No kidding. Although those Nigella Lawson “English Muffin” tee shirt pictures (just google her name in google images and you’ll see it) is pretty dopey, as well. I mean, it’s hard enough as it is not staring at her ample bosom, but with that tee-shirt, there’s just no way around it. I guess in the privacy of my home on the internet, it doesn’t matter, but my Nigella is so much more than a nice rack. 
And as annoying as a caffeinated chihuahua.
I’m sure RayRay is a lovely person, and a good enough cook, but I’d never want to send children over to her house to eat like Mario Batali did. Listening to her chirp on about “sammies” and “EVOO” (“that’s ‘extra-virgin olive oil’!”) and “stoups” (“it’s thicker than a soup, but thinner than a stew – it’s a stoup!”) would cause even kids to vomit all over the stuff.
Ugh. Maybe they can cancel half of her fifty different shows and force her into rehab for whatever uppers she’s so obviously on.
And, while Nigella is amazing to listen to, I have to give the edge to Giada de Laurentis and her little big head for viewing pleasure.
Rachael Ray doesn’t appeal to me at all. She’s built like a 12 year old boy and I can’t stand hearing her talk. And the tipping thing is also a nonstarter. I’m with Anthony Bourdain on that one.
Why do both men and women find members of the opposite sex who can cook to be extremely sexy?..
I know many of females who adore Alton, and even more guys who would wait in line for Racheal Ray…
What? I don’t know what you’re seeing, but I see a pair of respectable B-cups there, and perfectly nice hips. Can’t fault the face for bone structure, nice hair, great, if occasionally maniacal, smile (see first post). She’s the perfect girl-next-door. She just needs to shut the Hell up.
Rachel Ray and her husband could probably pick up some extra bucks modeling ads for dentists and orthodontists. They have nearly identical smiles (which they both seem to flash incessantly).
FHM, and its ilk, have an uncanny ability to take pretty women and make them look terrible. It’s an aesthetic I refer to as “aggressively vacuous”.
No, that doesn’t go far enough. Ray is perkier than Mary Tyler Moore after a cocktail of Red Bull and ecstasy. I don’t think I could spend more than five minutes in her prescence without slapping her.
Agree. If I wanted to see perfect teeth, I’d watch Donnie & Marie reruns.
I wonder if she’s that perky in the sack? 
Evil Captor, is that you?
From these steel hazels, both women are beauts in their own right…
Two questions:
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“Sammies”??
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How does anyone here know what Rachael Ray leaves for tips? You guys been out to dinner with her lately?
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Sandwiches
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“$40 a Day with Rachel Ray” shows her spending habits when they add up her bill. I can’t fault her for being a cheap tipper when she has to stay under $40 for 3 meals.
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[li]Shouldn’t you have linked to a picture of a speckled puppy, for comparison purposes?[/li][li]I’m only vaguely aware of who Rachael Ray is and have only seen still photos of her.[/li][li]Judging by what I’ve seen of her, I’d do her.[/li][li]I wouldn’t do a speckled puppy. What do you think I am, some kind of pervert?[/li][li]Well, possibly I am. But not that kind of pervert.[/li][/ul]
Short for “sandwich.”
Her show $40 a Day depicts her visiting US and foreign tourist spots and showing how you can eat like royalty for the aforementioned amount. The secret: tip exactly 15%, even on a $7 meal.
By the way, Giada de Laurentiis grinds both Ray and Lawson up into a fine powder, which she then allows me to snort off of her cleavage like a 1980s Wall Street baron and a high-end call girl.
15% is not generous but it isn’t cheap. It’s the customary standard for decent service. I admit I usually tip more for a single-digit-dollar meal but if you think 15% is cheap, you don’t know what a cheap tipper really is. Most waitstaff would be overjoyed if they could expect 15% from every customer.
Nah, I agree with the Op she is cute. I agree with **LavenderBlue ** even more as I immediately thought of the Pilot episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show when Mr. Grant tells her. “Your Perky” … “I don’t like Perky”.
However, I like her just fine. Her show and Alton Brown are the only shows on the Food Network I can tolerate.
Jim
Thirty two posts and only one mention of Giada de Laurentis. What with the music, soft focus, low cut tops and that freshly tussled hair, why she’s the food porn queen.
Rachell’s a perfectly atractive women but her on camara persona reminds me of a junior high school cheerleader.
It’s really too bad. I think she’s mighty fine, and it is possible for her spunkyness to be endearing…but in much smaller doses. And can the goofy Rachaelisms, please. She’d be the greatest if she’d just do a retro-Emeril and take it down like 100 notches.