apologies to the fact that they’re a furniture store first, a restaurant and food retailer second, the best thing about IKEA may well be the Swedish meatballs. They’re savory, sweet, moist, and they don’t require hours of painstaking assembly using instruction manuals without any written instructions. If you prefer your succulent Swedish meatballs without the DIY desk, bed frame, or shelving sets, then go ahead and make them yourself using your trusty slow cooker and this reliable recipe....

Subway Is Bringing Back This Popular Fall Cookie Flavor Prachana Thong-on/Shutterstock By Gillie Houston/Oct. 7, 2021 10:06 am EST While most people know Subway for the savory menu items — like the infamous $5 footlongs — the chain’s sweeter offerings have a loyal legion of fans who return time and time again for the soft, freshly baked cookies. While some classic cookie varieties, like chocolate chip and white chip macadamia nut, are permanent fixtures on Subway’s menu, the chain has also offered a variety of limited-time seasonal cookies over the years, including Pumpkin Spice and Apple Pie (via Foodbeast)....

The Alleged Chicken Claw Incident That Made This Customer Shame Subway Prachana Thong-on/Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Sept. 7, 2021 10:59 am EST We all have our reasons for wanting to stay away from a certain restaurant or chain. Sometimes it has to do with bad service, and other times we were put off by the food. Lauren Eastwood says a recent meal at Subway could well have been her last. That’s when she and her nephew stopped by the mall to pick up a bite at a branch in England’s South Yorkshire district, and they discovered what they said was “a hard object in a meatball sub....

The Average Kroger Shopper Might Surprise You Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock By Cristine Struble/Sept. 9, 2021 12:47 pm EST Founded with the business motto, “Be particular. Never sell anything you would not want yourself,” Barney Kroger opened his first grocery store in Cincinnati (per Kroger). For more than 130 years, that grocery brand has expanded far beyond one store. Throughout the Kroger family of brands, there are “2,800 stores in 35 states” and the brand is considered “one of the world’s largest retailers....