We Love Dogs! Top 5 Hilariously Adorable Pups: #1 Jerry

We scoured YouTube for our favorite videos of the world’s wackiest (and yes, cutest) dogs. Stay tuned this week as we count down five of our faves!

Besides the pursuit of food, one of a dog’s constant worries in life is who is going to play with them? And more importantly, play their favorite game – catching a ball. Jerry here took matters into his own paws with this tennis ball releaser.

Diana Pearl, Lifestyle Intern

Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Child!
Julia has been an influential woman for decades now, and not just in the culinary world. She was strong-minded but never took herself too seriously, and her French cooking techniques were perfectly classic. We hope that Julia Child can inspire you as much as she has inspired us. She once said, “You never want to go out with a whimper,” and we are happy to know she listened to her own advice. 
—Lauren Katz, Online Intern
Want more? Check out our 6 fun facts about Julia & Rachael here!

Happy 100th Birthday, Julia Child!

Julia has been an influential woman for decades now, and not just in the culinary world. She was strong-minded but never took herself too seriously, and her French cooking techniques were perfectly classic. We hope that Julia Child can inspire you as much as she has inspired us. She once said, “You never want to go out with a whimper,” and we are happy to know she listened to her own advice. 

—Lauren Katz, Online Intern

Want more? Check out our 6 fun facts about Julia & Rachael here!

A look inside our first-ever Italian issue! Join the fun: #RRItaly

A look inside our first-ever Italian issue! Join the fun: #RRItaly

We Love Dogs! Top 5 Hilariously Adorable Pups: #2 Simon

We scoured YouTube for our favorite videos of the world’s wackiest (and yes, cutest) dogs. Stay tuned this week as we count down five of our faves!

Ah, the age-old struggle of dog versus balloon. However, for Simon, it’s less of a struggle and more of an unchallenged triumph as he demolishes 74 balloons in under a minute. Check out the numerous sequels, including Simon getting his paws wet tackling some water balloons.

Diana Pearl, Lifestyle Intern

We Love Dogs! Top 5 Hilariously Adorable Pups: #3 Mishka

We scoured YouTube for our favorite videos of the world’s wackiest (and yes, cutest) dogs. Stay tuned this week as we count down five of our faves!

Anyone who has ever had a dog knows that half the time you speak to them you’re scolding them for eating yet another pair of your shoes, and the other half you’re showering them with affection. Rarely, however does your dog return the sentiments in any other form than with a happy bark and licking your face. YouTube sensation Mishka, however, ‘howls’ the words back to his owners. 

Diana Pearl, Lifestyle Intern

We Love Dogs! Top 5 Hilariously Adorable Pups: #4 Bizkit

We scoured YouTube for our favorite videos of the world’s wackiest (and yes, cutest) dogs. Stay tuned this week as we count down five of our faves!

Bizkit clearly was having some exciting dreams that prompted this lying down doggy sleepwalking (or is more of a run?). I’m guessing said dreams included fast-paced squirrels, flying Frisbees, and a mad dash to scraps of food that had just been dropped on the kitchen floor. 

Diana Pearl, Lifestyle Intern

Tomorrow is the last day to enter to see Rachael in action! Enter NOW for a chance to win a trip to the Rachael Ray Show in New York City sponsored by Chinet Bakeware.

Tomorrow is the last day to enter to see Rachael in action! Enter NOW for a chance to win a trip to the Rachael Ray Show in New York City sponsored by Chinet Bakeware.

We Love Dogs! Top 5 Hilariously Adorable Pups: #5 Stains

We scoured YouTube for our favorite videos of the world’s wackiest (and yes, cutest) dogs. Stay tuned this week as we count down five of our faves!

It’s no secret that almost universally, a dog’s favorite treat is ‘human food’ – and when it’s in their path, they usually don’t have the willpower to stay away. Stains may resist this plate of cupcakes, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t in pure agony – evidenced by his longing stare.

Diana Pearl, Lifestyle Intern

When I was living in Italy I remember feeling left out because I wasn’t drinking “one of those red beverages with the ice and the orange slice.” Luckily, the nice bartender filled me in and let me know that beverage I was lusting after was an Aperol Spritz. Aperol is a bright red, Italian apertif that is low in alcohol (~11%) but big on flavor. Infused with ingredients such as rhubarb, cinchon and bitter orange, I always think of Aperol as a bitter and sweet explosion on my taste buds—perfect for getting my mouth watering before a meal.


Check out this time-lapsed video of the “Largest Aperol Spritz Toast.” Over 2,600 people raised their glasses of Aperol, Prosecco and soda to set a Guinness World Record. I wish I could have been there!

Salute!

—Judith Pena, Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief

Enter to win $12,000 for a trip for four to Italy! 
#RRItaly

Enter to win $12,000 for a trip for four to Italy!

#RRItaly

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Thanks for sharing your great photos from the set!

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The Rachael Ray Show season 8 that I worked on as a production and art department intern.

Celebrating our Italy issue #RRItaly
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#italy (Taken with Instagram)

Celebrating our Italy issue #RRItaly

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#italy (Taken with Instagram)

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Gorgeous photo! Join in on the #RRItaly fun with us!

Gorgeous photo! Join in on the #RRItaly fun with us!

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a rainbow of produce! #seasonalsuperfoods recipes & tips here!

a rainbow of produce! #seasonalsuperfoods recipes & tips here!

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Happy National Fried Chicken Day!

Happy National Fried Chicken Day!