If you're preparing a dinner for friends or a holiday dinner, make sure to only prepare recipes you are comfortable with and have cooked before. Cooking for others is not the time to try out a recipe for the first time. You end up spending all your time in the kitchen instead of enjoying your company.
Rachael RayI think that celebrities are just people, like everybody else, and they've got the foodie bug in them too.
Rachael RayIt only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
Rachael RayGood food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
Rachael Ray