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Blake Shelton Just Revealed His Sweet Holiday Cooking Tradition With Gwen Stefani
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Heartfelt traditions are one of the best parts of the holiday season, and The Voices‘s Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani are revealing some of their delicious ones.
“Gwen and I, our cooking tradition has become during Christmas—and not just like your normal, typical [dishes]. But we always challenge ourselves and try to come up with a different, weird, complicated, difficult thing to cook every year,” Shelton told Us Weekly at the 2022 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting. “It started one year [when] she wanted to do a beef Wellington, which is not easy, by the way.”
The Voices‘s country king went on to explain that cooking and singing with Stefani each have unique obstacles, but cooking is less challenging because they’re both in it for the fun. “Singing with Gwen is way harder than cooking with her,” he said. “Cooking is easy for us because neither one of us really knows what we’re doing, and all we do is laugh the whole time. With music, we actually take [it] serious.”
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Shelton and Stefani have collaborated on many musical projects, with their duet “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” being the perfect bop to play around the holiday season. The couple performed the song at the tree lighting, setting the tone for a night of festive merriment. Officially tying the knot in July 2021, Blake and Gwen will surely create more “weird and new” holiday dishes in their time. And we can’t wait to hear about them!
See more of Shelton and Stefani on The Voices, airing Mondays and Tuesdays on NBC at 8/7c and the next day on Peacock.
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Animal Rebellion occupy Salt Bae’s celebrity hotspot and brand it ‘symbolic of a broken system’
Animal Rebellion occupy Salt Bae’s celebrity hotspot Nusr-Et in Knightsbridge and brand it ‘symbolic of a broken system’ in the latest stunt
- Animal Rebellion supporters occupied Salt Bae’s restaurant on Saturday night
- The ‘ultra-premium’ steakhouse serves gold steaks for a staggering £1450 each
- Group claims actions will continue until the government takes ‘meaningful action’
On Saturday 3 December, Animal Rebellion supporters ‘peacefully’ entered social media celebrity Salt Bae’s famous Knightsbridge restaurant, Nusr-Et.
Eight protestors occupied reserved tables, calling for a plant-based food system and conservation efforts known as rewilding.
Salt Bae, the social media influencer and chef who rose to fame in 2017, has hosted the likes of David Beckham, Snoop Dogg and Leonardo DiCaprio at his ‘ultra-premium’ restaurants.
In November, Salt Bae was slammed on social media after bragging about a customer’s £140,584 bill in Abu Dhabi.
Protesters said staff at Salt Bae’s upmarket steak restaurant had physically removed demonstrators from the venue ‘tougher than police would do it’.
Student Ben Thomas, 20, said: ‘We’re in this restaurant to show the inequality in lifestyle during this cost-of-living crisis with people out in this fine dining establishment while others can’t heat their homes.
‘We’re a group of non-violent protesters also campaigning for a plant-based food system.
‘We just sat there, the wait staff were quite civil, but the members of the public – two of them got quite aggressive at one point.
‘The woman kept giving me really dirty looks just for being there. The customers clapped as we were picked up and taken outside.’
Orin Cooley-Greene, 21, said: ‘It was tougher than the police would do it.’
Salt Bae’s ‘Ultra-Premium’ London restaurant was occupied by Animal Rebellion supporters
Animal Rebellion occupied reserved tables in a peaceful protest on Saturday evening
Animal Rebellion claims these actions will continue until the government takes real action
Mr Thomas also said: ‘Restaurants like these are symbolic of a broken system.
‘Whilst 2 million people are relying on food banks in the UK right now, influencer chefs are selling gold-plated steaks for more than one thousand pounds.
‘Steaks, and other red meats, that we know carry the highest environmental impacts.’
An hour after the occupation of the London restaurant, 16 Animal Rebellion participants entered ‘Mana’, a Michelin Star Restaurant in Manchester’s Ancoats district.
The restaurant boasts a set-menu starting at £195 per person and refuses to cater for vegans.
Two weeks ago, Animal Rebellion staged a protest at Gordon Ramsay’s 3 Michelin Star restaurant in Chelsea.
The group claims these actions will continue until the government takes meaningful action on climate and ecological emergencies.
Animal Rebellion claims the meat served in Salt Bae’s restaurants is among the most carbon intensive foods to produce.
A study last year found meat alone accounts for nearly 60% of all greenhouse gases from food production, with beef and lamb some of the worst polluters.
Salt Bae was slammed online after sharing a £140,584 bill from a customer in Abu Dhabi
Salt Bae’s restaurants are hotspots for the rich and famous, racking up huge bills
Student Ben Thomas, 20, said restaurants like Salt Bae’s are symbolic of a broken system
‘Barmageddon’ Host Tries Viral ‘Pilk’ Drink, Calls It ‘Fundamentally Wrong’
Carson Daly and his co-hosts on the “TODAY” show tried out a viral drink trend that feels ripped straight from the Wheel of Redemption on “Barmageddon.”
On Monday, Daly introduced the hosts to a new holiday drink sensation introduced as a collaboration between Lindsay Lohan and Pepsi called “Pilk.” The beverage is a combination of Pepsi mixed with milk over ice to create a drink that the “Barmageddon” host bluntly described as “fundamentally wrong.”
After he explained what the drink was, some wondered if it was as gross as it sounded or if it would taste just like a root beer or Coca-Cola float, which uses ice cream instead of milk. Luckily, Daly organized it so their curiosity would be satisfied by handing them all a cold glass of Pilk. Once they took a few sips, the overall consensus was that it did indeed taste like a root beer float… but that wasn’t quite right.
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“It does have the root beer float thing with the dairy,” Carson conceded. “I don’t mind it, but it feels fundamentally wrong, like pineapple on pizza. It’s like I’m doing something wrong.”
In the end, he admitted the drink was “not terrible,” while setting the nearly full glass down never to try another sip as it started to curdle.
The origin of the new holiday drink that’s sweeping the world on social media began when Lohan posted a video to TikTok in which she donned her steamy Santa outfit from “Mean Girls” to pour herself a pint of Pilk. She calls the dirty soda “naughty” and “nice.”
According to TODAY, although Pilk may seem like a new collaboration born of trying to insert another drink into the holiday “milk and cookies” conversation, dirty sodas have been around for a while. They’re a trendy non-alcoholic drink that was popularized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, which combines dairy with flavored syrups and soda. The outlet notes that, although Pepsi is trying to make “Pilk” happen, it is mentioned in a press release that it is “traditionally” served with creamer instead of milk.
Tune into “Barmageddon” on Mondays at 11/10c on USA Network to see more drink concoctions.