While the Northeast region of the United States is known for its seafood dishes, the Northwest region of the nation is also responsible for providing the masses with quality seafood-based meals. The freezing-cold depths of the Pacific Ocean has been providing the nation with fresh salmon, tuna, and king crab for hundreds of years, and Washington has been reaping the benefits, creating one of a kind seafood dishes that keep patrons begging for more. Which is why seafood chowder will be representing the state of Washington on our list.
In all honesty, it's really hard to mess up a seafood chowder. Basic ingredients like fish stock, cream, butter, onions, potatoes, fennel, leeks, salt, pepper, and other spices make up the supporting cast for the chowder while nearly anything out of the deep blue sea will suffice as a meat source for the soup. From fish to clams to shellfish to even octopus can create a quality seafood chowder too good to pass up.
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.