Blake Lively "smuggles" cooking ingredients home whenever she travels.

The Gossip Girl star has made no secret of her love of food. She previously revealed she wanted her boyfriend Ryan Reynolds to value her culinary skills, and has now confessed she goes to great lengths to create impressive dishes.

"I love to go to cooking school when I travel and I like to smuggle ingredients home. I have smuggled so many ingredients across so many borders, like shallot confit from Thailand, or a new hot sauce from New Orleans not approved by the FDA," she told Total Film magazine.

Blake went on to reveal how she manages to sneak her exotic ingredients past airport officials.

The 25-year-old actress has a tried and tested method to ensure her illicit purchases are never detected. However, she soon regretted sharing her smuggling secret.

"I'm stuffing them in teddy bears cut in half and put back together again and I've gotten really good at it, although now I'm talking about it, I'm sure Customs will be all over me next time I go anywhere," she laughed.

Blake recently revealed that cooking makes her feel "sexy".