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You love Rachael Ray [1] for her fast and easy recipes, but this TV star is into so, so much more than just food! Learn 10 intriguing new things about her here.
- She and her husband (a musician) have eclectic taste in music [2]. She told USA Today, "We love rap. We love opera. We love classic rock and good pop."
- They renewed their wedding vows [3] after 10 years in a Tuscan castle in Italy.
- She's attended SXSW music festival [4] for 20 years!
- She's not really a desserts gal [5]. "I hate sweets. I'd always rather drink," she told People.
- She owns 2,000 vinyl records [6], which she vacuums before playing. The one record she would save if her house caught fire is Hunky Dory [7] by David Bowie.
- She has a 300-piece furniture line called Rachael Ray Home [8].
- Cameron Diaz considers her "food inspirations" [9] Gwyneth Paltrow [10] and Rachael Ray.
- Of all her cookbooks and shows, Rachael says Everyone Is Italian on Sunday [11] is "the single most important work of my life. It represents decades of enjoying and working with food and the people I love most in this world."
- She made up burgers to represent the presidential candidates [12]. She told People magazine, "There could be 'The Bernie Sanders Vermont Burger' with a maple mustard, good crusted bacon, and super-sharp Vermont cheddar. . . . The Clinton Burger would be tough, though, because her husband is vegan. . . . That one would have to be like a 'Go-on-the-Clinton-Cleanse Quinoa Burger.'" And for Donald Trump [13]? "The Burger That Will Trump All."
- She starred as herself in the sitcom Young & Hungry [14] in an episode called "Young & Rachael Ray."