Books Rachael Ray 365: No Repeats--A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook)
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Rating: - Easy To Follow
Easy to follow recipes... especially a good book for those who are rolling up their sleeves in the kitchen for the first time (i.e. college students/post-college students). I've recommended this book to all my friends who are cooking for themselves for the first time.

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Rating: - What's all the Ray fuss about?
Honestly I can't understand what all the fuss is about Rachel Ray. Her recipes are not unique - i've found similar ones just doing a search on the internet, her writing lacks luster, and her cookbooks just don't make me want to come back again to try something else. If I were to buy another cookbook I would go with one by Nigella Lawson. Her recipes are genius but not too difficult, her writing alone is worth buying the book for, and everything I've tried in her books has worked beautifully. She's a much better bet for a good cookbook.

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Rating: - Like but don't love
I like this book and it does give a lot of ideas and once you start getting the hang of it you can come up with your own recipes and style. I don't like how it's not indexed but food makes finding things a little difficult and many recipes have things one wouldn't normally have in the kitchen but once you do you are good to go. So I like this very much but wouldn't say I love it.

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Rating: - Lots of Variety
I have never seen Rachael Ray's TV show, but found that the recipes are pretty easy and we have been able to modify to taste. They general take 30 minutes PLUS prep time though - so they generally take 45 min to an hour for me to prepare.