These days the Tin Roof Sundae is taken for granted being that every major ice cream company across the nation has its own version of the notorious ice cream combination. What many people don't know is that the famed combination was invented in a small town with a population of approximately 300 people in Potter, Nebraska in the early 1930s. The original Tin Roof Sundae featured a base of vanilla ice cream topped with hot fudge, two scoops of chocolate ice cream, drizzles of warm marshmallow cream, and crushed salted peanuts.
This particular ice cream concoction sounds widely familiar and most likely available at your local creamery, however, Nebraska happens to be the home of the original ice cream sundae. The Tin Roof Sundae forever morphed ice cream allowing servers to experiment with different flavors and textures many had never thought of before and now, ice cream flavors are endless thanks to this blend of sugary and salty ingredients.
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.