Tamales are one of the hottest topics in the American food scene — proving that food-on-the-run paired with great flavor never goes out of style. Social conversations about tamales exploded 47% over the past year, according to Tastewise, a new platform that uses artificial intelligence to find food trends by tracking social media, restaurant menus and digital content. The platform …
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The Candy Man, in an earlier era in American pop culture, was portrayed as a kindly magician who charmed children with the secret ingredient to turn sunshine into dreamy sweet confections. “He mixes it with love / And makes the world taste good,” late multimedia performer Sammy Davis Jr. sang in his signature tune. Candy as a symbol of love …
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Travis Gienger is the Michael Jordan of giant pumpkins: the greatest of all time. The stone craftsman, horticulture teacher and gourd whisperer from Anoka, Minnesota set the world record last year by growing a 2,749-pound pumpkin. The orange colossus was boldly named Michael Jordan in the spring, in honor of the basketball player widely considered the GOAT (Greatest of All …
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There’s a little secret at Little Miss BBQ, the Phoenix, Arizona eatery that’s generated long lines and rave reviews since it began serving pecan- and oak-smoked beef, pork and poultry 10 years ago. The not-so-secret is a sandwich called El Jefe, or “The Boss” in Spanish. The dish demands devotion from anyone who dares to take on the job of …
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Celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan’s innovative fare has struck a chord in the Music City. Born in India and rising to stardom in New York City, the celebrity chef has orchestrated an ensemble of innovative flavors at Chauhan Ale & Masala House in Nashville, Tennessee. The hook to Chauhan’s groove is the deep full-flavored sweet-or-savory rhythm of southern culinary traditions, backed …
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Roll, orange roll. The home of the Alabama Crimson Tide has a curious obsession with pastries painted in the citrus tint of gridiron rival Tennessee Volunteers. “There’s a chunk of Alabama that has fallen hard for orange rolls,” Melissa Hall, co-director of the Southern Foodways Alliance in Oxford, Mississippi, told Fox News Digital. EASY-DRINKING HERBAL BEER GRUIT INSPIRED BY ERA …
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Beermaker Craig Neuzil called Decorah Nordic Gruit “the anti-IPA.” “Everybody was making these big, juicy, India pale ales and seeing how much hop bitterness they could get into it,” said Neuzil, the brewer-owner of Pivo Brewery in Calmar, Iowa. “I said, ‘Let’s go the opposite way. Let’s make an easy-drinking beer with zero hops and no bitterness.'” 5 DELICIOUS FOOD …
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People crave a good story. Perhaps that’s why these five far-fetched food fantasies on April Fools’ Day in previous years fooled the public hungry for a good story — and maybe something new and delicious to eat. Check these five out. 1. Taco Bell chimes in with landmark claim Fast-food chain Taco Bell took a daring risk in 1996 by …
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Chocolate Easter bunnies are a sweet example of European tradition re-imagined by American ingenuity and capitalist creativity. Credit first-generation German-American Robert Lincoln Strohecker, known in confectioner’s lore as the “Father of the Chocolate Easter Bunny.” The source of Strohecker’s legend was a massive 5-foot-tall (or perhaps even taller) solid chocolate rabbit he displayed outside Pennsylvania retailers in 1890 to popularize …
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Rick Bishop has spent decades foraging for ramps in the Catskill Mountains, guided by the country wisdom he learned long ago from an old-time woodsman. “He told me that ramps clean the winter right out of your blood,” said Bishop, a farmer, forager and owner of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, New York, to Fox News Digital. Ramps are …
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