HOW THEY DO IT / How Krispy Kreme Doughnuts are Made | UNWRAPPED | Food Network

BEST / NEW YORK TIMES 2021 Restaurant List - 50 Spots we are excited about

Oct. 12, 2021 

 After a fitful and often grueling 19 months, the nation’s restaurants are slowly coming back. So are the pleasures of eating out. But where to start?

The Food desk dispatched critics, reporters and editors around the country to find the 50 most vibrant and delicious restaurants in 2021. They’re not ranked, but together they reflect the rich mosaic of American dining — from the melding of Thai curry and Texas brisket in the Pacific Northwest, to heritage crab rice on the South Carolina coast, to vegan soul food in the East Village. 

Some are classics, still great after decades. Others are in their prime, restaurants at their practiced peaks. And still others are newcomers, intrepidly making their way through the roughest stretch the restaurant business is likely to endure. All of them beckon us back to the table.

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REVIEW / Chickenjoy to the world: At Jollibee in Pembroke Pines, comforts of home and peach-mango pies / Sun Sentinal

Because it’s new to South Florida, locals may have little understanding of Jollibee’s world influence, but the fast-food chain has operated 5,800 locations in 33 countries since the late 1970s, mostly in the Philippines. The first Jollibee began its life as an ice-cream stand in Manila in 1975 and started franchising in 1978, beating out Ronald McDonald, who didn’t step foot in the Philippines until 1981.

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Trying NEW Disney's 50th Anniversary Celebration Treats & Food At Hollywood Studios!

Trying NEW Disney's 50th Anniversary Celebration Treats & Food At Hollywood Studios!
In today's vlog we head to Disney's Hollywood Studios for a fun day of trying new 50th anniversary treats and food! We started the day with the 50th celebration filet at the Hollywood Brown Derby. It was Walt's hash topped with a filet and an egg, just the way Walt liked it! Then we try more sweet treats that were featured in the Disney Parks Blog. Everything we tried was really good!

 

FYI / Behind the Scenes at 5 Top Candy Factories | UNWRAPPED | Food Network

VIDEO CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro 00:04 Gummy Glo-Worms 03:20 M&Ms 06:33 Twizzlers 09:01 Warheads 12:21 Nerds Ropes

PROFILE HISPANIC / Migration changes Broward, new ideas & fresh flavors

The enticing aromas of a bakery that specializes in Cuban treats did more than make Michael Garcia’s mouth water. It was the moment he realized that major changes were happening in Broward, with so many Hispanic families moving north. “That confirms it,” Garcia remembers thinking in 2006 when Broward’s first Vicky Bakery opened in Cooper City. 

And the county is now making plans to reflect the tidal shift in its diversity, with Black and Hispanic people combined outnumbering the white population. About 33.1% of Broward’s population is white, just over 30.2% is Black, and about 31.3% is Hispanic, according to the latest county data. So the county is moving ahead with its intention to carve out another designated Black voting district and — for the first time — a Hispanic seat. The plans have been welcomed by both communities. 

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GOOD NEWS / McDonald’s free ‘Thank You’ meals to teachers / CNN

(CNN) — Teachers are going to get a little extra lovin’ this week with free breakfast “Thank You” meals from McDonald’s as a token of appreciation. Any educator, including teachers, administrators, and school staff can go to McDonald’s from October 11 to October 15 to receive their breakfast meal, McDonald’s said in a news release Friday. 

 “Together with our Owner/Operators, we’re proud to serve the people who make our communities a better place, and this is an important time to say thank you to some of our everyday heroes,” McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger said in the release. “We were honored to give away 12 million free Thank You Meals to first responders and healthcare workers last year and now, with educators going above and beyond, we’re excited to recognize them in a way only McDonald’s can.”

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TASTE TEST / Are Zero Sugar Sodas Better Than Diet? / Good Mythical Morning

YESTERDAYS / Cashiers At The Piggly Wiggly Continental, Encino, California, 1962

NEWS / Grocery store shelves aren’t going back to normal this year

(CNN) — If you hoped grocery stores this fall and winter would look like they did in the Before Times, with limitless options stretching out before you in the snack, drink, candy and frozen foods aisles, get ready for some disappointing news. 

 Many of the country’s biggest food makers are telling grocers that they will have limited quantities of a number of their products, including things like Rice Krispies Treats, Sour Patch Kids, some Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors, McCormick gourmet spices, and Marie Callender’s pot pies because of labor, commodity and transportation constraints throttling supply chains, according to emails viewed by CNN and interviews with grocers. Some suppliers are also telling grocers to cancel their promotions of these items and more over the holidays so these items won’t disappear from store shelves as quickly. 

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