In Defense of Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels debuts on the Food Network Friday at 9:30 p.m. Unlike many in the blogosphere, I’m looking forward to checking it out. I’ve seen and heard the complaints about Ray. She’s perky. Extra perky. Excruciatingly perky. The Rachael Ray Sucks page—“created for people that hate the untalented twit known as Rachael Ray”—features a litany of insults. Where does the hate come from?

I find her watchable, and it’s not just because of her photo spread in FHM magazine or the inadvertent innuendo, though I do like that she seems to respond to everything that she eats on her other travel/food show $40 a Day with over-the-top bliss. She doesn’t seem to take herself too seriously, unlike some of her critics. Anyway, if you’re pro-Rachael like me, you can whet your appetite for the show’s debut with Budget Travel Online’s Window or Aisle? interview. If you’re not a fan, watch anyway and play the Rachael Ray drinking game.

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