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Today’s dish: Rachael’s baking?

by Lessa

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Today’s dish with Lara Spenser had a little bit of everything! First off, the hottest gift for the season is the PSP - which they gave one to the whole class! Man, my kids would have killed to be in that audience! It’s more then a video game, you can watch movies, download tv shows, music and music videos, and it has wi-fi too! We love Sony!

High marks for the newly released to DVD movie Waitress. Both Lara and Rachael love the movie. The Director was actually murdered before the film was shown and won it’s award, and never got to see her movie on the big screen. To learn more about Adrienne Shelly, and learn about her husband’s efforts to help support women directors, you can check out the Adrienne Shelly foundation.

The read of the season: Hero! It’s about the first gay superhero! Of course, there were many giggles because who didn’t think Robin was gay? But the author, Perry Moore, was recently sexiest guy of the week, and the message of the book is outstanding - everyone has something to offer, no matter how alienated you feel! Stan Lee has optioned Hero for a movie, as well!

Then - yuuuuuuuuummy! 2007 Nascar Nextel champion, Jimmie Johnson joined the Dish, and brought his trophy to show off and to chat a little bit about beating his mentor, Jeff Gordon, and to mention more then once they are working to get a track in New York.

Next - it’s true, Rachael tackles baking! Or at least pretends too with Inside Edition’s Deborah Norville. Author and busy mother of three, she confides that the holidays have to be handled in a Zen mode - whatever happens, happens, it’s OK. It’s all about the family and she goes into more detail about having a grateful attitude in her new book: Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You.

Next comes baking Gratitude Cakes for the holidays, to help you focus on the good things in your life. And there’s nothing wrong with cake in a box, either, it’s all about the easy! Next, after glazing, Deborah takes file folders and writes something on them, and stick them into the cake. Each person gets a card in their slice of cake, and talks about what it says. Some things like “When’s the last time you got a hug?” “What’s the last compliment you got?” “Say something nice about everyone here.” - what a sweet idea! For New Years, you can make a fortune cake, with things like “You’ll make a new friend this year” for the kids, and positive affirmations for the adults “That deal will go through!” Rachael laughs and tosses the “you will lose weight this year” with a laugh.

Rachael then surprised a 13 year old uber fan and aspiring chef who wanted to trade in the pearl earrings her grandmother gave her for her bat mitzvah so that she could buy a Rachael Ray knife! Rachael surprised her by being behind the counter at the jewelry store, and then Melanie joined her in the studio to ask a couple of questions - what to do when your kosher instead of using bacon and prociutto? Rachael’s solution was to use other things for smokey flavor, smoked paprika, or cumin for aromatic and taste does the trick! Melanie will get to try them out with the pots and pans Rachael gave her, and for those out there complaining - Rachael did make a note to say she’ll work on more kosher recipes for upcoming projects!

What’s for dinner? Sukiyaki Stir-Fry.


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