I'll tell you who.  The most utterly reprehensible personality on Food Network (and there are several to choose from): Rachael Ray.  Her bio says she used to be a restaurant manager and a buyer for a gourmet market—is that all it takes to become America's Food Sweetheart?  She's completely clueless, and she displays no discernible cooking skills.  And she has FOUR shows!  FOUR!!!  There's one called "30 Minute Meals" where she chops a bell pepper and puts it on something else and it's a meal.  Then there's a show where she dines with celebrities and chats with them—whew, you really feel like you know Al Roker when it's over.  The episode of "Rachael Ray's Tasty Treats" where she shows off her favorite spots to eat in NYC was the most offensive thing I've ever seen.  What a shocker, almost every one of her favorite places is within a few blocks of the building where Food Network tapes.  She loves an authentic Italian restaurant where they sing opera during your meal!  But her masterpiece is the show "$40 a Day," where she visits a city and shows you how easy it is to eat 3 meals for under $40.  There are so many reasons why this premise makes me feel like my head's going to explode.  Everything about this show is preposterous, with the kicker being she never tips anyone, ever.  Any attempt to appear thrifty on these shows makes her look money-grubbing and crass.  Ultimately, the message of this show is, "see, it's ok, you don't have to spend money or time on yourself, you're not worth 31 minutes or $41.00, of course you can just settle for less."  It's a show and a "personality" aimed squarely at the post-9/11 lifestyle of fear.  Four shows.  What has this world come to?

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