Cook Like a Celebrity |

Some of us have seen the results of too much nipping, tucking and Botox and realized that maybe we don't want to look like celebrities anymore. In any case, it might be a more realistic goal to cook like a celebrity instead. Fortunately some famous folk have taken time from their busy singing, dancing and acting schedules to produce cookbooks.

When Gwyneth Paltrow's cookbook My Father's Daughter, was released earlier this year, it was greeted with criticism but not of the recipes. It was noted in The Atlantic's review of the book that a cook would need to spend about $1300 to purchase the "essential tools" Paltrow recommends. Bloggers gleefully posted quotes highlighting Paltrow's apparen't ignorance of middle class family life (at one point she mentions with a straight face that cow's milk may be used as a substitute for soy, almond or hemp milk). However, Salon concluded that in spite of the author's "clueless haute couture sensibility", the recipes were simple and easy.