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
We have a queen-size bed, and the dog sleeps in the middle. John and I are sort of these little quotation marks on either corner. – Rachael Ray