Rachael Ray

Scripps Networks, owners of Food Network spawned a new channel last year called The Cooking Channel which currently carries Rachael’s show, Week in a Day, for one.  Yesterday, they celebrated their one year anniversary! Rachael took time out of her taping schedule to join in the festivities and give thanks to the network president, Brooke Johnson, also Rachael’s good friend. Rachael was joined by a few other Cooking Channel stars, namely Nadia G of “Bitchin’ Kitchen”, Kelsey Nixon of “Kelsey’s Essentials”, and Ben Sargent of “Hook, Line and Dinner”. Now, I must admit, I am no video camera woman, but I used this as an opportunity to try out my new video camera! The result is very blurry!  But I still [...]...

I am not the most adventurous of men. In fact, I don’t even like to leave the living room. And yet, here I am in Israel, of all places, trying to figure out how to eat. It’s easier than I thought; but it’s not that easy. Our eating habits don’t move with us that easily; they are part of where we live and how our parents ate, and what stores are in the neighborhood, and who delivers. I’ve always thought that geography was underrated as an aspect of our how we eat. Just because regional foodways have disappeared, and we no longer have much in the way of traditional foods or for that matter even local produce, that doesn’t [...]...

Once again Rachael and her team returned to Austin, Texas to host the fourth annual Rachael Ray’s Feedback party, where music meets food and a whole lot more.  We held the event at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q as we did last year, where we continued our tradition by building a second stage in the outdoor amphitheater section of Stubb’s.  We packed a total of 15 bands into the day’s schedule including The Cringe of course, who had a special cameo appearance by Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top.  He joined for a rendition of “Dust My Broom.”  Also in the lineup were Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Fitz and The Tantrums, Free Sol, Royal Bangs, Charlie Mars, Bob Schneider, The Bravery, Tapes N Tapes, J [...]...

The cold weather is whipping it’s way through NYC and while I’d love nothing more than to be sitting on a white sandy beach about now, being 8 months pregnant, I’ll have to settle for a less expensive and closer to home bone warming option. Soup! Soup is one of my sons favorite meals. In fact, no matter where we eat, I know as long as there is soup on the menu, he’s covered. He loves the stuff and so do I. Besides being comforting, it’s a busy mamas dream meal. Soup can be made relatively quickly, packed with nutrients and most importantly in ONE POT! Can I get a “Heck Yeah!!, people? In our house, we love all kinds of [...]...

Make sure you catch Rach on Book Tour!  Get all the info you need on her book, including how to order and 30 new videos of her cooking recipes from Look + Cook PLUS her tour dates  here ...

The Best Selling Author Donates Her Proceeds to Animal Charities from Her Line of Dog Food Nutrish and new Treats Called Just 6® Ray Has Partnered with Best Friends Animal Society® To Set Up Pop-Up Pet Adoption Events In 12 U.S. Markets She Will Visit Before The End of the Year New York, NY (November 5, 2010) Daytime host, bestselling author and animal lover Rachael Ray announced today that she will be donating $775,000 to support charities, organizations and shelters that help animals in need by the end of 2010, bringing the total amount donated from her proceeds to more than $1.4 million. In 2008, heartbroken by the thought of the millions of mistreated and abandoned [...]...

This past weekend, I traveled down to the bottom of the New Jersey shoreline (aka “The Jersey Shore”) to my friend’s home right near the ocean.  We were almost as far as Delaware and therefore, blue crabs were all the talk. The crabs were in abundance, but also in demand, so we had to search various fish stores and eventually wait until the next boat came in with crabs, at which point we snatched up a few dozen.  Once we had the crabs, the preparations for the feeding frenzy were underway. First, my friend John very gingerly took each crab out of the bag and rather than cruelly dunking them into a pot of boiling water and letting the crab die [...]...

Ok, so I have a tough decision to make and I need your help! A few weeks ago I brought Baloo in for an out of the box fundraiser. As a fundraiser for Animal Haven, one of my favorite shelters in downtown Manhattan, uber talented Pet photographer, or “petographer” as she calls herself, Ixiana Hernandez, donated her time and expertise to photograph dogs in a makeshift studio at the shelter. The cost was only $30 for this pro photo session, and the photos turned out AMAZING, problem is now I want to pick 1 photo out of all the ones she took, to get blown up as wall art! Take a look at Ixiana’s handy work, and let me know which [...]...

RACHAEL RAY NAMES ANGEL’S GATE HOSPICE WINNER IN FIRST-EVER MUTT MADNESS COMPETITION The announcement was made on today’s Rachael Ray Show, with Angel’s Gate Hospice awarded $50,000 and runner-up, Last Chance Ranch, receiving $25,000 NEW YORK, NY DECEMBER 24, 2009 - Angel’s Gate Hospice & Rehabilitation Home for Animals, has an extra reason to celebrate this holiday season. The Delhi, NY animal charity was named the winner in Rachael Ray’s “Mutt Madness Awards Program” and received a cash donation of $50,000. Ray made the announcement on today’s Rachael Ray Show. In August, the daytime television host and best selling author announced she was looking for a few good pets to become the beneficiaries of more than $200,000 in proceeds from [...]...