For 90% of the world, the first thing that comes to mind when people mention Delaware is 'Amazon.' Jeff Bezos has a lot to answer for. Delaware is another one of our mid-price states, with housing costing approximately £13,500, and food coming in surprisingly low at less than $7,000. Perhaps the state should start marketing itself on being a cheap place to eat. After all, who doesn't like food?
Given that Delaware is an agricultural state, maybe we shouldn't be surprised that food prices are so low. You don't need to pay to buy your groceries from the store if you're growing them yourself! "The First State" - so named because it was the very first place to ratify the Constitution, and therefore was technically the foundation stone of the United States of America - is fairly self-reliant when it comes to making sure everyone gets fed. You now know where to head in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
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.