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I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#clean #cooking #crash #day #doing

If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#choosing #every #family #feed #first

EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals! ↗

— Rachael Ray

#coined #cooking #cooking show #extra #extra virgin olive oil

It 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 Ray

#crew #eat #else #everything #food

I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#book #episodes #get #home #i

I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#chat #come #cook #day #dog

I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#after #changed #every #forward #gym

I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#birthday #cake #cried #days #four

I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#funny #genuine #girl #gorgeous #great

My mom, who's been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#business #food #i #industry #influence