14. Soy Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream

14. Soy Sauce and Vanilla Ice Cream

Let's go find the first Chinese restaurant that served ice cream. I'm sure that's where this was invented. Those two food items aren't usually in the same vicinity otherwise. Either that or this was a prank. Ever notice how similar soy sauce looks to chocolate sauce when melted into the ice cream? This prank must have gone wrong because this is apparently very delicious. I'd need to be tricked into eating this to prove it though.

Is it that vanilla ice cream is so "vanilla" (boring) that you can put anything on it and make it taste better? What about human blood? Now, before you call me crazy, hear me out. If you could be promised that the blood was infection free, wouldn't you pay $100 for a scoop of ice cream with Jennifer Lawrence's blood on it? Or am I just the weird one?

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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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