• 9 Basic Types of Wine

    9 Basic Types of Wine

    Wine has a lot to do with style. Before each harvest, winemakers have to decide which direction they are going to take in order to produce their preferred drink. Below is a list of the most important styles of wine, resulting from a number of different production techniques... Read More
  • 19 Best Foods In Brazil

    19 Best Foods In Brazil

    Eating in Brazil is an absolute pleasure. Just like the country itself, Brazilian cuisine is vibrant, colorful, diverse, and exciting. Brazil is a vast country and the food vary greatly from region to region... Read More
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    20 Great Cocktail Recipes You Should Know

    Here are all the great cocktail recipes and alcoholic drinks you should know how to make, from the margarita to the whiskey sour. For traditionalists who like to keep things simple, these tried-and-true recipes will guarantee your drink is made perfectly... Read More
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    Cherry Biscuit Cobbler

    Why choose between shortcakes and cobbler when you can have one dessert that combines the best of both? The lemony cherry filling is topped with shortcake-inspired cream biscuits (so tender, so light!) that soak up all of those fruit juices without getting soggy... Read More
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  • 1 Different Types of Beer
  • 2 Top 10 Persian Cuisines
  • 3 Healing Chicken and Rice Soup
  • 4 Best Ever Steak And Eggs
  • 5 The 19 Best Sauce Recipes
  • 6 Tuna Salad With Crispy Chickpeas
  • 7 Chocolate Mousse and Marshmallow Icing S'mores Cake Recipe
  • 8 15 Famous Italian Foods You Must Try
  • 9 Blueberry Cheesecake Squares
  • 10 The Best Vodka Mixers
  • 11 Classic homemade burger recipe
  • 12 Best Angel Food Cake
  • Different Types of Beer

    Beer has a long and rich history, dating back millennia and playing a vital role in the early development of human civilization. As its influence has spread, beer itself has changed, resulting in hundreds of different varieties that are enjoyed around the world. The question of how many types of beer styles there are..
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  • Top 10 Persian Cuisines

    Persian food is one of the most delicious food that you can try in your life. If you are a food lover, actually it's impossible if you haven't heard about Qormeh Sabzi or Iranian Kebab or other delicious Iranian food. The truth is Persian food is famous between the travelers who visit Iran and sometimes it is the reason that many tourists travel to this country...
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  • Healing Chicken and Rice Soup

    Things I want you to know about healing chicken and rice soup: it is limey, salty, and so fresh. It’s super satisfying thanks to juicy and garlic-ginger-infused chicken thighs and tender jasmine rice, and it can be (read: should be) loaded with fresh herbs and peanuts and more lime juice...
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  • Best Ever Steak And Eggs

    It doesn’t require too much of a cook time and you won’t really need a meat thermometer either. And while that steak is resting, go ahead and fry your eggs in that same cast iron skillet. If fried eggs are not your jam, scrambled eggs are also perfect here. Just be sure to drizzle that fresh herb sauce everywhere...
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  • The 19 Best Sauce Recipes

    Is there anything in this world that's not made better by sauce? Definitely not. Because if you don't already know: sauce is life. Slather these on sandwiches, drizzle them on salads, pour them over pasta - the options are endless...
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  • Tuna Salad With Crispy Chickpeas

    Tuna salad deserves more than to be dolloped on dressed greens for lunch. Some pan-fried chickpeas and the crunch from endive improve things tremendously...
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  • Chocolate Mousse and Marshmallow Icing S'mores Cake Recipe

    Borrowing all the classic flavors of a campfire s'more, the Ideas in Food team creates a graham cracker cake that's flavored with browned butter, layered with a dulce de leche-spiked chocolate mousse, and topped with a toasted bourbon-marshmallow icing...
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  • 15 Famous Italian Foods You Must Try

    The most difficult thing about eating in Italy is that you can’t try everything. Traditional Italian food is arguably the most popular and well known cuisine in Europe and indeed the entire world. Typical Italian ingredients, methods and dishes influence other palettes...
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  • Blueberry Cheesecake Squares

    Looking for a wonderful dessert? Then check out these delicious cheesecake squares topped with blueberries...
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  • The Best Vodka Mixers

    Figuring out the right mixer to use to turn this liquor into a libation can be daunting when all you really want is a drink. So to uncomplicate your aperol hour, here are the best vodka mixers for a classic vodka cocktail. In each of the cases below, we recommend a two- (or three)-to-one ratio of mixer to vodka...
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  • Classic homemade burger recipe

    This super easy homemade beef burger recipe gives you delicious patties, packed with onions and herbs for extra flavour, that are perfect for topping with cheese, lettuce and tomato, and sandwiching between floury buns...
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  • Best Angel Food Cake

    Angel food cake is so simple, but the specific ingredients and equipment matter. Yes, you do have to use a tube pan and cake flour, and yes, you do need to sift the dry ingredients and cool the pan upside down. But it all pays off in this cloud-like cake with just the right amount of sweetness. This is part of BA's Best, a collection of our essential recipes...
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Spices & Herbs

A Complete List of Spices & Herbs

We've put together the ultimate reference guide filled with a global list of spices, from the basics to the hard-to-find. 

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Similarities & Differences Between Hard Liquors

Gin, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, and Whiskey

There are more similarities than differences between hard liquors or spirits...

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  • Different Types of Bread

    Get to know the different types of bread all over the world. Learn about the distinguishing characteristics for each and how the different cultures enjoy them as part of their diet.

    Bread is the most widely consumed food in the world and has been a staple food since the earliest times. There’s evidence from 30,000 years ago in Europe that the early man used starch extracts, possibly from the roots of cattails and ferns, to make flatbread...

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  • Light and Airy Cherry Cheesecake

    Step away from the supermarket cheesecake, especially if you have the time to make it yourself! Preparing a traditional rich and creamy cheesecake is simple and straightforward using our easy-to-follow instructions.

    We suggest preparing this recipe at least seven hours before serving. This way, your cheesecake can get nice and cold overnight. This recipe contains a smaller amount of cream cheese for texture and a greater amount of...

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  • Chickpea Pancakes With Greens and Cheese

    These cheesy, green-y, and utterly satisfying chickpea pancakes were inspired by Healthyish contributor Aliza Abarbanel’s favorite work-from-home comfort lunch. “I’ve filled these pancakes with just about every leftover in the fridge, from cooked greens to roasted mushrooms to marinated lentils, but melty cheese remains a constant,” she says.

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  • The 10 Most Popular Types of Wine

    Although there are hundreds of different grape varietals, there are 10 wine types that are known as the most popular in the United States. Here is a brief description of each.

    Most wine-serving establishments in America will have these wine types, but there are many great varietals beyond the ten listed below. Region, cultivation style and climate all make each varietal different, which is why wine is such a fascinating beverage...

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The 20 Best Comfort Foods in America

The 20 Best Comfort Foods in America

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of “American cuisine” are classics like burgers, fried chicken, hot dogs and pancakes. Like many things American, the cuisine also has influences from elsewhere – German, British, Italian, Dutch, French, and Caribbean are only some of the cultures that have contributed to the food that is now considered typically American. 

Comfort food is always evolving, yet defies all trends. Whether we crave loco moco, spaghetti and meatballs, or a big bowl of matzo ball soup, we want our homespun favorites just the way mom, dad, or grandma used to make them. Read on for the rib-sticking, heart-warming, best comfort foods across America—plus, the places to dig into them. 

 

1 -Chicken and Waffles

Where to get it: According to John T. Edge, the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and author of Fried Chicken: An American Story, chicken and waffles is a Southern dish, “but a Southern dish once or twice removed from the South.” African Americans brought this comforting plate from the South to urban metropolitan areas nationwide and Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles is the place to get it. The L.A. institution serves chicken and waffles at seven locations in Southern California.

 

 

2- Spaghetti and Meatballs

Where to get it: Certain Italian-American purists refuse to eat spaghetti and meatballs anywhere but their grandmothers’ kitchens, for fear of alienating pasta-making family members. For the rest of us, there’s DiPasquale’s, in Baltimore, Maryland.  For nearly 100 years, this Italian-American marketplace has been dishing out hearty bowls of spaghetti and enormous, buttery meatballs to Baltimore loyalists. Best of all? Lunch portions cost less than $13, making this a steal every Nonna can appreciate.

 

3 -Chicken Fried Steak

Where to get it: The official state meal of Oklahoma, chicken fried steak, and travelers will find it served beneath gravy and atop mashed potatoes at diners across the state. If a downhome, no-frills version is what you’re after, point wagons toward Chuck House Restaurant, the self-proclaimed best chicken fry in the universe. The steak here is battered and fried, served with creamy gravy and your choice of potato. It’s an unapologetically rich, utterly satisfying dish.

 

4- Mac and Cheese

Where to get it: The star-spangled cousin to Bechamel is a versatile favorite from coast to coast. It can be a casual weeknight supper, everyone’s go-to Thanksgiving side, or a BBQ pit stop. Cochon Butcher, James Beard Award-winning chefs Donald Link and Stephen Stryjewski’s convivial New Orleans haunt, serves a perfectly portioned crock of mac and cheese, just browned enough on the top to be simultaneously crunchy, creamy, and chewy, all in one bite.

 

 

5- Hotdish

Where to get it:  Similar to a casserole hotdish typically includes some sort of starch, vegetable, and protein in a creamy sauce, which itself might be canned creamed soup. Minneapolis’ Mason Jar prides itself on its tater tot hot dish, a delicious combo of ground beef, corn, and homemade cream of mushroom soup beneath a bed of tater tots and melted cheddar.

 

6- Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

Where to get it: Ask 10 Chicagoans where to get the best deep dish pizza in their city, and expect 10 different answers. One noteworthy version is at Gino’s East, a 1966 institution that has since spawned nearly 20 locations worldwide. At the Magnificent Mile original, you will run into tourists, but you’ll see locals too. Everyone is there for good reason: Gino’s layers Italian pork sausage between its crust and sauce, giving every slice beautifully salty, fennel-spiked notes.

 

7- Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

Where to get it: Sweet, acidic tomatoes cut through gooey, cheesy decadence in this classic flavor combination. For an utterly traditional take, tuck into the special at Ted’s Bulletin, a Washington DC standby for family-friendly favorites like chunky tomato soup with buttery grilled cheese. Those hoping to gild the lily might opt for the deluxe sandwich, which comes with tomato, country ham, or applewood bacon; or go for broke with the super deluxe, made with braised short rib and three-cheese mac.

 

8- Matzo Ball Soup

Where to get it: Light and fluffy? Dense and hearty? There are countless ways to prepare matzo balls, but a quintessentially comforting version of the soup acolytes call “Jewish penicillin” is always on order at New York City’s Second Avenue Deli. The Manhattan landmark was born from a 1954 lunch counter, and relocated to new digs in 2007. The beloved matzo ball soup remains golden, heart-warming, and utterly satisfying.

 

9- Coney Dogs

Where to get it: Detroiters credit Greek-American immigrants with their hometown specialty, a beef hot dog served on a bun topped with chili sauce, yellow mustard, and diced onion. “These are not aristocratic sausages like you find on the other side of Lake Michigan, in Chicago and Milwaukee,” Jane and Michael Stern write in 500 Things to Eat Before It’s Too Late. Get your fix at Lafayette Coney Island, one of two longtime local favorites (the other is Duly’s, and it’s located right next door).

 

 

10- Chips and Queso

Where to get it: Chile con queso, called “the dip of the Houston gods” and “one of Houston’s most essential foodstuffs” by the Houston Chronicle, is everything that is satisfying about Tex-Mex cuisine. It’s hearty, cheesy, and unapologetically crowd-pleasing. For more than 30 years, Molina’s in Houston has been serving a meaty version, called Jose’s Dip, that blends gooey melted cheese with onions, ground beef, and light “taco spice.”

 

 

11- Toasted Ravioli

Where to get it: Like Post-It notes and Penicillin, St. Louis’ signature comfort food is the result of a happy accident. The most popular origin story involves a harried line cook at Charlie Gitto’s, an Italian-American restaurant, who mistakenly dropped hand-made pasta into oil instead of water. With that, a lightly fried legend was born. Toasted ravioli are typically enjoyed as an appetizer in restaurants across St. Louis. Try an elegant, critically acclaimed version beneath Bolognese sauce at Lindenwood Park’s Trattoria Marcella.

 

12- Sancocho

Where to get it: A hearty delicacy that spans several Caribbean and Latin American culinary traditions, sancocho is beef stew made with yuca and other root vegetables. Sometimes corn is added, often on the cob, and all gets simmered until the broth is brown and vegetables beautifully tender. Molini’s, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a low-key spot for traditional Puerto Rican fare on Calle Loiza that serves a classic rendition with rich, savory broth. (Pro tip: Molini’s menu changes daily, so call ahead.)

 

13- Chili

Where to get it: Regional takes on chili include everything from simmering pots of beans and beef, to healthful seeming turkey bowls, to spicy Texas varieties. Cincinnati’s signature chili, however, is an unparalleled wonder: plates of spaghetti are topped with mildly spiced beef chili, a handful of shredded yellow cheese, kidney beans, and chopped onions. Camp Washington is the most underrated local spot for this down-home dish. Open since 1940, Camp Washington chili has been honored with a James Beard Classics Award. It’s that good.

 

14- Fish Tacos

Where to get it: Fish tacos are as integral to the Southern California landscape as beautiful beaches and traffic on the 405. They  can be made with battered white fish or seared mahi mahi, but typically involve little other adornment than a squeeze of lime, sprinkle of crunchy cabbage, and maybe (maybe) a dollop of mayo-based “white sauce.” They are everywhere in San Diego; El Zarape, a miniscule Mexican restaurant in the University Heights neighborhood, has a crowd-pleasing version with lightly battered Pollack, a tangy schmear, and chopped fresh veggies.

 

 

15- Brunswick Stew

Where to get it: If you grew up in Georgia, Virginia, or North Carolina, you were likely raised on Brunswick Stew. It’s filling, warming, and economical, three key components to comfort food. Local variations abound, but usually follow the general rubric of tomato-infused broth, pulled or stewed protein (such as chicken), and vegetables like green beans, corn, and okra. Cooks might add butter or lima beans, and sliced kielbasa or pulled pork for smoky flavor. A classic version rich with barbecue trimmings is available seasonally at Buz and Ned’s Smokehouse in Richmond, VA. (Ask the cashier or phone ahead to be sure it’s on the menu.)

 

16- Garbage Plate

Where to get it: Anyone who has wanted to answer the question “Want a hamburger or hot dog?” with “Yes!” will understand the appeal of the garbage plate. It typically involves a choice of protein (cheeseburger, hamburger, Italian sausages, steak, chicken, or hot links) and a starch (home fries, pasta, French fries) beneath meat gravy.  According to local lore, it was created when drunk college kids asked a local restaurateur serve them a plate “with all the garbage on it.” Dogtown Hots, a tiny, divey counter in Monroe Village, in Rochester, NY, devotes an entire section of its menu to custom garbage plates. Called “Junkyard Dog Plates,” they are offer everything from sweet potato fries to macaroni salad to Polish sausages to old fashioned cheeseburgers.

 

17- Breakfast Burrito

Where to get it: L.A.’s sprawl and Austin’s lots are both well-suited to food trucks, but few garner as much early-morning enthusiasm as The Rooster, chef Rouha Sadighi’s mobile operation for breakfast and brunch at various spots in Venice, Culver City, and, recently, Austin, TX. Since its 2016 debut in Venice, the most popular item on the menu has been its breakfast burrito, Rico Suave. Loaded with eggs, avocado, tater tots, bacon, molcajete salsa, and cilantro crema, it’s served in a flour tortilla and craveable around the clock.

 

18- Pepperoni Roll

Where to get it: This savory, portable snack features spicy pepperoni inside rolled and yeasted bread. It was created by an Italian-American immigrant in West Virginia 1929, and became a popular lunch among coal miners in the early half of the 20th century. Pepperoni rolls are reportedly the staff’s pick at Tomaro’s Bakery, a 1914 bakery specializing in Italian-accented breads and buns. Its pepperoni rolls are thick and sturdy, stuffed with hefty batons of spicy sausage.

 

19- Loco Moco

Where to get it: For more than 50 years, the iconic Rainbow Drive in Oahu, HI, has been dishing out favorites like Spam and eggs and loco moco, the islands’ signature egg-topped burger, rice, and gravy plate. Locals voted it their top spot for loco moco for two consecutive years, and it’s easy to see why: the hamburger patties are large, the rice is perfectly cooked, the gravy is savory and egg yolks runny enough to brighten any rainy day.

 

20- Chicken Pot Pie

Where to get in: Great Britain and Australia have their savory pies, and Latin America and Italy have empanadas and calzones, respectively. We have chicken pot pie, an infinitely customizable comfort food staple that bakes stewed meat and vegetables beneath drop biscuits, phyllo dough, or buttery pie crust. Pine State Biscuits, in Portland, OR, a cult label born from a pop-up at the Portland Farmers Market, now has four locations across the city. All offer a noteworthy chicken pot pie made with fried fowl, mixed vegetables, and mushroom gravy beneath one of its signature flaky, buttery biscuits.

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