In an exclusive interview with Mashed, chef Daniel Kleinhandler revealed the most important thing that every baker should know, before stepping into the kitchen. Kleinhandler advises becoming an expert in baking a dessert before you start making substitutions.
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Not every meal can be worthy of a Michelin star — but that doesn't mean your quick meal can't be delicious. Just ask Gordon Ramsay. The celebrity chef shared his own favorite quick-eat road foods. It must be difficult to bake beef Wellington while keeping up with a demanding travel schedule.
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Let us point you toward the best pizza place in each state. These recommendations will leave your pizza-craving taste buds in a state of bliss.
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Avid mixologists and imbibers love their cocktail of choice for different reasons. Maybe it's the balance of the bitters with sweet notes. If there is one drink that should win over the hearts of those who love history, it is the gin and tonic.
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If you're an Arby's fan, you know that the chain lives up to its promise that they "have the best meats." But what if we told you Arby's is testing a scheme allows them to sell their famed fillings sans sandwich? In nine Atlanta locations, the restaurant chain has been selling three of its meats.
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What seagulls really like to chow down upon is other people's food, as many seaside (and parking lot) picnickers have found out to their dismay. If this has ever happened to you, you'll be glad to know that scientific research has finally come up with a way to save your snack from a seagull attack.
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You were hoping nothing else bad would happen this year. Then your local grocery store set up its Halloween candy display, and you noticed something was missing: Halloween-themed Peeps. The culprit, of course, is COVID-19. The pandemic that canceled school and sports isn't done with us yet.
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The pandemic has meant many things to restaurants around the country. To smaller shops, it's meant business has had to wind down and close, with Yelp saying that as many as 60 percent of establishments that shut their doors at the start of the pandemic won't be reopening.
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Thinking about grilling pork chops? You may want to think again. It turns out if you're grilling, you might be drying out your chop and depriving yourself of that perfect golden crust you get on a well-cooked pork chop.
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To make cooking a little easier, Chick-fil-A has been offering its fans take-home meal kits for several months. What comes in them, and how do people like them?
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A life-size statute of T. rex has startled drivers and fascinated dinosaur-obsessed children since it went up. Now, after ruling this corner of Tuscon for more than a quarter-century, the T. rex is facing possible extinction -- not from a meteor, but from people who believe he never existed.
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Soft pretzels aren't particularly difficult to make, so long as you follow one necessary step. Soft pretzels have to be boiled in baking soda before they're baked. Why is that?
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It's such a downer to open the refrigerator, grab a package of ground beef — in an attempt to make taco filling for Taco Tuesday — only to find the ground beef has turned brown. Does that mean you shouldn't cook it up for the family? It's is not a straight forward "yes" or "no."
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The late, great Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold once called Dominique Ansel's cronut "the Frankenstinian love child of a croissant and a doughnut, whose limited daily run inspires endless early morning queues." Thanks to the pandemic, LA is losing its Ansel restaurant.
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As things are getting back to, well, somewhat more normal(ish) as the COVID-19 virus seems to have slowed its spread, why is Walmart announcing that it is keeping one of the changes it made regarding its hours of operation?
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Do you ever find that grilling shrimp isn't worth it? That it means either compromising on texture or flavor? You're definitely not the only one. Shrimp is the quickest-cooking protein you can grill, which doesn't leave much room for error (via The Kitchn).
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Rice is something of a universally satisfying dish because it's so versatile. You can add tons of different ingredients to make it more flavorful like herbs, vegetables, or even different sauces, and you'll create an incredibly comforting and delicious meal or side.
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In an interview with Mashed, Kleinhandler, who is teaching a virtual cooking class through CocuSocial, on September 13 at 2 p.m. EST, explained why the pandemic has brought out the inner pastry chef in us all.
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While yes, actual alcohol content is significantly reduced with heat, it's not entirely gone according to The Spruce Eats, and if your religion or personal preferences dictate that you avoid alcohol altogether, you should be aware that most French onion soup recipes do include wine.
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You might wonder why the Georgia-based fast-casual chain doesn't serve a peach milkshake year-round — it is the peach state, after all. As it turns out, there are a couple of reasons.
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For people with a serious sweet tooth, it's not always feasible to wait until after dinner for something sugary, and luckily there's a brand new addition coming to the most socially acceptable way to have dessert for breakfast: sugary cereal.
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Cooking is always a little easier when you have a well-stocked pantry. Sometimes, it allows you to be a little more creative with your culinary skills, and it also helps you plan out your meals. Red wine vinegar is a pantry staple you should always have on hand in your kitchen.
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If Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion's 'WAP' is your new favorite empowerment anthem, then you'll want to get in on the Starbucks' WAP latte action.
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Boneless wings are a lot more complicated than you might think. For one thing, they're not really wings, and more like glorified chicken nuggets (via Bon Appétit). Of course, that doesn't stop them from being delicious and a lot less messy than traditional wings.
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In an exclusive interview with Mashed, Kleinhandler, who is teaching a virtual cooking class through CocuSocial, on September 13 at 2 p.m. EST, explained that trying to make a dessert "healthy" is not only going to destroy how it tastes, but you'll probably end up killing your diet goals, anyway.
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Are you ready for the Christmas season yet? Yes, ok, we're barely past Labor Day, but in a year when pumpkin spice season begins in August, you have to know that Christmas in September is going to be a thing. Now, rumors are leaking of a new Mountain Dew seasonal flavor — this one they call Snap'd.
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The most iconic Christmas candy of all — probably the most iconic of Christmas foods, if you discount plum pudding and sugarplums — has to be candy canes, but their iconic status doesn't save them from tinkering. Every year we have new flavors, and they just seem to get weirder and weirder.
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