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Instagram Is Impressed By Geoffrey Zakarian’s ‘Weird’ Workout Routine Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Oct. 21, 2021 10:36 am EST Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian likes to prioritize his health and fitness at all times. According to Today, he stayed focused on his workout goals by exercising at home last year. The pandemic didn’t deter the chef from getting creative, and he used innovative tools such as a swing set to challenge his body....

Instant Pot Minestrone Soup Recipe Miriam Hahn/Mashed By Miriam Hahn AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 14, 2021 9:14 am EST We’re big fans of Instant Pot meals. They’re a total dream for anyone who wants the satisfaction of a home-cooked meal, but doesn’t have a lot of time (or patience) to spend hours prepping lunch or dinner. This recipe for Instant Pot minestrone soup only takes 27 minutes from prep work to the finished product....

Popular Alcoholic Popsicles Ranked Worst To Best zarzamora/Shutterstock By Lauren Johnson/Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 11:50 am EST Nearly 2 billion popsicles are sold each year, according to Country Living. That’s because there’s a popsicle for everyone! Whether you prefer chocolate, fruit, or cartoon characters, the array of popsicles on the market is almost unending. And for the 21 and up crowd, there’s a popsicle that can make an otherwise joyous event even better....

Reddit Thinks The Cheesecake Factory Might Close In 2022. Here’s Why Bruce Bennett/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Oct. 22, 2021 11:36 am EST The Cheesecake Factory has been around for quite a long time. According to Eat This, Not That!, the restaurant’s origins can be traced all the way back to the 1940s in Detroit. Its founder, Evelyn Overton, worked on a cheesecake recipe that she stumbled across in a newspaper, and her creation became rather popular among those who tried it....

Sheet Pan Pork Chops And Vegetables Recipe Christina Musgrave/Mashed By Christina Musgrave AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 14, 2021 10:39 am EST One of the best meals that you can make is a sheet pan meal — they are super easy to throw together, require little fuss, and cleanup is a breeze. What more could you ask for in a dish? Recipe developer Christina Musgrave of Tasting With Tina came up with this wonderful sheet pan meal with fresh onions and bell peppers baked to perfection....

Simple Focaccia Bread Recipe Laura Sampson/Mashed By Laura Sampson AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 16, 2021 8:12 am EST Fair warning: If you serve this focaccia bread restaurant style, meaning before a meal, good luck keeping everyone at the table from immediately filling up on the savory, salty, oily perfection that is this focaccia. Laura Sampson of Little House Big Alaska says “this bakery-style focaccia bread with feta and green olives is perfect for snacking or serving with soup....

The Best New Year’s Resolution Foods To Start Eating For A Healthier Life Shutterstock By Dani Barrow/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 12:09 pm EST New Year’s resolutions get a bum rap. We associate them with lofty goals that are rarely kept and the money we waste trying to achieve them. The secret to making the most of a New Year’s resolution is to commit to giving something to yourself, rather than taking something away....

The Futuristic Way One Australian Farm Went ‘Hands-Free’ kung_tom/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Sept. 11, 2021 8:03 am EST Technology has slowly but gradually been integrated into the farming industry to make gathering crops quicker at a greater scale than before. In 2018, it was reported that Panasonic Corporation was testing out a new tomato harvesting robot in Japan (via Panasonic). The robot would harvest tomatoes — determining their ripeness and suitability for harvest based on an image recognition function — at night while farmers were sleeping, only leaving the packing bit to them the next morning, and thus, making the entire process quicker and far more efficient....

The Real Reason There Is Carnauba Wax In Candy Holiday.Photo.Top/Shutterstock By Nancy Mock/Nov. 17, 2021 11:17 am EST It’s easy to tell that many items in the produce aisle have a coating of wax to help preserve their freshness: Just draw a fingernail down the skin of a cucumber and you’ll see the thin line carved into the wax. It’s less widely known that wax is a common ingredient in many types of candy....

The Reason American Airlines Started A Wine Delivery Service Alvaro Alonso Garcia/Shutterstock By Gillie Houston/Dec. 15, 2021 2:39 pm EST In the face of pandemic travel restrictions, many major airlines have had to get creative with unused supplies — from British Airways selling their plates and glasses (via The Guardian) to JetBlue’s snack supplier shipping in-flight snacks directly to customers (via The Washington Post). Now American Airlines is launching a new alcohol delivery service in order to unload some of their excess wines....

The Truth About Taco Bell’s “Seasoned Beef” By DB Kelly/Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 8:27 pm EST Even as fast food places go, Taco Bell is pretty polarizing. You either love them or hate them, and either way, you’ve probably heard the controversy over just what’s in those beef tacos. Taco Bell’s beef is one of the fast food world’s most infamous ingredients, so let’s pull back the curtain and look at what you’re really getting piled on top of those nachos, wrapped inside your favorite tacos, and covered with oh-so-delicious cheese....

The Untold Story Of Red The Steakhouse Red the Steakhouse By Matt Meltzer/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:54 pm EST Red the Steakhouse might not be a name you immediately recognize. But if you’ve ever been in Miami or Cleveland and tried looking up the best steakhouse in the city, you undoubtedly came across it. The dark, deep red spaces have been plating up Certified Angus Beef prime steaks since 2007, and though the brand has come across some tough times it still cranks out some of the best beef in the country....

The World Record For Most Pancakes Served At One Time Is Totally Ridiculous Ahturner/Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/Sept. 22, 2021 10:43 am EST “Record-breaking is a serious business,” according to Guinness World Records, and we would very much like to nod and agree. Indeed, we’d like to think that we’re doing all that we can to encourage the Guinness World Records holders to keep doing what they’ve always been doing to fascinate and titillate us ordinary folks who’ve never even dared to imagine setting a world record for anything....

The Worst Dish Chris Santos Ever Judged On Chopped Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Adrianna MacPherson/Sept. 8, 2021 3:34 pm EST Judges on cooking competition shows such as “Chopped” have pretty much seen and tasted it all, thanks to the ingenuity and on-the-fly thinking needed to compete in these types of programs. Sometimes, it all works out and the contestant crafts something truly spectacular and innovative, completely wowing the judges with their use of the ingredients and finesse within a limited time frame....

This Is How Long Judging Can Take On Chopped, According To Alex Guarnaschelli Michael Loccisano/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Aug. 31, 2021 2:24 pm EST “Chopped” is a fairly popular TV show that has been on the air since 2007, as per IMDB. The participants on the show need to go through difficult challenges to prove that their cooking skills are top-notch. One of the biggest hurdles on the show? The mystery ingredients....

White Chocolate Fudge Recipe Catherine Brookes/Mashed By Catherine Brookes AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 15, 2021 10:54 am EST Did you know that you can make fudge in the comfort of your own home? This sweet and decadent treat may seem like it would be hard to make, but contrary to popular belief, it’s actually really easy. That’s right — you don’t even need to go to a specialty chocolate shop to enjoy an excellent little piece of fudge....

Why Chef Rōze Traore Will Always Love Butter - Exclusive Frazer Harrison/Getty Images By Steven John/Nov. 4, 2021 1:19 pm EST Though chef Rōze Traore was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, traces his family lineage back to the Ivory Coast of Africa, and has traveled the world cooking for myriad clients, in many ways, his heart belongs in France. Or, perhaps more accurately, his taste buds belong there....

Why Reddit Thinks Alex Guarnaschelli And Her Fiancé Broke Up Bryan Bedder/Getty By Lauren Rothman/Nov. 24, 2021 4:20 pm EST Here at Mashed, we’re big fans of Alex Guarnaschelli, the chef and “Chopped” judge who’s known for her Italian-accented dishes and humorous, approachable social media personality. We’ve followed her career closely — but we’ve also got to admit that we’ve taken an interest in her personal life, from her close friendship with fellow Food Network star Bobby Flay to her first marriage to lawyer Brandon Clark....

Why You Should Always Massage Kale, According To Sunny Anderson Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images By Karen Hart/Jan. 3, 2022 10:51 am EST When Sunny Anderson says you should massage your kale, you know you should start doing so. The trendy green used in our salads, smoothies, and even sprinkled atop pizza can apparently benefit from a little extra preparation. On Twitter, the co-host of Food Network’s “The Kitchen” opened up about the best way to prep the ingredient by retweeting a photo of a delicious salad made with the leaf and toppings like pear, peppers, white cheddar, and pecans....

You Don’t Need Mixers To Enjoy Jim Beam’s Creamy New Holiday Drink Vladimir Razgulyaev/Shutterstock By Gillie Houston/Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 3:53 pm EST Holiday imbibing is all about cozy, creamy spiked beverages — from glasses of rum-laced eggnog, to boozy hot cocoa, to espresso martinis made with coffee liqueur. To honor this age-old holiday drinking tradition, bourbon specialists at Jim Beam have unveiled their creamiest product ever just in time for Christmas party season....