Earlier on in this list, we cheated a little by including Jewel for Alaska. We also feel like we're cheating a little by including Mandy Moore for New Hampshire. She was born within the state - but she only lived here for two months. It says 'Nashua' on her birth certificate though, and so as far as we're concerned, that makes her eligible for New Hampshire. She's also more famous than Sarah Silverman, and so she gets the thumbs up from us.
Moore has evolved a lot over the years. We first met her as a starry-eyed singing teenager in the Britney Spears mold when she released 'Candy' in 1999 at the age of only 15. Savvy enough to know that pop careers don't last forever, Moore moved into acting at the earliest possible opportunity. Now she's firmly established in the field of acting, she's admitted her first two albums were terrible, and that everyone who bought one should seek a refund.
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.