Wednesday October 18, 2006
I can’t stand Rachel Ray. She seems like the kind of person who is all fakey, fakey ‘nice’ when she is in public/in front of the camera and then a raging bitch when the cameras are off. Her horrible tippng has totally turned me off of her $40/day show…yeah, you can really stretch your money a lot farther if you are a horrible tipper, but I think that if you can’t afford to tip appropriately, you can’t afford to eat there. Makes me irrationally angry when somebody compliments a server but only leaves them 10-15% or worse. (I have seen her leave 7-9% the few times I have watched) We have friends we refuse to go out with unless we can afford to tip for them because they won’t tip.
However, her recipes kick serious butt. Tonight we made Tilapia baked in couscous (which was good, even though we modified it to make it cheaper) Last night we made Eggplant Parmesan Rigatoni. It was DIVINE! The fire roasted tomatoes are my new “secret ingredient”. I never even noticed them on the shelf before this recipe inspired me to look for them. Really worth it. We didn’t even have good parmesan, but it was still fantastic. It was honestly the first time in my life that I understood why people like tomato based Italian foods. Alfredo sauce, I get…love it, but I have only barely tolerated any kind of red sauce, and only then when I was sure there was no onion. The best thing about this recipe is that it never called for onion in the first place, so I didn’t have to figure out substitutions. I got to taste it how it was meant to be made and it was good.
You know MO is a weird state. Most places pay actual minimum wage instead of the $2 an hour you get in MO. So in most states 15% is a good enough tip, IMO
I am very hungry now. I may have to make that.
I totally agree with you about RR! Her new show kills me. How did she get another show??
The food looks amazing, though!
I can’t stand her so I’ve never watched her show. That is one yummy looking dinner!!
That looks delish. And thank you for being a good tipper- I used to be a waitress so nice tippers were always great to have!
Comment on a comment.. are you from MO?