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Rabbit has developed a fondness for cooking shows, which is kind of fun. Unfortunately, her favorite is RACHAEL RAY. Whom I can only take in small doses. Ms. Ray, saying "extra-virgin olive oil" every time you say "e-v-o-o!" kind of takes away the whole point of making up an abbreviation. But usually her recipes make up for the cutesiness, and her enthusiasm can be catchy. And she certainly doesn't annoy me enough to make me join a community devoted to despising her.

I thank my lucky stars she doesn't prefer Everyday Italian Urchin or that horrible curse that has befallen food, Sandra Lee.

Psst . . . you wanna see something strange and a little not safe for work? Check out these pics from her FHM photo shoot. Eergh. She is cute, granted, but those pictures . . . just don't work. Creepy.

Rabbit has also shown good taste in her liking of Ina Garten and my boy Alton Brown, and her tolerance of Paula Deen. Her indifference toward Michael Chiarello needs to be fixed, though.

(We try to make Sundays lazy days and sometimes in the morning while we're still a little groggy we'll lay down together and watch a little cooking. It's actually a lot more fun than it sounds like it would be. And it's definitely better than watching "Oobi" aka that hand show that creeps me out even more than Rachael Ray in FHM.)