How can someone who puts out such a fun food mag put on such an unbearable TV show?
I want to like Rachael Ray, the TV show. I really, really do. Honest. But it's just an annoying hour to me. Maybe it's because I'm a guy. One minute Rachael will be teaching us how to make some cool quick meal with pasta and vegetables, and then five minutes later she'll be talking about women in abusive relationships or how someone can organize the shoes in their closets. It just doesn't work for me. (And there's also the whole thing with her voice and bubbly personality, which I can take on 30 Minute Meals but when it's an hour every day...). But it's really popular, so maybe I'm not the right audience.
But Every Day With Rachael Ray? That's a great little magazine. It has a bunch of recipes that you feel you can actually cook (unlike some mags), quick guides to eating in various cities, tips on shopping, tips on buying wine, interviews. It's well-done. If there's one quibble I have is the whole "celebrity fridge" feature in the back of every issue. It's kinda funny to see what celebs have in there, but do we have to have some quiz about what they have? On the same page where we can see the answers?!? It seems to be a quiz made for people who find the TV Guide crossword difficult.
Cakes so amazing they'd be hard to cut into
Fruit juice: An invitation to diabetes?
Morbid thoughts? Have a cookie
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3-19-2007 @ 7:41PM
missjoanne said...
It's not you, it's her. Ever watch her hands? She doesn't stop talking! Miss Martha can get a little mouthy too, but hers is egostical, Rachel's got a motor on her! She's great with kids and a creative cook and I'm sure the mag will do well. I'll read her mag while I watch Martha.
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3-19-2007 @ 7:49PM
The Mad Chef said...
It seems that she's trying to turn herself into the next Oprah. :(
http://themadchefblog.blogspot.com
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3-19-2007 @ 8:17PM
astralgirl01 said...
ABSOLUTELY AGREED. I thought I was the only one! Totally had her show TiVo'ed, and it was so hard to watch. Felt horrible that I took it off the recording schedule... but oh well, love her magazine!
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3-20-2007 @ 5:07AM
alice radley said...
Rachael Ray was one of the reasons I was happy to leave the USA. I cannot stand that woman! I can only assume that her magazine is decent because she doesn't have much input.
She's one of the reasons that the Food Network sucks. Or maybe she just generally represent lowered expectations. I'm not sure.
Oh, and seeing her lick chocolate off a spoon makes me want to vomit.
http://www.kilgoreskitchen.blogspot.com
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3-20-2007 @ 10:03AM
Laryssa said...
What is with that photograph? Did she lose a lot of weight?
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3-20-2007 @ 12:27PM
K said...
No, Laryssa. She just hunted down Katie Couric's photographer ... um ... I meant photoshopper.
http://photoshopnews.com/2006/08/29/katie-couric-beforeafter/
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3-20-2007 @ 2:05PM
Bob Sassone said...
That's not Photoshopped. That's a photo shoot she did a few years ago for a men's mag (FHM I think).
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3-20-2007 @ 2:52PM
K said...
That was a joke, Bob. I take any opportunity to make fun of Rachael Ray.
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3-20-2007 @ 5:37PM
Foodie Bride said...
I really like her magazine and I liked the old Rachael - back when the Food Network only had her doing one show, maybe two :) But then she got loud, nasal, obnoxious and over-exposed overnight. The new show is dreadful and was quickly banished from our Recordings list.
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3-20-2007 @ 7:05PM
Poppy said...
Way NOT just a guy thing. I'm not a guy and believe me: she has Completely gone off the rails with the JUNK she uses to fill up the hour. Look at the food: as photographed, it is DIZ-gusting. Someone needs to explain to her: This Isn't 1952. Ingredients: she should be removed --for making GARBAGE. Somebody should eat/cook --PORK garbage
--cheap beef, piled on beef on cheap CHEESE crap --beacause her booker got some B-List Name to show up?
Pa-leeese. She doesn't KNOW a Thing abut nutrient value of food, giving the body what it needs, clean/
non-toxic/non-processed alternatives or quality. So it's fast: ya, so? = FAST crap. WHY does she YELL??? Fake enthusiasm?
Utterly stupid, inappropriate, DUMB JUNK. Bras relate to food...HOW??? Glad you posted. --I can't stomach more than 2 -4 minutes of it, so I don't. WAY wouldn't read her rag if it was FREE.
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3-20-2007 @ 9:06PM
pinup said...
I second that. It's not because you're a guy, it's because she's Rachael Ray. Sooo peppy.
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3-20-2007 @ 10:24PM
aro said...
I'm with Alice, I'm sure the reason the mag is good (and I'll take your word on that since I've never seen it) is because she has nothing to do with it except posing for a few mug shots and letting them use her name.
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3-20-2007 @ 10:55PM
eric said...
rachel ray is not only gorgeous, she is interesting.i wish she were single so i could hire her to be my personal chef. she comes across as being halfway intelligent unlike some i am acquainted with.
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3-21-2007 @ 4:12PM
Sheryl said...
Could it be because the show is all Rachael all the time for the whole hour, wheras the magazine is likely written by a staff of writers and experts with very little input from Ray herself other than to smile for the cover photo and possibly write an introduction?
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4-13-2007 @ 10:05PM
Lydia said...
I totally agree, Bob, I don't like her show at all. There are great food/cooking shows out there, and hers is not on my list. What a personality! And I don't make anything using beef or Ritz crackers, etc. I'd rather watch Food Network's "Manic Organic" . He's soooo down to earth! Read about it at http://www.organic-nature-news.com/organics-in-the-media.html.
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