Our Sun is one of the calmer stars in the known universe - especially when compared to some of the giants out there which routinely emit gigantic solar flares. But even our Sun will grow to become a threat to us one day.
To give it a cosmic classification, our Sun is currently a yellow dwarf star. As it approaches the end of its natural life and is no longer able to carry out fusion, it will eventually become a white dwarf. Before it reaches that stage, though, it will briefly (in universal terms) become a red giant. That won't be good for Earth, because as a red giant, the Sun will expand to a size where it reaches our orbit and engulfs us. Not that anybody will be left to see it, because the rapid expansion of the star would have long since burned everyone to death. On the bright side, if you'll excuse the pun, we have a long time to come up with a survival plan. The estimated life of our Sun is 10 billion years, and we're only somewhere around half the way through it.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.