As convenient and innovative as an air fryer is, sometimes there's just no substitute for good ol' pots and pans. A meal where you need a heaping bowl of tender, fluffy rice is one of those times. Sadly, it cannot turn raw rice into anything other than a hot mess.
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Musical satirist and mathematician Tom Lehrer claimed to have invented the jiggly mixture in 1956 at a Christmas party. But does his origin story add up? Well, yes and no, depending on how you look at it.
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While we humans may strive for this sort of firm, tight backside, it doesn't make for a great steak. The biggest cut of meat from this section of the cow is called the beef round. If you're in search of tender, flavorful steak, it's the cut you should probably avoid.
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Is turmeric really the superfood (or super spice) that it's claimed to be? While turmeric does have its health benefits, nutritionist, chef, and food writer Robin Miller cautions that it doesn't necessarily live up to all the hype.
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Costco food court fans lost a menu favorite in 2013, however, and many are still lamenting the discontinuation of the made-to order signature ice cream bar: delicious vanilla ice cream on a stick, hand-dipped in chocolate before your eyes and coated with toasted almonds.
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Jack in the Box has earned legions of fans and followers with its tasty burgers served on unique sourdough buns. In the company's own words, the 2,200-unit restaurant chain is "the place for those who live outside the box." So for breakfast, shouldn't fans expect something unusual?
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The pandemic forced fast food restaurants to put the pedal to the metal when it comes to forward-thinking. Rather than focusing on the in-restaurant dining experience, quick-serve chains like Burger King, which has about 7,000 locations, are putting dollars toward efficient service.
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Brown sugar is crucial to achieving the perfect, chewy chocolate chip cookie or a moist slice of banana bread, but have you ever stopped to wonder what it is and what makes the light version different from the dark?
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In an exclusive interview with Mashed, Kogi BBQ's Roy Choi explained how the food truck's innovative social marketing tactics transformed the way people use this social media platform, which had been only two years old when Choi's truck sent out its first tweet.
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As the old saying goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Still, the proverb didn't take into account the prep work that needs to happen if you don't want to go hungry.
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Giada De Laurentiis is a celebrity chef, Food Network cooking show host, and cookbook author. She proudly shares recipes for Italian meals that are near and dear to her heart as well as stories that keep us in stitches. She has also shared what she needs in her pantry for easy and yummy meals.
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While the hot dog itself is universally loved, to say people are passionately divided over toppings would be an understatement. Some people might see using mayo as akin to putting toenails on a hot dog. But mayo's exactly what some people say your hot dog is missing.
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Some vegetables are so easy to cook no matter what method you approach them, but asparagus is not quite so simple to prepare. Asparagus can be tough, woody, and even stringy if it isn't prepared and cooked right.
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If your birthday happens to fall sometime between now and the end of the year, we have breaking news for you. Chances are, you won't be getting a party, you won't have a cake, and there will be no birthday candles to blow out unless an inventive Florida-based dentist has his way.
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Outback's steaks have a distinctive flavor, but it might not be a spice blend that you'd find in Australia. The seasoning blend was created by the restaurant's co-founder, Tim Gannon, while he was working at a New Orleans restaurant called Copeland's.
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Family Circle was an 87-year-old magazine, which, at its height, was one of the country's premier publications geared towards women. Few people blinked when Family Circle said it would stop publishing in December of last year - few, that is, until now.
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If there's one food whose moment has lasted way too long, that would have to be mac and cheese. It's soft and creamy and, well, kind of bland. What's really unfathomable is the continuing popularity of "gourmet" mac and cheese.
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Why is horse meat not for sale in the United States? After all, it's not illegal to eat. If you want to slaughter a horse, turn it into steaks, sashimi, or sausage, and serve it to friends and family, that's your business. Here's the problem.
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When it comes to making the perfect guacamole, less is more, or so says blogger Sydney Kramer of The Crepes of Wrath, a member of "Martha's Circle." Kramer reveals while she has no problem with tomato — she doesn't feel they fulfill any meaningful function in the avocado-y treat, except as a filler.
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There's something special that happens inside the questionably clean Waffle House kitchens. Whether it's the grease from the last order or just the technique, the chain's hash browns are undeniably better than any you can make. There's a way to replicate these greasy potatoes in your kitchen.
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Seems like we should be bacon experts, right? Maybe we are when it comes to gobbling it up, but these delicious slices of salt-cured pig belly can be tricky to cook perfectly.
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These tasty-looking breakfast treats (or anytime treats, honestly) come from the brand Bake House Creations and they're sold in a twist-and-pop tube just like traditional cinnamon rolls.
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The last thing we want to hear after finally getting used to disinfecting hands and surfaces with every trip to the supermarket, is that there might be danger lurking inside your groceries too. Two TikTok users have found tiny bugs inside their Everything but the Bagel seasoning from Trader Joe's.
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In an exclusive interview with Mashed, Kogi BBQ food truck legend Roy Choi, who taught Selena Gomez how to make his short-rib breakfast taco recipe on Selena + Chef, shared his honest impressions of what it was like to walk Gomez through the process of this Korean-influenced brunch treat.
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It's hard not to love the sass Wendy's dishes out on social media, but one of their most recent tweets gave a pretty odd and obvious answer to their own question about weird things people dip into Frostys.
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Sometimes, Aldi's store brand items are totally new, innovative products, and other times they're cheaper, tastier versions of our favorite national brand foods. This most recent all-new Aldi private-label item falls into the latter category.
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One of the questions you may have as a beginning baker is, what's up with all these different types of flour, and do I really need to buy each different kind? After all, one of them is named all-purpose, so shouldn't that, like, work for everything? Well, not really.
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