Thanks to the great Dr. King, I have off from work today. That means, all day Food Network and maybe a cooking project. To me, the Food Network is like a therapist that I don't have to pay each time I see it. Watching food get prepared, calms my nerves, slows down life, and takes me to a better place. Is it wrong to feel that way about food being cooked by the likes of the beautiful yet talented Giada Delaurentis? or the masterful Rutgers graduate, Mario Batalli? These two are just a few of the talented people on Food Network like Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, Robert Irvine, Tyler Florence, and Wolfgang Puck(when he was on it). Admittedly, there are some Food Network personalities that are way too tedious to watch. I think everyone knows who I'm talking about. That's right! Oprah's annoying little pet, Rachael Ray! Now I know, there are plenty of blogs and websites both laud and put down Rachael Ray, and I can understand how she can be popular with a large amount of people, but here are my problems with Mrs. Ray. She is mindless, she is a smiling puppet of anyone willing to pull the strings, and her cuisine is much too trite and (this may sound ridiculous) is missing love and attention. That's right I said love and attention. It just seems that in 30 minutes anyone can throw together 3 or 4 of agiven can in their pantry add a protein or a pasta and have a Rachael Ray quality meal! Now I don't hate everything she makes, it's hard for me to not like steak. But I think she should stick to travel and talk shows. I love reading blogs where people debate Rachael Ray, So I hope people post a comment on this. I have more opinions on other Food Network stars, but I'm gonna make some arroz con pollo, so I'll save them for another time.