Almost all of us - probably when we were a little younger - went through a phase of buying clothes that had our favorite band's logo or album cover on it. If you went to see the band on tour, you might even have got an official tour t-shirt from a stall outside the concert. When we got older and it was no longer 'cool' to go outside wearing a band t-shirt, they were likely either thrown out or buried at the bottom of a drawer. You might even dig them out occasionally to where when you're cleaning or painting the house!
If you do that, stop it at once. You might damage something worth thousands of dollars. Original band t-shirts - not the 'modern' replacement types found in high street stores and worn by people who've never heard of the band - could be worth thousands of dollars. The record for a band t-shirt on eBay is $7,000, although it was a special one given to people who worked on Nirvana's 'In Utero' tour and was never sold in stores.
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.