Living in a society where food is mass-produced and experimentation with our palettes has allowed us to develop distinct food cultures from state to state. Every United States territory has become notorious for a particular dish. And now, we're here to breakdown the must-try dish from each state in the country. Check out each mouth-watering food specialty from state-to-state below and let us know if we got your home state's dish correct in the comment section.
Food consumption is the connecting factor between all living things on the planet. No matter where we're at, our cultural barriers, language differences, and social climates do not deter many of us from being able to share a meal with one another. One of our innate characteristics as humans is to consume for the nourishment of our bodies.
Regionally, a lot of our eating habits and diets are integrally connected to the environment and cultures we've become accustomed to through our heritages and social engineering. From the rice paddies found throughout Asia to the produce grown throughout the mountains of the Bahamas to the grain produced throughout the mainland Americas, the planet has also us to become fruitful utilizing its natural conditions.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.