Key Takeaways Based on the opinion of six chefs, the best fast food signature sauce comes from a classic chain and has been around for decades. The best special sauce also lacks ketchup, despite all appearances. When it comes to fast-food condiments, three classics reign supreme: mustard, mayo, and ketchup. Whether it’s adding tang to…
Key Takeaways Four professional chefs evaluated fast food hot dogs based on snap, flavor, preparation, and bun. One unexpected burger chain impressed our chefs and emerged as the favorite. “Is a hot dog a sandwich?” Regardless of which side of that debate you land on, we can all agree that the nostalgic ballpark snack always…
You might assume that pastry chefs stay as far away from boxed cake mix as possible. And while that is mostly true, I’m going to let you in on a secret. Even professional bakers keep boxed cake mix in their pantries for cake-related emergencies. Sometimes you find yourself in need of cake ASAP and without…
As someone who grew up in Middle Georgia, I am a total peach snob. An unabashed elitist. Sure, I’ll try a peach from Chilton County, Alabama (and you’ll hear me mumble, “It’s not a Dickey’s”) and I will admit that South Carolina does in fact have very good peaches, but ultimately, my heart belongs to…
There is nothing—and I mean nothing—that hits quite like a potato chip. Sandwich missing that little something extra? Add potato chips. Your chocolate chip cookie falling flat in the flavor department? Crunch up some potato chips and mix them right into the dough. Midnight munchies striking? You don’t even have to ask—my hand is already…
During summer road trips with the family, and sometimes just while driving to a more rural part of town to golf together, my Dad would drive us past row upon row upon row of corn. As a native Iowan, “knee-high by the Fourth of July”—a Midwestern saying about how tall farmers hope their corn to…