Watching Rachael Ray

It’s time for another Mystery Taster! Rachael starts in the kitchen to make Abby’s Arancini and Tomato Dipping Sauce as a snack for the mystery taster who she knows loves Italian food. She assures us that making a Risoto is not hard - don’t be scared of it!

Then they reveal to us the Biggest Mystery Taster Ever - quite literally! The crowd goes wild, and Rachael knows it’s someone big. (haha!) (DUDE - his head almost touches the top of the elevator gate! hahah!) So - the questions!

1. So, on New Years Eve and watching the ball drop - is it live, a one hour delay or a three hour delay. Three hours - West Coast!

2. Bridal Shower or Bachelor Party? Definitely Bachelor party.

3. As a kid, record, cassette or CD? Record player… and an 8-track tape

4. Going to work - stage, stadium, tv, film set? An Arena…

Time to move along, and let Rachael think about it. In the meantime - Helio and Julianne join Rachael to talk about winning Dancing with the Stars! Rachael was able to surprise them with Kwait Diamonds! They couldn’t get them to them at the finale, so let Rachael do it - Julianne was SO surprised, she’s too adorable! Helio joked and said he’d never listened to a woman before, but he’s learned his lesson after being taught by Julianne! He swears it wasn’t really torture, but that if anyone wants to lose weight to call “1-800-Julianne” because “she is crazy and keeps going and going!”

And by the way, Julianne has 14 brothers and sisters! “They’re all talking about the Osmands, but they’re nothing compared to MY family!” The last two questions answered - Helio is going to continue dancing after taking a break, and Julianne does indeed eat! In fact they joked about her having a snake (I’m pretty sure she meant tapeworm) that Helio named ‘Frederica’ because Julianne eats all the time. A couple of dance moves taught to Rach later, and it’s on to the Mystery Taster once again!

5. So you’re a male athelete, from the west coast. What did you wear to play? When I played, I had hot pants!

6. Are you still playing? No..

7. Do you have a nickname? No one knows my real name… just my nick name…

This almost stumped Rachael, but she finally comes up by guessing Magic Johnson, and he’s like TWICE her size! She’s a bit star struck, as well as excited to see him and to see how much taller then she is. He tells her that the Arancini’s are his favorite dish, and he loves them and loves her version of it! That’s star studded approval, ya’ll!

Magic and his wife Cookie are working together to support Urban Neighborhoods through the Johnson Development Corp where they’ve helped bring 115 Starbucks and other businesses to underserved communities, bringing 30,000 jobs to minorities to help support their own community. They also have 200 kids on scholarship through the Foundation. All of that and he’s still raising awareness about HIV/AIDS with the I Stand With Magic campaign to educate the public. You can also bid on a basketball signed by Magic Johnson and help support the Yum-O! organization.

All of that and dinner too! Brasciole is what’s for dinner tonight!