Steven John
Location
Port Washington, NY
Expertise
Food, Cooking, Home
- Steven specializes in writing about foods, cooking, grilling, and the like.
- Steven is also a great lover of the outdoors and of exercise and fitness.
- Steven also writes about travel, apparel, DIY topics, and has intervied all sorts of interesting people.
Experience
Steven John is a writer based near New York City (after 12 years in LA, four in Boston, and the first 18 just outside DC). He has more than a decade of experience writing professionally, including published novels and thousands of articles written for myriad outlets. When not writing or spending time with his wife, son, and daughter, he frequently jogs and bikes, sometimes gets in a kayak, and occasionally climbs mountains. He writes for several major outlets, and his novels can be found on his website stevenjohnbooks.com
Education
Steven has a BA in communications and filmmaking from Emerson. and 10+ years of writing professionally.
Mashed’s industry-leading coverage is created by qualified and experienced writers, and is reviewed and fact-checked by our editorial team to ensure everything is accurate and timely. Outside experts are also consulted to help deliver factual, up-to-date information.
Our mission is to inform and engage our readers, telling them things they need to know, things they want to know, and things they didn't know they wanted to know about food. We strive to always provide a well-rounded reading experience, whether that’s the news of the day or a new original recipe you can try making at home. In an effort to provide the most comprehensive, current, and accurate content, our editorial team constantly reviews and updates articles as necessary. Additional information on our editorial process available here.
Stories By Steven John
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How good can you expect pizzas, fries, and chicken wings inspired by the wacky minds at LankyBox and cooked at Chuck E. Cheese to be? We had to find out.
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Gingerdead is the new holiday-spiced blend from the twisted minds at the Death Wish Coffee Company. Did this caffeine-spiked brew leave us feeling jolly?
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Sierra Nevada's Cryo Fresh Torpedo Wet Hop IPA uses an exciting new method for preserving hops. Is the end product as revolutionary as the brewing process?
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We tried Wendy's new Italian Mozzarella Cheeseburger, Italian Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich and Garlic Fries and found them thoroughly enjoyable -- in moderation.
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We'll share our thoughts on the Limited Edition Frosted Gingerbread Pop-Tarts and tell you if this gingerbread house building material is also worth eating.
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The Blue Apron Holiday Roast Box calls for a lot of active cooking, but this carefully curated winter holiday meal will thrill friends and family.
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When it comes to fast food frozen treats, the Wendy's Frosty really is hard to beat. But should you try the latest Frosty from Wendy's, the Peppermint Frosty?
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Smoothie King has limited-time Snickerdoodle and Apple Pie smoothies for the winter holidays. We tasted them to see if they're worthwhile winter treats.
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As tasty as the Milky Ways, Skittles, M&M's, and other candies in the Mars portfolio may be, the story of the Mars family itself is a little less sweet.
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If your idea of a good time is going camping, then you know how important a good camp stove can be. Check out our list of the best backpacking stoves in 2022.
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While it remains to be seen whether the Avatar sequel is worth the wait, the movie's cereal spinoff earns a thumbs up.
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Qdoba introduces two new menu items featuring its brisket birria. Its new Quesabirria Burrito and Quesabirria Quesadilla bring new meaning to the word filling.
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Blue and Buried blend from Death Wish Coffee is certainly potent, but how does it fare otherwise? Here’s what we thought when we tried this coffee.
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Cereal has gone off the rails with this new Kellogg's and Little Debbie mashup. This Nutty Buddy cereal is sweet, but is it worth going back for a second bowl?
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After a 5-year hiatus, Kellogg's Cinnabon cereal is back in grocery stores. We tasted it to see if this cinnamon bun-flavored cereal was worth the wait.
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To see how easy Blue Apron can make Thanksgiving Dinner prep — not to mention how tasty — we tried out one of the company's Thanksgiving boxes for ourselves.
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If you want a sandwich sizable enough to keep you full from lunch to dinner, then you have found it with the All-American Beefy Crunch from Jimmy John's.
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Arby's has released a new limited-edition Smoked Bourbon. Is it a gimmick, or is this spirit actually worth sipping? We tried it and here's what we thought.
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Want to know what Smashburger's new chicken wings are all about? We've got the scoop on the chain's latest menu additions.
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California Pizza Kitchen is known for great pizza, but burgers ... not so much. The chain is mixing things up though with a new burger offering and we tried it!
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Cereal innovations don't come along all that often. So when Kellogg's released a "cooling" Elf on the Shelf cereal, we knew we just had to try it.
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Not to spoil our full review of Stone's Enjoy By 10/31/22 Hazy IPA, but we'll say this: These beers are worth waiting for and are not to be missed.
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Broccoli might not be what comes to mind when you think of fast food sides. Sonic has fried broccoli tots though and the chain just might be on to something.
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Sonic has rolled out a new dessert treat, but can the chain really improve upon something as great as cookie dough? We had to find out for ourselves.
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We just tried the new Perfect Pairing Pale Ale from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, along with some Cabot cheeses. Here’s how it went.
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"Hocus Pocus 2" Berry Brew cereal is available now, so you can sink your teeth into this sweet stuff before the movie comes out later this fall. But should you?
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Sonic isn't a steakhouse by any stretch of the imagination. Still, the chain is launching a new steakhouse-inspired burger, but ... is it any good?
