Gabby Romero

We love any excuse to be festive. Whether it’s the Fourth of July, Halloween, or Christmas, you can bet that we’re planning to celebrate in style. And if you love holiday food as much as we do, you need to visit the ultimate destination for every festive celebration: Holiday World. Located in the town of Santa Claus, Indiana, Holiday World is a theme park dedicated to some of our favorite days of the year. This fourth generation family-owned park was first founded with Christmas in mind. But sin…

Picking where to take someone for a first date can set the tone for your entire relationship. Something too casual, like a fast food chain, can be a let down, while going too formal can feel stuffy and uncomfortable. But one recently crowdsourced list of unacceptable first date spots is now going viral—and it seems like some seemingly solid options are off limits.Some locations on this list are no-brainers. Netflix and chill nights are passé. Taking a first date to a family function is premature…

Turkey is the most crucial dish on any Thanksgiving table, but it’s not exactly everybody’s favorite. And honestly? We don’t blame them. Too often the supposed star of the meal is dry and flavorless. Not even a lake’s worth of gravy is enough to salvage some birds. But if you think freshly roasted turkey can get dry, then reheated leftover turkey is like the Sahara Desert. When not warmed properly, any semblance of succulence goes out the window. It can truly ruin the whole leftovers experience.…

The holiday season is fast approaching, which means it’s time to start making plans. We need to buy Halloween costumes, book flights home, and, most importantly, figure out what we’re doing for Thanksgiving.For us at Delish, Thanksgiving is like our Super Bowl. We spend months developing fun new twists on classic dishes and honing our hosting skills. But not everybody has concrete plans for celebrating the holidays. Once you factor in travel costs, taking time off work, and the physical distance…

Every October, you can expect to hear the same terrifying warning: your Halloween candy may be tampered with something dangerous. Whether it’s razor blades, marijuana, or rainbow-colored fentanyl, there’s always a new thing for parents to fear when they send their kids trick-or-treating.Online search trends for drug-laced Halloween candy spike every year as the holiday approaches. The news cycle always features at least one story about the latest drug that’s supposedly sneaking into Snickers bar…

One of the eternal struggles of hosting Thanksgiving is figuring out how much food to make. It’s hard enough to determine the right-sized turkey; but you also need to consider the mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, green beans, mac and cheese, and more. And then you also have to make sure there’s enough room for dessert (because you can reasonably expect at least a few pies to make an appearance). The mere thought of it all stresses us out. In an attempt to alleviate some of the anxiety…

Whether you’re making a loaf of bread or DIY-ing your own crust for pizza night, you need yeast to do the heavy lifting. And when we say lifting, we’re being literal. Baker’s yeast, known scientifically as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, are tiny single-celled microorganisms that have been used as a leavener for millennia. On the most basic level, yeast feeds on the starches in flour and releases carbon dioxide. Those CO2 bubbles get trapped in whatever you’re baking and increase the volume of your do…

The contents of some of our favorite fast food items are often shrouded in mystery. Finding processed foods and preservatives you can’t pronounce on a drive-thru menu is practically inevitable. Consumers have long been critical of what makes up fast food, with the McDonald’s Chicken McNugget being one of the most maligned menu items in America. People have accused McNuggets of being made out of “pink slime,” which the chain vehemently denies. The production of the McNugget was lambasted in the 2…

Chef Manouschka Guerrier has made meals for some of Hollywood’s most famous stars. She’s cooked for the Kardashians, Selena Gomez, and the queen herself: Ariana Grande. Guerrier stopped by the Delish Test Kitchen to show us how to make Grande’s favorite dish. Chicken scarpariello is typically made with braised chicken thighs and sausage and is swimming in a spicy, pickled pepper-packed sauce (try saying that five times fast.) It’s a classic Italian American dish that you can find at red sauce jo…

Popcorn is one of the most versatile snacks in the world. You can’t fully enjoy a movie in the theater without a tub of popcorn, complete with the imitation melted butter. Kettle corn is the ultimate sweet and salty treat. And cheesy popcorn? Words can’t describe how delicious it is. But there are a lot of contradicting opinions about the nutritional merits of popcorn. Some experts argue that it’s one of the healthiest snack foods available. Other people claim that it’s too carb-heavy, too fatty…