Rachael Ray

Apparently, Top Chef season two winner Ilan Hall has a new dream. The owner of Los Angeles restaurant The Gorbals wants to be on Dancing With the Stars. He hopes to be on the dance competition, which takes C-list and reality stars and turns them into ballroom dancers, so much that he's started a Facebook campaign.

Although ABC has not announced the cast for the 12th season of the show, which is set to debut on Monday, March 21, one can't help but wonder if a celebrity chef will participate.


Previous competitors have included Rocco DiSpirito and Iron Chef America's chairman, Mark Dacascos. While Rachael Ray recently bared all in a Dancing With the Stars costume, I would love to see someone like Eric Ripert or Padma Lakshmi compete in the show. How about you? Which chefs would make good entertainment on Dancing With the Stars?

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Rachael Ray is known for her burgers, so it comes as no surprise that the television personality, in partnership with her magazine Every Day With Rachael Ray, is looking for the best undiscovered burger chef. Over the past few weeks, magazine readers have submitted nominations for their favorite burgers offered by independent restaurants across the country.

The staff of Every Day has selected three finalists — Paul Malvone, Tommy Up, and Mauricio Oliveros — to prepare their burgers on the Rachael Ray show later this week. Only one will be chosen to bring his burger to Rachael Ray's Burger Bash at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival in February.

Of the competition, Editor in Chief Liz Vaccariello said, "The magazine wanted to show that lesser known cooks can hold their own at the biggest and most respected burger competition in the country." I think the opportunity is a fun one, and I look forward to tasting the winner's creation at the fifth annual Burger Bash on Feb. 24. Who makes your favorite burger?

The year 2011's already looking like a good one for Rachael Ray: last night, the media mogul took home the People's Choice Award for favorite TV chef.

The queen of 30-minute meals surpassed other nominees in the first-time category, including Bobby Flay, Paula Deen, Jamie Oliver, and Gordon Ramsay.

I'm happy to see Rachael win, although it seems like the food community's a bit up in arms over this one; some are complaining that she doesn't qualify as a "chef," while others believe Jamie Oliver, with all his antiobesity efforts, should have walked away with the prize. Where do you stand?

I'm hosting Christmas dinner for the first time this year, and I want to serve a meal that is traditional but uncomplicated to make. To start, I'll offer my signature appetizer: shrimp. This time I'm salt-roasting them and pairing them with a lemon-pesto.

For the main course, I'm skipping the honey-baked ham and roasting a whole beef tenderloin. It's served alongside a roasted red pepper and black olive sauce. On the side? Fresh citrus and cranberry salad and a giant casserole dish of classic macaroni and cheese. Interested in these recipes? Keep reading!

When it comes to record-setting celebrity chefs, Rachael Ray is the woman to beat. She's been the world's richest culinary personality, has the first daytime TV show to incorporate 3-D, and tomorrow she'll be heading up the world's largest cooking demonstration.

Tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. EST, in front of a studio audience of 90, Ray will be teaching a new recipe for honey mustard chicken. Her demo will be beamed via satellite live to a jumbo screen in the Los Angeles Hollywood & Highland Center, where approximately 200 fans will be watching and cooking along in real-time. If that isn't enough, the lesson will also be streamed live over Facebook to fans all across the world.

I suppose now that Rachael Ray has just about everything (Daytime show? Check. Cookbooks? Check. Emmy? Check . . .) she's moved on to setting world records. What do you think of this new concept? Will you log in to Facebook to check it out live?

After the turkey, nothing says Thanksgiving quite like stuffing. The delicious combination of moist bread and seasoned vegetables is unlike any other dish around. The fact that most people only enjoy it once a year makes it even more addictive.

Although some hate on Rachael Ray for giving her dishes wacky names, I've always been a fan of her "stuffing muffins." The individual sized portions of stuffing have a crispy exterior and succulent inside. Unlike some stuffings, this one doesn't include any meat; instead it pairs apples with onions to create a flavorful base.

Cook them in the muffin tins, or for a fun alternative, do what I did and bake them in mini muffin tins. The resulting stuffing bite pops in your mouth and is great served as an appetizer. Learn Ray's method after the break.