Lauren Cahn
School
NYU School Of Law, Tufts University
Expertise
Fascinating Food Facts, Cooking And Baking Science, Restaurant Business
- Lauren has had the honor of interviewing a number of high-end celebrity chefs like Alex Guarnaschelli, Antonia Lofaso, and David Burke but she's also considered an expert on Chick-fil-A, particularly its super-secret secret menu items.
- She swears by sous vide and has never met a meat, fish, or fowl that couldn't be made better with a vacuum-sealed water bath.
- As far as Lauren is concerned, the only thing better than passing the New York State bar exam was celebrating at Bobby Flay's first restaurant, Mesa Grill on lower Fifth Avenue, you know, like, before he was "Bobby Flay."
Experience
Lauren's blog Yoga Chickie (2004-2008) delved as much into cooking as it did into posing, and when she started blogging for Arianna Huffington's eponymous Post, her juiciest stories concerned foodie culture. After cutting her teeth on all the pancake breakfasts and community potlucks as a news reporter for All About Bedford (a Westchester, New York hyperlocal news outlet), Lauren went on to write news and features for Taste of Home, Naturally Savvy, Eat This Not That, and a number of other outlets that are not specifically about food, including Reader's Digest, Just Great Lawyers, and Grown and Flown. She's also been published on MSN, Fox News, Insider, and in the print version of Reader's Digest, where several of her stories have been featured on the cover. Lauren joined Static Media in 2020 as a news and features writer for Mashed and Health Digest and has since expanded to Tasting Table, as well as The List and Glam.
Education
Lauren earned a bachelor's degree in English from Tufts University, Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude; she graduated from NYU Law School and worked as a lawyer in New York City for more than a decade before her nose for news led her to the life of a journalist.
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Stories By Lauren Cahn
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Fortunately for rare meat aficionados, the risk of foodborne illness associated with rare steak is relatively low, but the same is not true for rare burgers.
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Celebrity chef, Alton Brown has come up with a process to mimic dry-aged steaks at home, and you'll only need three common kitchen items to pull it off.
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Seeing a series of restaurants struggle is never a happy affair. But the sad tale of the bankruptcy of the Popeyes franchisee, PCK, begins with a tragic loss.
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Sure, you can use butter as a fix but if it doesn't go with whatever it is you're making, there are thankfully a couple of other alternatives.
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Everything was brighter and more vibrant in the '80s, including the drinks. Here's the Midori sour -- the quintessential '80s cocktail you should know about.
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The Seder meal is an essential part of Passover, and at the center of the feast is maror. Here's why these bitter herbs hold big meaning in Jewish tradition.
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Hormel just announced it's taking its culinary game to the next level by introducing pre-cooked, pre-sliced Spanish-style chorizo.
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One of the main attractions of eating baked Alaska is its inability to melt when set on fire. Here's how this whipped and baked dessert withstands the heat.
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Pizza Hut is bringing back its Mini Basketballs for a limited time. The last time they were offered, some adults walking around today hadn't been born yet.
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Who says barbecue fare can't be part of a fine dining experience? In fact, it can, and maybe it should be, at least some of the time.
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You don't have to have a can on hand when inspiration in the kitchen strikes. Turning fresh milk into evaporated milk is safe and easy to do at home.
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Irish soda bread and barmbrack are associated with one another, but they have a few differences despite their ties to Ireland. Here's what you should know.
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Like pasta water, rice water has a number of unexpected uses in cooking other dishes. And like pasta water, rice water may have other smart uses, too.
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Time to look at a milk product, with help from a little nursery rhyme called "Little Miss Muffet."
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Now that the Girl Scouts have sold out their Raspberry Rally cookies, they're left to look on as eBay-ers list boxes for resale at black-market mark-ups.
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For those who don't want to pay steakhouse prices for a plate of mutton chops, it's possible to make great mutton at home. You just have to know a few tricks.
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Alongside dark brown sugar and room-temperature eggs, the best-kept secret of them all for ridiculously fudgy brownies is a technique known as "rapping."
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With the rise of the olive oil coffee trend, we leave it to the experts to decide if it deserves its hype. Here's what they have to say about this addition.
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Love it or hate it: it's hard to deny that the Long Island Ice Tea is having a moment. Here are the conflicting origin stories behind the legendary cocktail.
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New York is the Empire State. So it's only fitting that the Little Caesars pizza empire announced some very big plans to grow its New York City market.
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Sunny Dell Foods recalled a run of its 12-ounce glass jars of Rao's Homemade Roasted Red Peppers with Portobello Mushrooms because of a labelling mishap.
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is speaking out about the ongoing attempts to unionize workers, stating that it will undermine the company's vision. Here's why.
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According to a new report by one of the world's leading forecasters of famine, high levels of acute food insecurity in Kenya have risen by 43% since last year.
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Harry S. Truman, a Kentuckian, was and remains famous for his love of bourbon. He's even known to have enjoyed a bracing shooter every morning with his OJ.
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One could argue that Subway's been spiffing itself up for a sale for some time now with menu improvements. So, does this bode well for your next sandwich?
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Irish soda bread is a St. Patrick's Day classic, but its origins are more practical than celebratory. Here's why this simple bread came to be.
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With costs increasing for restaurants, costs need to change somewhere. Chipotle announced in February 2023 that it will stop increasing prices for consumers.