When two people get together to make music, they usually settle on a great band name that will look good on posters and get them recognized. When Macklemore met Ryan Lewis, they settled on the can't-miss name 'Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.' Despite that complete lack of imagination, they made it to the big time anyway. With songs like 'Thrift Shop,' they couldn't fail, even though Macklemore appears to have spent his entire adult life deliberately trying to look as much like Roger Klotz as possible.
Macklemore is the perfect age to have grown up watching 'Doug' on Nickelodeon, and so Klotz has probably been his style inspiration for as long as he can remember. Klotz is a bad guy in 'Doug,' whereas Macklemore, by all accounts, is nice to his fans when they meet him in person. We wonder if that would change if someone pointed out that he's stolen his leather jacket and haircut from a children's television character.
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.