I don’t know what it was about it. Maybe it was the pretty fall colors the trees around here are not providing (but they are trying so hard). Maybe it was the tempting “foolproof” recipes to help heal my fudge failure. It wasn’t on the impulse rack at the check out, though I did not seek it out. But today I bought Rachael Ray’s new magazine “Everyday with Rachael Ray”

Very little do I watch the food network (that would be Jason, whom despites me for buying this. He hates all things Rachael Ray.) so I’m not real familiar with Rachael Ray, more from cookbooks I’ve seen in the bookstores. Or her name everywhere and her beaming smile (that annoys a lot of people but it doesn’t bother me). Living at home I don’t cook much (read:spoiled) but I have been wanting to more and more. Usually only thing I make (or attempt to) is bake good. Its about time I learned some actual food recipes that are my style: foolproof, easy and fast. I think half my battle with cooking is when I’m hungry I eat. Having to prepare the food to actually eat it is just torture. But somehow I did it when not living at home, so I know its me to do it. Maybe this magazine (not a book so less of a commitment) will be that helpful step towards this unsaid goal of mine to cook more. Plus, apparently its got “68 cool gift ideas” after all, as a sign at Wal-Mart told me, only 62 shopping days till Christmas! I’m not singing my praise of this magazine just yet, all I can attest to is that Rachael Ray is not half bad looking in glossy.