7. Iowa

7. Iowa

Iowa. You do? How much? - that's a fun little joke you can try when people say Iowa. It's as if they said "I owe her." You get it. I'm full of them if you haven't noticed. That joke is a little bit CORNY though. That was about Iowa being so well known for corn. That's two for two!

Chances are that if I told that joke to a random person from iowa, they'd have a 21% chance of being trashed and laughing since that's the percent of adults who drink to excess. Those are pretty good odds! Good thing for them they are very low in their negative stats like alcohol-related deaths and poor health. Also, everyone I have ever met from Iowa are definitely the coolest people around.

Adults drinking excessively: 21.0% - Alcohol-related driving deaths: 25.4% (7th lowest) - Adults in fair or poor health: 12.3% (4th lowest) - Drunkest metro area: Iowa City, IA

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Did You Know...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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