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🍔 15 Little-Known Ingredients For Insane Burgers -- The Worst Foods to Order At A Bar

Plus: How to keep your microplane sharp, and more... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING Cook The Tastiest Burgers You've Ever Tried With These 15 Weird and Wonderful Ingredients "I've worked at a range of different venues, including a few award-winning burger joints...my time at these outstanding establishments taught me more than a lifetime of experimenting in my kitchen ever could.The list below is the result of this experience and includes my favorite secret ingredients that you should try out next...

🍺 Cheap Beer?

Here's the trick to make it taste better... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING The Foolproof Method To Make Cheap Beer Taste Better Though light, refreshing, and dangerously easy to drink, cheap beer doesn't exactly have a good rep in the taste department. It can be bitter, sour, bland, and disappointing.But just like budget wine, the flavor of cheap beer can be improved, too. It doesn't require much. Here's how... LEARN MORE → Why Potato Wedges Always Taste Better At A Restaurant Out of all the...

👉 The Story Behind Gordon Ramsay's Lost Michelin Stars

Where the US watermelon supply comes from in winter and more... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING Why Gordon Ramsay Lost Some Michelin Stars In 2006, Ramsay invested millions of dollars to open his flagship restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at The London in NYC. In 2008, it was awarded two Michelin stars, making the eatery inside the high-end hotel Ramsay's first and only Michelin-star restaurant in the United States.A few years later, however, things took a brutal turn when the restaurant lost both of its...

🛑 6 Canned Beans You Should Avoid

Plus: remove avocado pits without a knife, grill whole chicken perfectly every time, and more... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING 6 Canned Beans You Should Buy And 6 You Should Leave At The Store Some canned beans are amazing. Some not so much. Let's take a peak into the world of canned beans -- those you should buy and those you should ignore. LEARN MORE → Remove Avocado Pits Without A Knife With One Easy Tip To avoid cutting yourself while removing an avocado pit, simply push on the back of the...

🔥 Stop Turkey Burgers Falling Apart On The Grill

Plus: Upgrade your s'mores, the best whiskey for an old fashioned, and more... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING The Reason Your Turkey Burgers Might Be Falling Apart On The Grill You're at the grill, ready to cook up some turkey burgers. But as soon as you try to flip them, they fall apart. Frustrating, right? Well, there's a trick to keeping them together that every grill master should know... LEARN MORE → Secret Ingredients You Should Be Using In Your S'mores From spicy ingredients to totally...

🏆 Which Steakhouse Chains Use The Best Beef?

Plus: How to scoop ice cream like a pro, the alleged ingredients in Dr Pepper, and more... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING Which US Steakhouse Chains Use The Best Quality Beef? Picture this: You're at the crossroads of America's most famous steakhouse chains, each boasting the finest cuts of beef. The sizzle, the aroma, the promise of a perfect bite. But which one truly delivers? Which one really offers the best quality steak? LEARN MORE → How To Scoop Ice Cream Like The Pros At Ben & Jerry's Ever...

🥩 The Best Cut To Order At A Steakhouse -- Don't Put Olive Oil in Plastic Bottles

Plus: Why is Costco's rotisserie chicken so good? And more! RECIPES COOKING DRINKING The Best Cut To Order At A Steakhouse (According to a Chef) Dining out at a steakhouse may not be in your regular restaurant rotation, so when you do want to treat yourself, it's understandable that you may not know the best steak to order. But a chef definitely does.Food Republic got the inside scoop from Sean Thompson, executive chef at Porter House Bar and Grill in New York City. For him, this is the cut...

🏆 The 2024 World's Best Restaurant Is...

Plus: The common mistake people make when adding wine to pasta sauce, do bakers use boxed cake mix? And more... RECIPES COOKING DRINKING 🙏 Huge thanks to everyone who entered our Father's Day giveaway with Omaha Steaks! The winner has now been informed, and the prize will soon be on its way. If you didn't win this time around, please keep an eye on your inbox for our next giveaway, coming soon! Disfrutar In Barcelona Just Became The 2024 World's Best Restaurant One decade ago, Oriol Castro...

🐟 Skip The Fish Special at Restaurants. Here's Why...

Plus: 13 iconic Ghanaian dishes, the best bread for avo-toast, and more! RECIPES COOKING DRINKING Why You Might Be Wise to Skip The Fish Special At A Restaurant (According To Anthony Bourdain) If you're going to a restaurant on a Monday night, there's one entree you'll probably want to avoid ordering, according to the late, great Anthony Bourdain.Back when he was just starting his career, one of the first pieces of advice the famous culinary personality doled out was to avoid the Monday fish...

⚠️ Don't Eat These 5 Fish - The Secret to Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

Plus: Why mustard oil is banned in the US, What is Steak Oscar? And more! RECIPES COOKING DRINKING A Seafood Chef Wouldn't Eat These 5 Fish...Eat These instead When fish is properly prepared, it's one of the most delicious parts of any meal. Yet when you purchase fish, how do you know which type to buy? And more important, how do you know if it's really fresh?Longtime chef and restaurateur Douglas MacMillan knows the answers. Here are six types of fish he recommends, along with serving...