My mom, whos been in the restaurant business for 40 years, is the number-one influence in my life. But I look up to a lot of people in the industry. Tops on my list is Mario Batali. My mom and Mario taught me the same lesson: Food is love. – Rachael Ray
I started running 3 miles every morning after throat surgery to remove a cyst last year. The gym used to be my adversary. But that has all changed. Now, I look forward to it every morning. – Rachael Ray
I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because Im just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything Im doing. – Rachael Ray
I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge. – Rachael Ray