Cooks

White Castle cooks up stuffing recipe made with sliders — but not everyone’s impressed: ‘This is straight foolishness’

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White Castle cooks up stuffing recipe made with sliders — but not everyone’s impressed: ‘This is straight foolishness’

Not even Harold and Kumar would be brave enough to try this. Famed slider chain White Castle posted a stomach-churning DIY video demonstrating how to make Thanksgiving stuffing from their guilty-pleasure mini burgers. A viewer quickly called the detail-oriented viral Instagram clip “the perfect recipe for a family fight.” White Castle recently promoted a stuffing … Read more

Crafty cook’s cheese grater hack proves you’ve been using it all ‘wrong’: ‘Could have saved my knuckles a long time ago’

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Crafty cook’s cheese grater hack proves you’ve been using it all ‘wrong’: ‘Could have saved my knuckles a long time ago’

She wasn’t cheesing after realizing she’d gone her whole life without this little-known kitchen hack. Brenna Breedlove, a Texan TikTok content creator and mom-of-two, has gone viral online after revealing the cheese grating trick she wished she’d figured out sooner: placing the grater on its side. “The s–t I learn on TikTok,” Breedlove wrote in … Read more

These 10 cities have the most ‘clueless cooks’ in the US (sorry, Ohio)

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These 10 cities have the most ‘clueless cooks’ in the US (sorry, Ohio)

When it comes to putting food to flame, certain regions are a few blades short of a Cuisinart. One city in Ohio has the highest rate of culinary illiteracy in the country — and the Buckeye State got burned overall. The 10 cities with the highest numbers of “clueless cooks” in the US have been … Read more

This buzzy new NY restaurant recruited only the best cooks: church ladies

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This buzzy new NY restaurant recruited only the best cooks: church ladies

He’s raising the age of retirement. When New York City restaurateur Stratis Morfogen was hiring for his new Gramercy restaurant Diner 24, he didn’t look to hot young pastry chefs with culinary school diplomas. Instead, he asked friends at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul in West Hempstead, Long Island, near where he grew up, … Read more

Mom cooks ‘beautiful’ family dinner — but discovers major error with her olive oil that ruins meal: ‘She’s so angry’

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Mom cooks ‘beautiful’ family dinner — but discovers major error with her olive oil that ruins meal: ‘She’s so angry’

Talk about some clean protein. A delicious-looking meal a mother tirelessly crafted for her family was ruined after she mistakenly used one ingredient that spoiled the entire dish — shower gel. “Okay, I feel so bad; look at what my poor mother did,” Kameron Jane said in the viral TikTok. Kameron Jane shared that her … Read more

Airplane prankster cooks garlic shrimp dish in bathroom: ‘I got a terrible idea’

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Airplane prankster cooks garlic shrimp dish in bathroom: ‘I got a terrible idea’

This viral prankster has officially joined the mile fry club. Can’t abide airplane food? No prob. An enterprising TikTok chef devised an unorthodox way to stay sated in style at 30,000 feet — by frying up garlic shrimp in an aircraft lavatory, as seen in a video with over 720,000 views on TikTok. “Well I … Read more

Most people risk food poisoning on Thanksgiving — here’s where home cooks go wrong

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Most people risk food poisoning on Thanksgiving — here’s where home cooks go wrong

Don’t let the hours spent on Thanksgiving dinner prep be for nothing by cutting food safety corners. A recent survey found that nearly two-thirds of Americans disregard United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines for safe food prep, putting their Thanksgiving diners at risk. Foodborne pathogens sicken about one in six Americans annually, of which … Read more

Chef John DeLucie cooks up new hot spot near his famed Waverly Inn

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Chef John DeLucie cooks up new hot spot near his famed Waverly Inn

Chef John DeLucie has turned up the heat at a new kitchen — with a different mindset and a changed perspective – nearly a decade after his restaurant empire went up in flames. DeLucie, who rose to fame at celeb magnet The Waverly Inn with partner Graydon Carter, has dug deep into his Southern Italian … Read more

New Zealand home cooks turn to ‘roadkill’ and are frying up possum as meat prices soar: ‘Way tastier than processed food’

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New Zealand home cooks turn to ‘roadkill’ and are frying up possum as meat prices soar: ‘Way tastier than processed food’

New Zealand home cooks are frying up possum as meat prices soar, but food safety experts have warned it’s not a good idea. Possums are a protected species in Australia and it’s illegal to hunt them without a permit, but in New Zealand, where they are an invasive species, the marsupials are fair game. This … Read more

New Yorker cooks communal ‘medieval’ stew for 33 days — and counting 

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New Yorker cooks communal ‘medieval’ stew for 33 days — and counting 

A TikToker is going viral and meeting new friends while cooking a communal “perpetual stew.” Annie Rauwerda runs the popular TikTok, Instagram and Twitter accounts all titled “Depths of Wikipedia,” where she highlights strange, obscure and fascinating facts and pages on the online encyclopedia (her accounts also have a Wikipedia page). However, her accounts have … Read more

Everyday cooks try at least 6 new recipes per month, poll finds

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Everyday cooks try at least 6 new recipes per month, poll finds

The average American would travel nearly a half hour to eat their favorite food, a new survey revealed.  According to a recent survey of 2,000 Americans, Americans crave adventure in their taste buds as nearly half (47%) are tired of cooking the same types of food at home.  The average American tries at least six new … Read more

Vegan’s letter asking neighbor to close his windows when he cooks meat hit with backlash

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Vegan’s letter asking neighbor to close his windows when he cooks meat hit with backlash

A bizarre neighborhood dispute has erupted in Perth’s northern suburbs. And it’s over the smell of food … On behalf of their vegan family members, a Burns Beach resident has written to their neighbor asking they close their window when cooking their “sickening” meat — PerthNow reports. The upset writer presented the letter with “PLEASE TAKE SERIOUSLY” … Read more

YouTube prankster Tanner Cook’s stunt fails, gets shot by intended target

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YouTube prankster Tanner Cook’s stunt fails, gets shot by intended target

A YouTube prankster’s attempt to pull a fast one at a Virginia mall literally backfired after the intended target got mad and shot him in the stomach. “I was playing a prank, a simple practical joke, and this guy didn’t take it very well and shot me,” Tanner Cook, 21, told WUSA9 from his hospital … Read more

Food fighter: Dave Grohl cooks meals for 24 hours at homeless shelter

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Food fighter: Dave Grohl cooks meals for 24 hours at homeless shelter

From Foo Fighters to fighting for food. Dave Grohl made a surprise appearance at a Los Angeles shelter last Wednesday, making meals for hundreds of hungry, homeless people. The 54-year-old Foo Fighters frontman spent 24 hours at Hope the Mission‘s Trebek Center, cooking up 450 dinners. The rocker’s cook-up was confirmed by the Mission’s director … Read more

‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ swaps hair spray for cooking spray on ‘Worst Cooks’

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‘Gorilla Glue Girl’ swaps hair spray for cooking spray on ‘Worst Cooks’

She’s sticking with it. Tessica Brown, also known as “Gorilla Glue Girl,” survived the first two rounds of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations.” “I want to learn how to cook because my grandma always said, ‘The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,’ and ‘I want a ring,’” she quipped on … Read more

Jalen Rose cooks up conversation with vegan chef Tabitha Brown

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Jalen Rose cooks up conversation with vegan chef Tabitha Brown

Tabitha Brown is a vegan chef and an Emmy-nominated social media personality with more than 4 million followers on both TikTok and Instagram. She also has partnerships with Target. In other words, she’s killing it. An aspiring actress, she took an unorthodox route to fame: by going viral in her car. In December 2017, she … Read more

6 in 10 parents admit they’re not very good cooks: poll

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6 in 10 parents admit they’re not very good cooks: poll

Six in 10 (61%) parents admit they’re simply not very good cooks, according to new research. A poll of 2,000 parents with school-age kids found that the school year is stressful as ever for parents, from having the time to make proper meals for their kids (54%), to making sure their kids are doing their … Read more