Velveeta’s mac and cheese claims that it takes three and a half minutes to prepare. But this Florida woman says no, and is suing the manufacturer for $5 million. Amanda Ramirez from Hialeah filed suit against Kraft Heinz Food Company, for a proposed $5 million. The class action lawsuit filed claims that food producer’s of …
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Microwave uses get a bad rap sometimes, but microwaves are a great help in the kitchen. Way beyond warming up leftovers, here are a bunch of things a microwave can do. Crisp Your Chips What’s worse than opening up a bag of your favorite chips just to find them stale? Well, the microwave can help …
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Whether you call them fairy cakes, patty cakes or spell them cup cakes, it’s all means the same thing. If you’re all about the vanilla cupcake, celebrate with these delicious varieties on National Cupcake Day, November 10th. Classic Vanilla If vanilla is your favorite kind of cupcake then classic vanilla is perfect. Vanilla cupcakes are …
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Earlier this year, we brought you the story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. That lit a spark of competition — we can’t let those guys up north do all the weird food-related crime, can we? Fortunately (or not) we now have an all-American contender in the same race. Three men from Florida were …
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For How Burger Fast Food Became What it is Today: Part One and How Burger Fast Food Became What it is Today: Part Two, click the link. This is part three. Meeting to fight back with a signature product, Kroc reaches out to his franchisers to see what they come up with. Burger King forces …
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Did you read How Burger Fast Food Became What it is Today: Part One? (Click the link to read it.) This is part two. But the early 1960s there were over 300 McDonald’s with uniform french fries. Whether you like them or not, McDonald’s fries are iconic, hot, and tasty, but more than that, they’re …
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With numbers like 75 McDonald’s hamburgers sold per second and 4000 Burger King Whoppers per minute, there is no doubt that these two burger chains run it all. This is how burger fast food became what it is today. More than 22 billion a year in revenue and the battle to supremacy creates delicious food. Are …
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Tastes, fashions, and fads come and go. What’s hip and cool today might be completely passé tomorrow. It’s the same story with food — or perhaps even more so. Many of the finest delicacies we pay outrageous amounts for today used to be considered filth that was only fit for the poorest of poor. But …
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If you haven’t read The History of Chocolate: Part One, click on the link. Otherwise. if you’re ready, this is part two. Peanut Butter Reece sold dozens of different products but not enough to make a name for himself or to support his family. His break through came when he started experimenting with peanut butter, …
The world consumes nearly 7 billion chocolate bars a year, with sale over 14 billion. Here is the history of chocolate: Hershey Candy bars come in every shape, size and flavor. But it the early 1900s, it was only Hershey. But an entrepreneur goes against Hershey and a former employee of Hershey’s strikes it out …