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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.

Bananas are wonderful, versatile fruits, not to mention that they're the most consumed fruit in the world and the fourth most consumed crop after rice, wheat and maize. This doesn't mean that all uses for bananas are good ones. For example, take Rachael Ray's Banana Hot Buttered Rum recipe. The drink uses some of the classic ingredients found in normal hot buttered rum - butter, rum, sugar - but instead of cream, it uses banana liqueur. This is an unusual twist and a hot banana drink not entirely unappealing - until you add banana slices to the drink. This just seems like a bad idea. Bananas are noted or adding a creamy texture to drinks, which is why they're so popular in smoothies and milkshakes, but they're not know for being attractive when exposed to air or heat. Who wants to see a brown banana piece in or on their drink?

I'll stick to smoothies, where the bananas are blended in, not left in chunks. If you want to try RR's recipe, however, read on:

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I have a food confession to make. When I was a kid, maybe from the ages of 9 to 13, I used to eat a ton of pound cake. My mom would buy one of those Sara Lee pound cakes, the ones that come cold and in that rectangular aluminum package, and I would eat the entire thing in one sitting. I'd grab it out of the fridge, get a knife and a napkin, and sit myself down in front of the television and eat it all. Usually with milk but often with a Pepsi. Yes, Pepsi.

That came to mind today after seeing this recipe at RachaelRay.com: a Grilled Pound Cake with Berry Sauce. I haven't eaten pound cake in probably 20 years, but this has me wanting it again. I've never had it hot before in any way, so this recipe, where you butter the bread and grill it in a pan and top it off with raspberries and/or blueberries, sounds intriguing.

Popular food blog Saute Wednesday has posted a hilarious reaction to his first-time read-through of the magazine from the Queen of 30-minute cuisine, Everyday with Rachael Ray.

Certainly, blogger Bruce Cole pokes the usual fun at Rachael Ray's overuse of the letters "EVOO," and her cutesy measurement of "1 turn around the pan." However, he makes some interesting points by highlighting the choice of advertisements that the magazine has placed on its pages. It's not just that fact that Hormel bacon is fully cooked, taking breakfast beyond semi-homemade, but the fact that Hormel is factory-farmed pork.

A good read.

If you have seen Rachael Ray on TV - and we know that you have seen at least an episode of one of her many shows - you have no doubt heard one of her many "Rachael-isms". A Rachael-ism is a term that refers to one of Rachael's favorite expressions and is, in fact, a Rachael-ism itself. The use of these words in everyday conversation has been termed Rachaelspeak by the editorial staff at Every Day with Rachael Ray. They have helpfully compiled a glossary of Rachael-isms that will help you to better understand Rachael and her shows. The list includes the definitions of Yum-O!, Good to go and EVOO, as well as pronunciation tips.

Their online store also stocks shirts emblazoned with Yum-O! and Got EVOO?, both of which would make great gifts for any Rachael fans in your life.

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