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Your Favorite Food Brands Are Selling Ugly Sweaters For The Holidays Zoltan Tarlacz/Shutterstock By Gillie Houston/Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 9:24 am EST In recent years, branded merchandise has become a massive industry, with just about every major food brand under the sun jumping at the opportunity to outfit devoted fans in specialty jackets, shirts, hats, and more. Big name brands like Pizza Hut, Pepsi, Dunkin’, Arby’s, Popeyes, and A&W have all gotten into the merch game recently with a mix of high-end and low-end merchandise lines aiming to cash in on the current nostalgia trend....

15-Minute Chickpea Vegetable Curry Recipe Catherine Brookes/Mashed By Catherine Brookes AND Mashed Staff/Nov. 4, 2021 10:14 am EST Though it may draw on relatively simple ingredients and takes just a short time to make, this delicious curry dish packs a ton of flavor into a vegan meal centered on chickpeas. Recipe developer Catherine Brookes has not only managed to put some dynamic flavoring into this meal but does this with only a 15-minute prep time....

Big Mistakes Everyone Makes With Frozen Chicken Nail Bikbaev/Shutterstock By Korey Denton/Jan. 19, 2022 12:01 pm EST If there’s one protein source out there that people tend to lean toward when cooking, it’s chicken (via Healthline). Chicken is such a versatile meat, tastes great when cooked so many different ways, and tends to be pretty cost effective as well. Still, just because chicken is a popular protein choice doesn’t mean everyone knows what they’re doing when cooking it....

Copycat Chick-Fil-A Sauce Recipe By Jake Vigliotti/Updated: Sept. 16, 2021 9:19 am EST People love Chick-fil-A, and with good reason! Everyone there is super friendly, the chicken is great, and you can pretty much order a cup of water and ask for six Chick-fil-A sauces and they’d happily hand ’em over with a “my pleasure!” The Chick-fil-A sauce might not pair too well with just water, but then again, that sauce is consistently regarded as the best sauce they offer — and there are seven available — eight if you count the honey roasted BBQ sauce that comes with the grilled sandwiches....

Dunkin’s Puppy Halloween Costume Is Too Cute To Handle Pere Rubi/Shutterstock By Ralph Schwartz/Oct. 14, 2021 7:18 pm EST What are you dressing up as for Halloween? But more importantly, what is your dog going as this Halloween? If you and your furry friend were to team up for your costumes, the pop-culture possibilities are almost endless. If you have a labrador, you could get a blond pageboy wig and a prosthetic nose and go as Owen Wilson and his co-star from “Marley and Me....

Easy Norwegian Waffles Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Jan. 13, 2022 10:37 am EST Scandinavian food isn’t too well-known in most of the U.S., apart from those delicious IKEA meatballs. IKEA is in fact Swedish, as is much of the food on its restaurant menu (with the other items being all-American). While Norwegian food has many overlaps with the fare served in Sweden, Swedish Nomad notes that there are a few typically Norwegian specialties....

Eric Wareheim Remembers Slamming Martinis With Anthony Bourdain - Exclusive Michael Kovac/Getty Images By David Klein/Sept. 21, 2021 3:07 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Oh, to be a fly on the wall for a martini-soaked conversation between Anthony Bourdain and fellow television groundbreakers Eric Wareheim and Tim Heidecker. Wareheim mentioned the meeting of the brilliant minds in his recently released book “Foodheim.” But during an exclusive interview with Mashed, the Adult Swim comedy icon recounted how the historic interaction, which took place several years ago at London hot spot The Groucho Club, went down....

Foodtastic Judge Benny Rivera Dishes On The Secrets Of His Giant Gingerbread House - Exclusive Facebook By Alexandra Cass/Dec. 17, 2021 2:14 pm EST Disney’s newest show, “Foodtastic” has a lot of fans feeling awe-inspired about the magical things that can be done with some grub. The seriously impressive food art competition series is now streaming on Disney+, just as the holidays are bringing so many of us together in the kitchen to cook, bake, and maybe even play with some food....

Halloween Meatballs Recipe Kristen Carli/Mashed By Kristen Carli AND Mashed Staff/Oct. 29, 2021 11:37 am EST There’s no denying that candy is just dandy for Halloween. Lately, however, we can’t help but notice that the thought of Halloween candy doesn’t quite muster up the same level of excitement that it once did for us. We’re not entirely sure why. After all, it’s certainly not that we don’t love candy. Perhaps it’s because there are so many delicious Halloween recipes out there that don’t involve candy — and recipe developer Kristen Carli definitely has us pretty excited with this Halloween meatballs recipe....

Here’s Why Cheese Is More Expensive In Canada Than In The US HandmadePictures/Shutterstock By James Lewis/Dec. 14, 2021 12:34 pm EST Traveling the world is a major life goal for many, with experiencing the cultures of different countries seen as being a thrilling adventure. Many parts of the globe have vastly different societies compared to the U.S., so the opportunity for education, exploration, and excitement is immense. A big part of traveling is sampling new cuisines....

Here’s Why You Should Never Store Nutella In The Fridge Tutatamafilm/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Oct. 14, 2021 4:22 pm EST It’s hard to imagine a world where Nutella doesn’t exist. What would toast be without a thick layer of the hazelnut spread smeared on top of it? How would desserts get by without a dollop or two of the treat to make the baked good become super moist? What did people even snack on before dunking a spoon into a jar and eating the creamy spread straight up was acceptable?...

José Andrés Dishes On Waffles And Mochi - Exclusive Ethan Miller/Getty Images By Molly Harris/Oct. 21, 2021 9:06 am EST A brand many families know and love, Hellmann’s mayonnaise recently launched a new initiative to try to save one million meals across the United States, in an effort to reduce food waste. With some help from chef José Andrés, the Hellmann’s campaign even has some flexible recipes, or “flexipes,” that people can follow to create some amazing dishes from what they have on hand in the fridge....

Julia Child And Her Father Had This Big Disagreement Over Her Future Francesco Da Vinci/Getty By Hope Ngo/Nov. 12, 2021 9:04 am EST For many foodies, it would be a challenge to imagine a world without Julia Child. Fans of celebrity chefs — and even famous chefs themselves — credit the late Child for paving the way to success for other aspiring cooks, from Rachael Ray to Ina Garten. One of Child’s main accomplishments was demystifying the once complicated art of French cooking for Americans, making home cooks believe that they could pull off Parisian-style meals at home, according to The New York Times....

Lily’s Sweets Recalls Peppermint Baking Chips Over Discovery Of Soy Lecithin Lily’s Sweets By Kate Hagan Gallup/Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 11:30 pm EST Lily’s Sweets has issued a voluntary recall of its Peppermint Flavor Baking Chips (via FDA). The reason for this recall is the bags of sweet chocolate chips “may contain undeclared soy lecithin” which is a known allergen. The recall affects 18,855 cases of “7-ounce Peppermint Flavor Baking Chips,” which were sold only at Walmart stores for the holiday season....

Pinky Cole Tells The Secret Behind The Slutty Vegan Name - Exclusive Slutty Vegan By Steven John/Dec. 20, 2021 11:48 am EST During a recent interview with Mashed, restaurateur, activist, philanthropist, and new mom Pinky Cole had a lot to say about a lot of subjects. She talked about life as businesswoman, her extensive work in the community, and adjusting to motherhood (That part in a nutshell? “It’s a lot of work!...

Sauteed Cabbage Recipe Sher Castellano/Mashed By Sher Castellano AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:01 pm EST Sautéed cabbage may not be the first side dish that comes to mind when you’re meal planning, but why not? Cabbage is an excellent source of vitamins and fiber (according to Healthline, one cup of cabbage provides 85 percent of your daily recommended intake of vitamin K and 54 percent of vitamin C), it’s quick and easy to make, it’s inexpensive, and it pairs with practically everything....

The Adorable Way Katie Lee Biegel Celebrated Her Daughter’s First Birthday Chance Yeh/Getty Images By Ceara Milligan/Updated: Feb. 27, 2022 9:56 pm EST When you’re little, birthdays mean the entire world. Turning one year older means you’re growing, learning, and experiencing more of what life has to offer. It also means you get to enjoy your very own special holiday and be surrounded by the people who love you, open gifts, and possibly even enjoy some scrumptious birthday cake....

The Popular Backyard Grill Bobby Flay Swears By Shutterstock By Lauren Cahn/Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 11:51 am EST With summer in full swing, the odds are pretty good that you have, at some point, already had occasion to level a few choice “words” at your barbecue grill. That’s because even the most accomplished of cooks among us can sometimes struggle to find a way to get our grills to cooperate with us....

The Real-World Fruit People Think Thanos Grows On His Farm In Avengers: Endgame Marvel Studios By Karen Hart/Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 5:43 pm EST Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame is filled with superheroes, evil villains with extraordinary powers, endless theories, and elusive Easter eggs. This movie is so rich in storytelling elements, there’s a lot to talk about. One thing that has us talking is the fruit that Thanos is picking on the planet known as the Garden....

This Is What Mario Eats For Breakfast, Apparently FUN FUN PHOTO/Shutterstock By Anthony Mastroianni/Nov. 23, 2021 11:46 am EST In the American food landscape, if one were to say Mario, you might think of Mario Batali. If you were to add the word ‘Super’ in front of Mario, perhaps mushrooms, Luigi, and Italian cuisine (like spaghetti and meatballs) might pop in your head. But according to Comicbook, our favorite Nintendo plumber is actually a breakfast champ....