Ebook: Rachael Ray 50: Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life: a Cookbook

America's favorite self-taught cook opens up about the most memorable moments of her life in this candid memoir-inspired cookbook featuring 125 all-new recipes. "No matter the recipe, each of us changes a dish by our own preparation of it. It's the same with stories{u2014}once you put them out there, readers get to interpret them and be affected by them as they will. Ultimately, it's my hope that this book leaves the reader with that quiet smile we all get after we eat a favorite comfort food. Basically, I'm going for the afterglow of a big bowl of spaghetti." {u2014}from the Introduction As her fiftieth birthday approached, the woman who taught America how to get dinner on the table, fast, started thinking not just about what to cook that night, but how her passion for food and feeding people had developed over her first fifty years. Filled with twenty-five thoughtful essays and 125 delicious recipes, Rachael Ray 50 reads like a memoir and a cookbook at once. Captured here are the moments and dishes Rachael finds most special, the ones she makes in her own home and that you won't find on her television shows or in her magazine. Here are the memories that made her laugh out loud, or made her teary. The result is a collection that offers the perfect blend of kitchen and life wisdom, including thoughts on how we can all better serve the world and one another. Also featured within these pages are gorgeous food photography, personal photos, and Rachael's own hand-drawn illustrations, offering a revealing and intimate glimpse into her world and her every day inspiration.;Family : The princess who lived in a fort -- Sardines don't make you friends -- Noted -- Nixon was my favorite preside T -- No boloney bolognese -- Memories of mamma Leone's -- Half-baked -- The lost girls' adventures in Italy -- They lived happily (and loudly) ever after -- Dogs make you a better person -- Every night is movie night -- I'm a black thumb -- Friends : My friend Jacques -- The political animal -- Life is a mixtape -- Awkward celebrity moments -- I hate Paris in the springtime -- There's always room at the inn -- Golden dreams of Italy -- Work : The girl with the ice cream boobs -- How I got to Carnegie Hall -- The iron cook -- ihateRachaelRay -- Never lost a nickel in the restaurant business -- What chefs eat -- Epilogue/The next 50.