My husband John’s best friend, Brad Rand, is a member of the Entrepreneur’s Organization. Last night they presented me with a check for $7,500 for Yum-o! How cool is that? The Yum-o! family thanks you, Brad!
Pics from last night:

John, me and Brad:

See ya tomorrow at the book signing!

Rachael and her mom, Elsa, were honored a few weeks ago by the National Organization of Italian American Women. The event was a beautiful luncheon where guests were serenaded by lovely opera singers and flanked by distinguished Italian American women and men. Roseanne Colletti MC’ed the event (she is a newscaster in New […]

Great news!  Rachael will be at the Borders on Saturday, May 31st to do a booksigning of her new book, Yum-o! The Family Cookbook. Here are the details:
Borders Bookstore

425 Jericho Turnpike
Syosset, NY
516-496-3934
Please note that this is a ticketed event.  Tickets will  be given out on a first come, first serve basis beginning at 9am […]

This past Monday, we popped open “Cafe Una Notte,” or One Night Cafe. When I say we popped it open, I mean literally, we popped up a restaurant out of nowhere. And boy what a night it was. The event was a fund-raiser to benefit my nonprofit organization, Yum-o! and in keeping with […]

We got this letter today and I want to give a big fat congratulations to the rachaelray.com team and you visitors who have helped us make the site the great spot it is!  Keep a-coming back and telling us what you like and what you want to see.  Here’s what the letter said:
“It is my […]

One of my co-workers from the daytime show, told me about a way of introducing new foods to her 5-year old. Each week they pick one food and her daughter tries that one new food a week.This way, the kid can get a handle on one food only for the whole week instead of […]

Boy, what fun I had this year at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.  One of the most exciting parts was working with kids at the Kidz Kitchen Cook-off where my buddy, Jamie Oliver and I were each paired with an awesome kid cook in an Iron Chef type cooking contest! In […]

Hi Kids,
I hope everyone is having a great new year! I am busy taping my new show for Food Network (I got to try snowboarding this weekend!) and taping the day time TV show (check in out on 1/31-we’re on ice), but I am most excited about a special project that is going to […]

We’ve had a few people write to us wondering what the particular rules are regarding the stores where Rachael is doing her book signings. Please check with the stores before you go to the signing to make sure you have tickets if needed and to make sure you know their policies. Below you can […]

The North Shore Animal League, one of the largest no kill animal shelters, puts on this annual awards show called the “DogCatemy Awards” , get it?  That is too funny! This year, John and I attended and we were able to bring Isaboo! We rarely get out as a family so we were […]