Why Rachel Ray Stepped Out of the Kitchen to Create an Entire Home Goods Collection

No 'name slapping' for this celebrity chef

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Ten hours into one of her 19-hour days, Rachael Ray has just wrapped up a late-afternoon taping of the syndicated cooking show that bears her name. For the last hour, she has calmly presided over a stove top full of simmering pots, assembling a nine-layer chicken burrito while guest chef Ryan Scott made five different dishes from a single recipe for biscuits. But now, as the studio audience files out and the lighting guys coil the cables, Ray doesn't want to talk about food.

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