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Classic Banana Bread Recipe Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert/Mashed By Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 10:38 am EST While a classic banana bread recipe is always a delicious option to make, putting a twist on it adds another level of yumminess. For this bread recipe developer Jaime Bachtell-Shelbert of Wholly Nourished took a regular banana bread recipe and added not one but two forms of chocolate to it! Now more of a delicious dessert bread than a snack or breakfast bread, this chocolate banana bread is sweet but not too sweet....

Cookie Butter Lovers Won’t Want To Miss Carvel’s Holiday Biscoff Collab Sassi Photoworks/Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Nov. 2, 2021 12:40 pm EST There’s something so wonderful about the caramelized flavor of Lotus Biscoff cookies. And while they’re great for dunking in coffee, Carvel has great news for those who love the cookies and all kinds of cold treats. The chain is launching its Lotus Biscoff Cooking Butter Ice Cream again after a three-year absence (via PR Newswire)....

Crunchy Mini Shrimp Egg Rolls Recipe Cecilia Ryu/Mashed By Cecilia Ryu AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 13, 2021 11:53 am EST Everyone loves the salty, chewy taste and texture of egg rolls. For anyone who has ever considered making this crispy creation at home, recipe developer Cecilia Ryu is here to walk you through each and every step of preparing mini shrimp egg rolls you can serve for your next get-together or for a relaxing night of Netflix and chillin’ at home....

Here’s How To Get A Free Hard Seltzer This Holiday Season Vizzy By Erich Barganier/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 7:15 am EST Traveling during the holidays can feel extra stressful. According to Travel Daily News, about 63% of adult Americans plan to do some traveling during the holiday season, which amounts to a 37% uptick from last year. This comes as the result of 43% of travellers feeling more comfortable to fly, drive, and interact with others than they did this time last year....

Instagram Is Loving Martha Stewart’s Run-In With Pete Davidson And Antoni Porowski Bruce Glikas/Getty By Boshika Gupta/Jan. 11, 2022 2:53 pm EST Martha Stewart recently shared a fun update on Instagram: She came across comedian Pete Davidson and TV star Antoni Porowski at Nobu restaurant in Malibu, California. The unexpected meeting was a surprise for Stewart and her followers, who posted some hilarious comments about the incident. Some fans may recall that Stewart was slightly miffed with Porowski in 2020....

Instant Pot Ribs Recipe Erin Johnson/Mashed By Erin Johnson AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 17, 2021 10:03 am EST Nothing like a plate of barbecued ribs to bring out the raging carnivore in even the most mild-mannered of salad nibblers. While barbecued ribs might seem like one of the most iconic of Southern dishes, right up there with jambalaya, fried green tomatoes, and peach cobbler, Serious Eats says they didn’t really become popular until the 1920s....

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Claps Back At Reddit Food Critics Instagram By Boshika Gupta/Sept. 14, 2021 11:19 am EST In terms of being relatable and striking a chord with fans, few chefs manage to do as good a job as J. Kenji López-Alt. As evidenced by his YouTube channel, he spends a lot of time at home cooking with a camera so that his viewers can observe him in the kitchen as he reflects on food and works on new dishes....

Jack Daniel’s Just Lost $400,000 From An Overturned Truck igorPHOTOserg/Shutterstock By Lauren David/Nov. 24, 2021 1:14 pm EST If you’re a whisky fan, you likely aren’t going to want to hear about a Jack Daniel’s truck overturning and spilling its product everywhere. Surely you’ve heard the old adage, “Don’t cry over spilled milk.” In this case, some whisky aficionados may get sad just thinking about so much of the drink pouring onto the cement instead of into their glass....

Lidia Bastianich Shares Surprising Ways To Use Ricotta Cheese - Exclusive Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images By Hanna Claeson/Oct. 26, 2021 2:54 pm EST Ricotta — that creamy, rich, soft, and sweet Italian gift to the world — isn’t just for tiramisu, cheesecake, and cannoli fillings. Meet a cheese that refuses to be typecast into a particular recipe or even section of the cookbook. Just ask Lidia Bastianich, who has been cooking with ricotta since she was a child, growing up in Pola, a small Italian city that would become Pula, Croatia, in the wake of World War II (via Britannica)....

Robert Irvine’s Honest Response To People Calling Him ‘Mean’ On TV Gary Gershoff/Getty Images By Ashley Steinberg/Aug. 30, 2021 9:43 pm EST Robert Irvine is mean! At least that’s the persona people attribute to him on some of his shows. It probably doesn’t help that, according to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, “some Food Network viewers really hate Robert Irvine” for lying fairly heavily about some of his credentials, leading to a fair amount of mistrust and feelings of betrayal....

The Funniest Blind Taste Test In Hell’s Kitchen History Fox/YouTube By Katie Lenhardt/Nov. 2, 2021 1:20 pm EST The blind taste test on “Hell’s Kitchen” is one of the most popular recurring challenges during each season of FOX’s culinary reality show hosted by Gordon Ramsay. Nothing gets armchair chefs at home screaming at the television more than a show contestant confusing pungent black truffle mushroom for watercress greens, like Gail did in Season 8, which aired in 2010 (per the Hell’s Kitchen Wiki)....

The Genius Reason Why Chicken Nuggets Were Invented Dan Kitwood/Getty Images By Taylor Huang/Sept. 29, 2021 2:22 pm EST Chicken nuggets are a food item full of good memories and nostalgia. Whether your favorite variety is from your choice fast-food restaurant or a homemade recipe, they are such a staple comfort food. But did you know that this tasty treat was actually created as a way to efficiently transport chicken in the 1950s?...

The Prosciutto Rule You Never Knew About margouillat photo/Shutterstock By Emily Weaver/Oct. 4, 2021 5:10 pm EST If you’ve ever snacked on a charcuterie board or had an authentic Italian sandwich, you’ve probably eaten prosciutto. The thinly sliced, salty Italian meat is raw ham (pork) that is slathered in salt and undergoes a very extensive, drawn-out curing and drying process in order to get its uniquely complex taste, per Eat Cured Meat....

The Strange Ingredient In Kraft’s MiO Water Enhancer Christopher Polk/Getty Images By Alia Hoyt/Oct. 15, 2021 11:07 am EST Liquid water enhancers are a popular way to add flavor to plain old water, but it turns out that at least one such product adds a little extra in the form of a potentially harmful ingredient. Kraft’s MiO water enhancer contains propylene glycol, which is used for very different purposes in other products....

The Subway Baby TikTok, Explained Prachana Thong-on/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/Dec. 26, 2021 10:27 pm EST You walk into your local Subway, hungry for either a Meatball Marinara, an Italian B.M.T., or what have you. It’s lunch hour and, as expected, the place seems pretty busy. There are people eating subs. There’s someone cleaning up spilled soda by a table. And of course, there’s a man with a baby on his chest, making sandwiches … wait, what?...

The Taco Bell-Themed Literary Journal True Fans Need To Read Natali Brillianata/Shutterstock By Hannah Beach/Nov. 9, 2021 1:57 pm EST Whatever you’re a fan of, there’s a group for you somewhere on the internet. Maybe it’s a Facebook group for people who are enamored with penguins wearing sweaters. Maybe you’re on a subreddit dedicated to World of Warcraft gamers. Maybe you follow Rachael Ray on Twitter for the latest food hacks....

The Untold Truth Of Kit Kat Ekaterina_Minaeva/Shutterstock By Meredith Cooper/Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 11:29 am EST Kit Kat’s “Gimme a break” jingle has been a constant presence in the commercials for this candy. And why wouldn’t it be? With a Kit Kat, “break” can mean both taking time off to relax and snapping off one of Kit Kat’s four trapezoidal bars. But that earworm of a jingle is just the beginning of Kit Kat’s influence on our culture....

These Are The Actual Ingredients In Candy Corn mbeawesome from Pixabay By Aimee Lamoureux/Oct. 29, 2021 6:18 pm EST Whether you love it or hate it, the Halloween classic candy corn is here to stay. Though it has been sparking arguments between friends and family since it was first invented in the 1880s — with people very clearly having opinions on its worth, or lack thereof — it shows no signs it will be going anywhere any time soon....

This California Del Taco Is Putting Takis In Just About Everything Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock By Khyati Dand/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:59 pm EST If you’ve already tried Takis, chances are you’re now a Takis convert and a part of a loyal fanbase at par with those of Cheetos and Doritos. The Mexican corn chip flavor is currently on the market in several different flavors, including Fuego, Nitro, Guacamole, Blue Heat, and Crunchy Fajitas (via Barcel)....

TikTok Is Loving This Adorable Ice Trick Spalnic/Shutterstock By Jen Peng/Oct. 21, 2021 6:27 pm EST TikTok may be the place where viral food trends come and go — pancake cereal and ice cream bread, anyone? — but the platform is also home to a lot of spectacular pet videos. It’s particularly full of cute clips of dogs, which are the internet’s favorite animal, according to The Outline. Social media users especially seem to love TikToks of pets enjoying the great gift of grub, with “dog food influencing” emerging as a new and popular niche of online content, says Delish....