For most of us, there's only one food (besides beer) that truly encapsulates the spirit of Super Sunday — just as turkey reigns supreme on Thanksgiving, on this one day out of the year, the chicken wing is king. How many are actually eaten during the big game?
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Our love for pizza stems partly from the fact that the dish presents the perfect storm of sweet spots: a crispy crust and tangy tomato sauce, topped with slightly bubbly cheese. And while the meats and veg that we throw on top of a pizza may vary — the cheese we use in the pizza doesn't change.
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These days, pretty well anything you dream up could be added to a pizza, but some things are reviled. These are the most hated pizza toppings, explained.
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With such a simple menu, which item is Five Guys making bank on and using to fuel its year-over-year sales growth?
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Trader Joe's mandarin orange chicken entree has dominated the Customer Choice Awards since 2017 when it dethroned cookie butter for Favorite Overall. Why is it so good?
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Trader Joe's isn't just popular with its customers — the grocery store chain also seems to be pretty popular with the employees who work there. If you're thinking about applying for a job at your local TJ's, here's what you can expect to make.
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It's a medical fact that the process of digestion burns energy, and meat is a complicated item to digest. But is digesting meat such a complicated process that it can actually make a person break into a sweat?
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Food trends come and go, and the 2010s have been no exception. From the ridiculous craze around certain desserts to the rise and fall of a few famous superfoods, these are the food trends from the past decade we've already forgotten about.
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When you decided to pick up your next meal from the supermarket and settled on a bag of salad from the produce section, chances are you might have heard some of the horror stories about what people might have found lurking among their mixed greens. Should you wash your bagged salad?
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Hot sauce might hurt, but is it actually doing you good? Read on to find out.
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Trader Joe's cauliflower gnocchi made a splash with its debut in April 2018, and became so instantly popular that it was hard to get your hands on a single package. Why all the fuss? It's simple but it's also tasty, and it doesn't contain wheat, sugar, dairy, or eggs.
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Grocery stores realize that their shoppers are busy folks, and they attempt to simplify by selling pre-marinated packaged meat. All that's left to do is take it out of the wrapper and throw it on the grill. But is this pre-marinated meat any good, and is it worthy of serving at your dinner table?
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To say that things aren't going well for chef Mario Batali's career at the moment would be an understatement. Abysmal is a better description — and things just keep getting worse. These are the real reasons Mario Batali is giving up all his restaurants.
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For a lot of people, eating a healthy lunch is easier said than done. Traditional fast food chains don't tend to offer the healthiest meals, and opting to go the salad route has its drawbacks too -- especially when you consider the price. Why are salads sometimes so costly?
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There is such a thing as a yellow watermelon and, although slightly different in taste to the familiar red watermelon, the yellow variety is equally delicious.
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If you're looking for an easy, one-ingredient method that will ensure even the toughest of meats will wind up fork-tender, there's one tenderizing trick that involves using something you might not have thought of: baking soda.
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A chocolate chip cookie dough candy bar isn't exactly the type of food that would fall under the "diet-friendly" category. Except these aren't candy bars — they're protein bars, and they're incredibly popular. Per Costco's website, Kirkland protein bars have a 4.6-star rating with 2,000 reviews.
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Sherry vinegar tends to be a bit harder to find, not to mention pricier, than other vinegars. If you need to find a substitute to use in a recipe calling for sherry vinegar, there are several other types of vinegar you may be able to substitute without compromising the dish to any extent.
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If you're rinsing your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, you're doing it wrong. There's an actual scientific reason why you should just go ahead and stick your dishes in dirty. Yay, science!
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Nothing ruins a beer or soda quite like shaking it. The solution? Simply tap the lid with your fingernail a few times and presto -- you're no longer wearing your drink. But does it actually work?
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So just what is bone broth, anyway? It's getting a ton of buzz lately, like it's some trendy new superfood, but isn't broth made from bones just regular old broth? If so, what's the big deal?
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You open a bottle of water and just when that refreshing H2O is about to hit your lips, your buddy yells, "Stop, that water's expired!" Water can't go bad, right? Nope. But if water can't expire or go bad, why even stamp an expiration date on a product that will stay fresh until the end of time?
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From what goes into the ice cream, to the two ice cream fanatics who started the business, there's a lot to learn about Baskin-Robbins. We took a deep dive into the history and the mystery behind one of the best-known ice cream shops in the world. This is the untold truth of Baskin-Robbins.
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The food court at Costco is known for some amazing food deals, but their menu is not extensive. And although there is no Costco food court "secret menu" per se, you can, with some creative ordering and DIY combo-ing, hack a few special items of your own.
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Chances are that if you've ever set foot inside a Costco you've had the famous $1.50 hot dog and soda combo, but there's probably a lot you don't know about it.
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The retail industry certainly has a reputation for asking employees to work long hours for not always great pay. Despite The Washington Post reporting that minimum wages are going up, retail still doesn't pay great money, and the story is no different at the dollar store.
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When you stroll into a dollar store with a wad full of singles and everything on the shelf is a buck, it might seem like there's no way you can't get a bargain. Food is a huge part of the sales formula for dollar stores, after all.
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