- "EVOO, that's extra virgin olive oil!"
- "Delish!"
- "Yum-0!"
- "GB" (garbage bowl)
I think Anthony Bourdain has masterfully summed up the contempt many of us feel toward her, so in his own words, Anthony Bourdain on Rachael Ray:
Complain all you want. It's like railing against the pounding surf. She only grows stronger and more powerful. Her ear-shattering tones louder and louder. We KNOW she can't cook. She shrewdly tells us so. So...what is she selling us? Really? She's selling us satisfaction, the smug reassurance that mediocrity is quite enough. She's a friendly, familiar face who appears regularly on our screens to tell us that "Even your dumb, lazy ass can cook this!" Wallowing in your own crapulence on your Cheeto-littered couch you watch her and think, "Hell...I could do that. I ain't gonna...but I could--if I wanted! Now where's my damn jug a Diet Pepsi?" Where the saintly Julia Child sought to raise expectations, to enlighten us, make us better--teach us--and in fact, did, Rachael uses her strange and terrible powers to narcotize her public with her hypnotic mantra of Yummo and Evoo and Sammys. "You're doing just fine. You don't even have to chop an onion--you can buy it already chopped. Aspire to nothing...Just sit there. Have another Triscuit..Sleep...sleep..."
2 comments:
OK you totally beat me to the "I hate Rachael Ray" Blog...
I hate RR with every fiber of my being. Seriously, My hair folicles loathe her. My stomach knots up if i see her on television..... bleck. EVOO is the dumbest thing ever, and the fact that she explains its meaning EVERY TIME SHE SAYS IT annoys the crap outta me. Does she not know the purpose of an acronym??? Plus, she shouts constantly, in that horrid, nasal tone that peels the paint off of my walls which also makes me hate her. She is the devil... pure evil!
While we're on the subject of annoying Food Network personalities, Sandra Lee disgusts me too. Her painstakingly coordinated set, wardrobe and tablescapes make me want to punch babies. Seriously, who does that? Besides, it's just tacky!
Oh, I'll get to Sandra Lee before long. Yeah, she's a bit too perky, but you've got to respect that she ends every show with booze. I think partying with the official Food Network MILF would be a damn good time!
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