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Speaking with ABC's "Nightline" in an interview to air Thursday night, Stewart says what Ray does isn't good enough for her.
"To me she professed that she cannot bake," Stewart says of Ray. "She just did a new cookbook which is just a re-edit of a lot of her old recipes, and that's not good enough for me. I really want to write a book that is a unique and lasting thing -- something that will fulfill a need in someone's library. So she's different, she's more of an entertainer than she is -- with a bubbly personality -- than she is a teacher like me. That's not what she's professing to be."
When asked about Stewart's comments, Ray says "It's true. It's 100 percent true," but adds the criticism doesn't upset her.
"Why would it make me mad?" Ray says. "When it comes to producing a beautiful, perfect, high quality meal, I'd rather eat Martha's than mine too."
Who do you like better? Martha or Rachael? Spill it in the comments.
["Nightline" via Eat Me Daily]
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11-20-2009 @8:28AM Stacey said... Maybe it's just me, but I find the question you're asking to be really juvenile. Who do you like better? Reminds me of a question that was asked on the playground when I was younger. Who cares?!
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11-20-2009 @8:22AM greg said... Martha
Needs to stay out of prison and leave Rachel Ray alone she is great at what she does
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11-20-2009 @5:02PM Dee said... Does anyone ever read beyond headlines? Martha wasn't slamming Rachael, just pointing out differences. And Rachael was famous before her marriage...to a lawyer. Martha was a poor girl growing up.
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11-20-2009 @8:27AM joe said... MARTHA STEWART IS AN ICON. RACHAEL RAY IS BECOMING ONE.RAY IS LIKE THE GIRL NEXT DOOR AND STEWARTS TV PERSONA IS ON A DIFFERANT LEVEL. SHE HAS A MORE SERIOUS DETAILED APPROACH.THAT DOESENT MAKE IT BETTER ,IT MAKES IT DIFFERANT. THERE BOTH VERY SUCCESSFULL WOMAN WHO ARE MAXING OUT THERE VISIBILITY IN PRODUCTS AND ENDORSMENTS. THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE THERE PROBLEMS. REALLY- JOE CAPRIO
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11-20-2009 @9:52AM recipepro said... Both Martha (of whom I am not a huge fan) and Rachel (no opinion either way) have brought unique talents and viewpoints to consumer food preparation. Though Martha has set an impossibly high standard for most to meet, her presentations have encouraged people to stretch their imaginations and try (not always successfully) to emulate her suggestions. Rachel provides a more mainstream, attainable approach to food. Both have their merits and drawbacks. To say that one is "good enough" and another "not good enough" is to ignore the variety of food occasions of a rounded lifestyle. There is no "right" and "wrong" when it comes to food.....as long as it is safe, it is "right" to someone at some time.
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11-20-2009 @8:32AM Mary said... NO ONE is better than anyone else. EVERYONE has something to bring to the table. Martha looks down her nose at almost everyone. Rachael is Rachael. She does not claim to be anything but herself. How dare Martha sit in judgement on another. My vote is for RACHAEL.
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11-20-2009 @8:32AM Don said... Martha Stewart is self centered and egotistical, has the personality of a rock, and there is no comparison. Rachael Ray is a real person that the average person can relate to. Ms.Stewart might fix fancy meals for the "upper class" but not many of the average citizens care for that type of meal. Rachael Ray gives more for the majority to experience new tastes without all the hoopla. My vote if for Rachael and Ms.Stewart needs to stay in her own little world.
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11-20-2009 @8:34AM trtex said... I always read these comments but have never responed till NOW!! Sorry, but I'd rather listen to and watch an honest, down to earth non-chef showing me how to do something that anyone could handle than a former convict with 1000 people around her trying to make her look like a good chef/whatever else she thinks she is!!! Heck....with all those people, I could look and sound good and make a crazy meal as well!!
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11-20-2009 @8:42AM Mary said... The only thing Martha and I ever agreed on sent her to the pokey. Who wouldn't dump bad stock?????
Rachael however, is quick, sweet, funny, and effective. I do not care to weave cotton doilies for the guest bathroom from the west colligoggin cotton plant. Martha! Get a grip!
I do think there is a place for both of these talented ladies.
How ironic that RR handled the hateful, and very unlady like criticism like more of a lady than the older supposedly better versed Martha.
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11-20-2009 @8:38AM doug said... Rachel don't let that X CON Martha worry you. Just keep on living your own life and doing what you do best.
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11-20-2009 @8:45AM J Whitton said... I totally agree with your sentiments!
Most people, not all, who come from poor backgrounds, then becomes part of the "rich", always act like they are "better" than everyone else.
My guess, this is because they fear someone realizing that they are the "nouveau riche", and not part of
the elite, old money families; that their background is really a "commoner".
Martha's behavior is a real turnoff. And her hauntingly behavior is a dead givaway to her origins.
She might dine with the upper class, but won't really be part of it for, at least, two generations.
Although I am not a Rachel Ray fan, she is a more likable, down to earth person.
Martha Stewart's insecurities are showing!
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11-20-2009 @8:44AM Roro said... I'm nearly 73 years old. I'm quite proficient in the kitchen and i have state of the arts cooking tools. I've never felt intimidated by Martha Stewart. I can do everything she does...but I have to clean up afterwards... Most of the women in my family are the same, we all cook, sew, garden, can, make jellies/jams/marmalades, bake (breads,pastries,pies,cakes,cookies). We all knit, crochet, do all kinds of crafts too. We were taught to do those things by our mothers. Martha RULES. She is a talented, successful business woman. I subscribe to her magazines, only magazines I save. The women in my family are all uncontrollable collectors too. and That's a nother reason I appreciate Martha.
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11-20-2009 @8:48AM dtrov said... Martha bites! What a uppity remark to say those things about Rachael Ray. Ray is more believable, interesting, and personable. I think that is what Martha is jealous of. Ray has a different take on things and does them like any other ordinary, everyday kitchen cook which makes it fun and interesting. No One I know would ever set a meal like Martha. Way too fancy and overboard. Our family likes our company and food better than the place settings. We are paper plates and plastic forks and knives because of the sheer size of our family. Get a life Martha.
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11-20-2009 @8:58AM Geocur3971 said... Tell Martha to apply on Wall Street; she's better at trading than at either writing OR cooking. Rachel Ray is by FAR better than Stewart, and she's just proved herself gracious as well, which is MUCH more than ANYBODY can say about 'Ms Personality of 1940'.
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11-20-2009 @8:48AM al said... Martha has given us single Dads some great things to do with our kids over the years but this thing is so mean spirited that she has lost all her credit with me. Boy this is so close to Kanye ripping applause away from Taylor. Rachel is cool, classy and a lot of fun. That's what we need not ugliness and her depressing comments. Can we ask the elder Stewart to just be quiet?
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11-20-2009 @8:48AM Kay said... Cannot stand Martha Stewart! Wouldn't buy anything with her name on it if I had to!
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11-20-2009 @8:55AM Boni said... Martha Stewart is so impressed with herself it makes me cringe. Even her stint in jail couldn't teach her any humility. I for one don't care what she thinks. She's an embarassment to homemakes everywhere.
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11-20-2009 @9:08AM Brenda said... Am I to believe the "news media hypes" are all true?
If so; then I must believe that Martha Stewart has a very large staff that - prepares the foods for her and tells her how the foods are prepared. also...that she has a very hostile attitude towards anyone (or thing) that does not do as she tells them to. Ms. Ray, on the other hand, has a very sweet/girl next door attitude about everything and to everything. That is "including" her family. As for the cooking technetics --- I'll take Ms. Ray's over Ms. Stewarts any time! And people have told me I'm a gourmet cook. However; that, I do not agree with.
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11-20-2009 @8:55AM Jay Blaisdell said... And here we all thought that Martha would have had some class rub off on her while in prison !
Perfect response, Rachael.
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11-20-2009 @8:56AM Grant said... It's really a case of comparing apples to oranges. Martha Stewart is more about creating the perfect dinner party for you and your white-collar guests. Rachael Ray is more about making a good dinner for you and your blue-collar family, after you've gotten home from work and don't have a lot of time to spend creating the "perfect" meal. Rachael Ray is a cook, not a chef and she makes that clear all the time. I get the vibe from Martha Stewart, that she looks down upon the middle-class, blue-collar types. Although she can be a little over-the-top sometimes, I think Rachael Ray has a little more appeal to the common people who want to be able to make a good meal that doesn't take all day to prepare.
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