I fail to understand her popularity. Every time I've seen her, she's making something that looks disgusting, like this.

That made the German side of me really hungry.

She appeals to the folks trying hard not to order pizza or go through a drive-thru on the way home. She is on a mission to teach us American how to make a 30 min. meal.

In case you missed it...

http://www.clintonfoundation.org/042607-nr-cf-hs-hk-pr-rachel-ray-partners-with-the-alliance-for-a-healthier-generation-to-improve-how-american-families-eat.htm

Someone told me once why they like her - something about how she makes cooking simple...but I might have a breakdown if I see her face on one more packaged snack box....she made me not want Wheat Thins for a long time

She is the anti-martha stewart. Trash vs Class.

I saw a commercial where she was gonna make peanut butter and jelly french toast sticks with syrup. That is a ton of sugar to feed to kids and just sounds nasty.

Rachael Ray's show is bullshit...30 minute meals, yeah right...when the shopping and prep is already done for, and clean up. Plus her 40 dollar a day food travels...she's a fucking cheap skate with tipping. Her food is disgusting and she looks like Jack Nicholson's Joker. Ok....I feel better now.

my hatred for RR is based almost entirely around her insistence on saying "E.V.O.O." instead of "extra virgin olive oil." well, that and her annoying chipmunk face.

i would eat that salad, though, substituting spicy polishes or real german sausage for the dogs.

That dish looks fucking nasty.

http://home.comcast.net/~rayfrantilla/rachel1.jpg

Hot dogs are meant to be eaten but not seen.

That belongs in the Gallery of Regrettable Food. In fact, it looks just like something from that gallery.

You're eating fried hot-dogs, Rachel! Either feel guilty or don't, your cutesyness isn't helping anyone's eating habits.

she makes bachelor food! ITS TERRIBLE!

can you just throw any meat on some lettuce and call it a salad ?
you wouldn't throw foie gras or chitlins on some slaw and call it a light lunch would you ? if you're worried about eatin the dog than leave the dog alone and jump for the chicken or the ribs and have your slaw on the side.
and angela @7 ..rachel ray actually has her own brand of e.v.o.o. with her spoilt milk smile on the bottle which recently made me want to kncok the entire shelf of that shit onto the qfc floor

Isn't that just basically sausages and sauerkraut, minus the vinegar and with cheap-shit dogs instead of sausage? It SOUNDS gross, but it's probably no worse than any kraut dog.

Then again, maybe the vinegar kills the nasty greasy taste of the hot dogs, and I can't see how pickles could substitute for it.

She has an "I'd do her" quality. As long as she doesn't talk... I'd do her.

The proper way to say "evoo" is "oil". Maybe "olive oil" if you've got a bunch of walnut, peanut, etc. laying around. Adding the "E.V." is like saying "let's have USDA Choice beef hamburgers tonight, ma!"

That said, there are much, much more horrifying things in the world than Rachael Ray. She's just a TV cook, no worse than most and better than a few I could mention, like the execrable Sandra Lee.

She's just riding that pony until it throws her. No crime in making a buck. Hate the network, not her.

meat in casings + cabbage = always a good idea. calling it a "salad" is admittedly stupid.

and riz, OH NO with the EVOO.

Fnarf, you don't say "extra virgin olive oil" but there is such a thing as light olive oil and many home cooks keep both in the pantry. So the distinction matters when it comes to TV cooks and recipe writers telling you what to reach for.

fnarf @17..
true true..but idn't always the little shit that gets you. like i can handle the daily general wickedness in high places but serve me a fried hot dog salad and my little mind goes sideways.
the thing is , i've caught her on three networks so far.. food channel, travel channel, and that oprah enabled daily half hour on the third network . she had bill clinton on two weeks ago. she means to take over the world.. she really does

Anybody catch the Food Network awards show? Talk about a train wreck.

Pig vomit.

What is most horrifying is that QFC is now actually selling bottled olive oil with Rachel Ray's picture on it and "EVOO" on the label. If you must see this horror for yourself, go to Harvard Market QFC, Broadway entrance, display on top of the Essential Baking Company bread in the deli section. Watch out for my barf on the floor right in front.

The annoying part is that not only does she say E.V.O.O. on every time, she says "E.V.O.O. Extra Virgin Olive Oil." Now it's a brand name with her picture on it.

Thanks, ECB. Now I know what I'm having for lunch! A kosher dog with grilled onions and cabbage from that hot dog stand in Westlake Park. They'll throw on an extra quarter of a dog if one doesn't fill the bun.

Mmmmm, hot dogs.

"And the 2007 winner of Most Likely To Have Been Lobotomized is..."

i really dislike that she thinks she is brilliant because she always remembers to have an extra bowl to put all of her garbage in. like reaching for the trash can is such a chore bitch ... but yeh, i'd do her too.

I've heard of sauerkraut with hot dogs, although real sausage is certainly preferable, but cole slaw topped with hot dogs? Yucka.

Well, what can you expect from a woman who claims to have lived off of tomato-onion salad, in winter, in Denmark?

To play complete devil's advocate here, I've used a few of her recipes, and while they usually aren't 30 minute meals, they're generally loose enough you can play around with them and still come up with something tasty. Frankly, her sherry cherry tomatoes are amazing if you substitute shallots for onions. They don't look as unholy as hotdog salad, and they don't shriek "came from assorted canned goods!" because they didn't.

Most of the time, however, I'm a Giada kind of girl.

btw garbes, a proper food blog

Didn't Alton Brown once say something snarky about her in an interview or summat? "She's never cooked a meal in thirty minutes in her life," or something like that.

Alton's my hero.

Looks better than Frito Pie. :(

Yeah, there's lots of things to hate, but there are three things I really like about her:

1) Her main cooking mission is to take the horror out of cooking, which many people suffer from. She's telling the truth that (regardless what the classy-factor of the actual items are) there are really only a handful of basic skills that you need to know to be an proficient, functional cook and that it doesn't have to be all-day g-o-u-r-m-e-t. You don't have to be Emeril, etc., to cook for yourself and your family.
2) She's weentsy with some squeeze - world's hugest turn-on, of course.
3) If she wrangled YOU (with obligatory omnivore/scavenger type diet) into a relationship, she'd treat you like a goddamned king! As much wine as you wanted for your 30-minute-waiting-for-dinner Slogging, as long as you routinely clean your plate.

You job is to take her out for dinnner on the nights when 'it's your turn to cook', and, uh, YOU leave the tip always.

You seen that Asshole Chef reality show? That guy suuuucks.

Rachael Ray teaches that actual cooking is scary and to be avoided. That's why she's the devil. Her and that "semi-homemade" lady.

We watch the "semi-homemade" lady purely for her coordinating cocktails. I'm convinced she swigs off the vodka bottle on commercial breaks. I have yet to see her make an item I'm willing to eat, but I'll drink anything she makes, 'cause you know it'll knock you on your ass. Her "tablescapes" freak me the fuck out, however. The last one I saw involved a dozen color-co ordinated MINATURE COLANDERS. WTF?

She also thinks that one of the best places to get a meal for under $40 in Seattle is the Crocodile Cafe. The Croc is notable for many things, but its food is definitely note one of them.

Hey, I like the food at the Croc, especially now that it's non-smoking. They have a decent tofu scramble and yummy nachos.

Plus, one time, the kitchen was closed and they made me toast with butter and jam anyway.

I have no qualms about Rachael Ray because I hate cooking (can't help it) and she seems to make cooking seem less intimidating.

This makes that youtube of the japanese game show look delish! Ugh, NSFW, especially after lunch.

This looks healthier than hot dogs with no salad.

ECB, if I had to cook for 3-5 people every night, Rachael Ray would look pretty good to me.

Every other meal ever created looks like, and is healthier than, hot dogs with no salad. Well, mostly. At least there's no hot dog buns!

That Semi-Homemade woman is so much worse. I recall seeing her take cooked frozen shrimp and jarred salsa, mixing it, and calling it "ceviche." *shudder*

I'm no vegetarian, but I loves me veggies. If I had a cooking show it would be called: If You Eat A Salad Every Day, You Will Never Die.

ew ew ew ew ew ew ew

and you'd do her Kevin Jones?! EEEWWWW.

@38 I'm not saying that the food at the Croc is bad, but saying something is "decent" is pretty much the same as saying it's not really notable. Her gushing about the bland but serviceable fare at the Croc is endemic to what I dislike about her.

Nobody should ever feel guilty for eating. If you need to drop pounds, you need to EXERCISE. Dieting without exercise will leave you at the same weight, only more lethargic and grumpy.

The "semi-homemade" lady is none other than Sandra Lee, whom I mentioned way up in 17. There is no comparison. Rachael Ray makes food -- unsophisticated food, sure, but you can eat it. Lee mixes packages together. That ceviche recipe is AWESOME, tsm -- dinner in 30 seconds! You don't even need to heat it up! And if you throw the empty jar into the neighbor's yard, there's no cleanup! Which leaves so much more time for sewing those quilts out of human skin that you've got going in the basement.

Your best comment ever, Fnarf! Thanks, I needed that.

I looked at the picture once again. It looks like a goddamned chicken teriyaki. Pickled cabbage and carrots, to me, is a lesser class of salad. Disaster Kit salad.

Well, two of the three times I had a tofu burger at the Croc, it really was extraordinary. Of course, having a few drinks first helps I guess...

People in Chicago actually eat this stuff in a hot dog bun. (Yeah...I know). Whatever.

Fnarf, you always take it to the next level.

You're on fire lately, buddy.

I swear to god...this paper has more hot dog related articles than any other paper. you guys are obsessed with weiners. why don't you help out the community and have a hot dog feed somewhere in seattle for all of your readers. start a hot dog eating league while your at it. I wonder what it is like working for the stranger. I bet your office floors are covered with copies of playgirl and oscar meyer wrappers huh? I bet you have a life size cardboard cutout of freddie mercury wearing leapord speedos right at the entrance huh? Come on.....show us pictures of the inside of your offices in next months issue.