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Why This Halloween Baking Championship Cake Was One Of The Best Dishes Carla Hall Ever Judged Debby Wong/Shutterstock By Molly Harris/Sept. 7, 2021 3:53 pm EST When it comes to Halloween treats, the options seem endless. Whether you love classic candies, candy corn, or spooky-themed treats, there are tons of ways to use and enjoy sugary indulgences around the holiday. However, the competitors of the “Halloween Baking Championship” really take things to a new level with their inventive and creative bakes....

Why You Might Want To Think Twice About Kirkland’s Sliced Turkey Breast Johnny Louis/Getty Images By Boshika Gupta/Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 4:51 pm EST Costco has managed to cement its reputation as a retail brand that offers plenty of good deals to its members. One of the things that the retailer is truly well-known for is its in-house brand, Kirkland. According to a piece by Reader’s Digest, some of the best Kirkland items that you can buy are the brand’s signature bacon that is said to have unmatched flavor, the highly affordable maple syrup, high-quality cheese, and the brand’s extra virgin olive oil....

According To Greek Mythology, This Is What Aphrodite Would Eat Shutterstock By Courtney Iseman/Updated: Sept. 23, 2021 12:25 pm EST If you are looking to elevate your everyday diet, you can’t get much better than eating like a goddess, can you? The stuff of epic myths and romantic tales is certainly the stuff of a more exciting, fulfilling food routine. There’s one goddess, in particular, with her own category of food....

Alton Brown Made A Hilarious Cocktail For Neil DeGrasse Tyson Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty By Lauren Cahn/Dec. 2, 2021 7:38 pm EST “If you were going to drink something with Neil deGrasse Tyson, what would it be?” celebrity chef Alton Brown recently wondered to himself. Why? He appeared in a recent episode of “Star Talk,” which is famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s weekly science-themed talk show that has been airing on National Geographic since 2015 (via Space)....

Best Raspberry Cobbler Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Sept. 10, 2021 6:29 pm EST It’s always a good day to have a good day, which means it’s also always a good day to have dessert … because there’s no time like the present to treat yourself. There are plenty of different dishes that come to mind when you’re thinking of an after-dinner sweet for a crowd, and there’s a good chance that a cobbler might be at the top of your list....

Can You Actually Put Raw Meat In An Air Fryer? paulaphoto/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Sept. 27, 2021 3:04 pm EST Anyone who has cooked meat has suffered from the acute fear that they might have killed everyone around the table. Unless, of course, you meant to. In either case, you might wonder whether using the air fryer would produce desired results. Fortunately or unfortunately, you can cook raw meat in an air fryer....

Dole Recalls More Of Its Pre-Packaged Salads Due To Possible Listeria The Toidi/Shutterstock By Felix Behr/Jan. 9, 2022 3:24 pm EST Dole Fresh Vegetables has had to issue a second recall of packaged salads due to listeria contamination at processing facilities at Springfield, Ohio, and Soledad, California. The first recall took occurred on December 22 when Dole’s Bessemer City and Yuma facilities had realized that listeria-bearing packages of salad have gone to a large portion of the country....

Easy Slow Cooker Spaghetti And Meatballs Recipe Laura Sampson/Mashed By Laura Sampson AND Mashed Staff/Updated: Sept. 13, 2021 9:59 am EST Slow cooker meals are the very definition of comfort food: they’re warm, they’re savory, they’re filling, and perhaps the most beautiful thing of all, the work comes hours before they’re served, so when you’re hungry, the food is ready. (Okay, to be fair this one will involve boiling some pasta as a final step, but if there’s an easier food prep than cooking pasta that involves any sort of cooking at all, we’re not sure what it is....

Gal Gadot’s New Pasta Line Is Inspired By Her Childhood Obsession Tinseltown/Shutterstock By Ralph Schwartz/Nov. 16, 2021 8:25 pm EST The comic book and Hollywood movie character Wonder Woman has certain advantages over the rest of us. After all, she was fashioned out of clay and then brought to life by Greek gods, who also gave her extraordinary strength, speed, and courage (via Entertainment Weekly). Actor Gal Gadot certainly looked the part in the title role of the recent “Wonder Woman” movies, but she is still a mere mortal....

Gordon Ramsay Just Joined In On TikTok’s Food Dance Trend Instagram By Katie Lenhardt/Nov. 9, 2021 3:09 pm EST Gordon Ramsay is serving up some hot and fresh moves by joining the latest food dance trend on TikTok. His youngest daughter, Matilda “Tilly” Ramsay (@tillyramsay), is an English television celebrity and TikTok superstar with over 9.6 million followers, according to Insider. She recently challenged her celebrity chef father to show us his dance moves in the latest #fooddance trending on TikTok, and while he accepted the challenge, he also proved that he doesn’t have the moves like Jagger....

H-E-B Wine: What To Know Before You Buy Moab Republic/Shutterstock By Lucia Capretti/Sept. 28, 2021 12:00 pm EST In 2020, Food & Wine named the Texas supermarket chain H-E-B among its picks for the top 10 grocery stores in the country. The source describes how the chain implemented a standard emergency plan for disasters early on during the pandemic, resulting in a smooth transition as grocery shopping took on a whole new look....

How Jimmy Fallon’s Family Really Felt About Being In A Fritos Ad Anton_Ivanov/Shutterstock By Lauren David/Nov. 23, 2021 10:35 am EST Comedian, TV personality, and actor Jimmy Fallon loves the limelight, especially when he gets to be the center of attention and make people laugh. Known for his role as “The Tonight Show” host and his time on “Saturday Night Live,” Fallon is used to being in front of the camera....

How Lidia Bastianich Makes The Perfect Tomato Sauce Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images By Adrianna MacPherson/Sept. 27, 2021 2:58 pm EST When it comes to Italian cuisine, there are few dishes as iconic as the perfect tomato sauce. Many have their own beloved recipes or secret tips and tricks for elevating the sauce crafted from simple ingredients, and the end result can be used in so many different dishes. Chef and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich, has made a name for herself in the world of Italian cuisine, so obviously she has a few tips for crafting the perfect marinara sauce, which she shared with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette well over a decade ago....

Instagram Is Divided On Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Delicious Lunch’ DFree/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/Dec. 9, 2021 11:38 am EST “Hell’s Kitchen” host, celebrity chef, and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay seriously knows his way around the kitchen. He has turned scrambled eggs into an artform, perfected a wild mushroom risotto, and elevated broccoli soup with a touch of goat cheese, per TheRecipe. The chef also knows what it takes to make a refined, show-stopping tasting menu....

Is Snow Ice Cream Really Safe To Eat? TSN52/Shutterstock By Colin McCandless/Jan. 5, 2022 3:57 pm EST With all the industrial toxins and chemicals humans spew into the atmosphere, it’s a sensible question to ponder whether it’s wise to consume something unfiltered or untreated that falls from the sky. For people living in colder climates, a winter storm can provide a complimentary ingredient for crafting your snow ice cream, but does eating snow pose a health risk?...

Is There A Difference Between British Chips And American French Fries? Shutterstock By Gina LaVecchia Ragone/Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 10:06 am EST While English is the language of both the U.K. and the U.S., we know there are differences when it comes to our vocabularies. Their “lift” is our elevator; they live in “flats,” not apartments; they sometimes use the adorably whimsical “bumbershoot” when referring to an umbrella. We even have different words for the same foods: Our eggplants are their aubergines; our zucchini are their courgettes....

Joe Bastianich’s Transformation Is Seriously Turning Heads Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock By Leah Resnick/Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 11:17 am EST Top restaurateur and television personality Joe Bastianich was born with an enviable culinary pedigree. His mother, Lidia Bastianich, opened her first New York City eatery when Joe was a child, later becoming an award-winning chef famous for her Northern Italian cuisine. And her husband, Joe’s father, Felice, grew the business as her partner....

Joel McHale’s Cranberry-Orange Whisky-Glazed Pork Shoulder Recipe - Exclusive Justin Sisson By Mashed Staff/Dec. 15, 2021 11:18 am EST Fresh off of hosting duties from his first season of “Crime Scene Kitchen,” actor and comedian Joel McHale shared a holiday recipe with Mashed that’s almost criminally delicious. “What pairs better with whisky than a giant hunk of meat?” McHale asked Mashed, before answering, “A giant hunk of meat glazed in whisky....

Pillsbury Officially Brought Back These 2 Doughs For Valentine’s Day Instagram By Erich Barganier/Jan. 24, 2022 12:54 pm EST Home baking fans have fallen for Pillsbury’s Valentine’s Day sugar cookie dough over the years. Previous iterations of the product garnered a ton of love from anyone who needed a baking shortcut. Influenster users notably ranked the item as near-perfect, awarding it a 4.7 out of 5-star rating. This holiday product has left its mark in years past and now, Pillsbury plans to revamp the dough just in time for Valentine’s Day....

The Absolute Best Food Memes Of 2021 Afiq Sam/Shutterstock By Cassie Thompson/Dec. 15, 2021 5:42 pm EST One of the highlights of 2021 was having quality cooking and food memes to lean on for entertainment. Some memes this year were popular for their ability to perfectly convey a well-known truth by adding an element of comedy, while others were just relatable the way memes often are. A number of circulating memes made reference to popular television shows and celebrities....