FOOD FLICKS: Rachael Ray: No Terrorist - No Chef!

By JULIETTE ROSSANT Once upon a time, Rachael Ray became a famed hottie in part for how little she wore in a pin-up and how she dished it out. These days, it's not how little she wears but what she wears. Specifically, she sported a scarf for a Dunkin' Donuts ad recently that looks much like a kaffiyeh, originally a part of desert dress worn by bedouin and then urban Arabs (and Kurds) -- and various chic students around the world since the late 1970s and early 1980s. Enter some low-brow (we're talking Neanderthal-level) bloggers, who use McCarthy-style tactics (fear and ignorance) to assassinate people's characters in public -- like Charles Johnson and Michelle Malkin. Malkin proceeds, out of the goodness of her Grinch-sized heart, to compare the Rach's scarf to a Ku Klux Klan hood while in the same breath claiming it is the dress of choice for Muslim terrorists. Sorry, Rach ain't no terrorist-supporter, and neither is Dunkin Donuts. They were probably just as ignorant as dear Michelle Malkin when it came to any true resemblance between her Urban Outfitters-sourced "keffiyeh" and the real thing. So, what have we learned so far? Michelle Malkin is a Fascist Urban Outfitters are Fashonistas Dunkin Donuts' advertisers are clueless And Rach herself? Most of the Media has missed the big one: Rach isn't a chef. So, headlines like "the blogger, the chef, and the terrorist" just add to public confusion. The only evil thing going on with Rach and Dunkin Donuts is the fact that she advertises for them in the first place, as Media slut Anthony Bourdain has been happy to note for The New York Post and People Magazines (low-brow publications, too, yet enlightened enough in this case). With all this in mind, enjoy today's Food Flick! Rachael Ray: No Terrorist [No Chef] Run time: : 2 minutes 23 seconds Related videos (YouTube.com): The Young Turks (TYT) AliceAngel7 PharaohNineD tabrismacbeth Related news: Newsweek, BBC, New York Times, CBC News, ABC News, Boston Globe, CBS Marketwatch, Guardian, Independent, Chicago Tribune, AFP, National Post, Reuters, Toronto Star, Newsday, Business Week, Sydney Morning Herald Previous articles: Rachael Ray: 2 More Years on the Food Network Emeril Lives! No More Mario Batali: Still on the Food Network Bobby Flay Joins Food Network at Kohl's Rachael Ray: Just in Time Rachael Ray: Think You Can Cook? Rachael Ray Greases Dunkin' Donuts Rachael Ray Drinking Game Rachael Ray: Space Invader Rossant on Rachael Ray's Competition Who Rules, Trans-Fat to Foie Gras? Forbes Celebrity 100 Chefs 2006: Cute? Rachael Ray: Media Empire Rachael Ray: A Few Days Later Rachael Ray Every Day from Readers Digest [Food Television - complete] Technorati Tags: superchefblog, Juliette Rossant, super chef, celebrities, chefs, food, restaurants, cooking, branding, cuisine, blogging, food blogging --> back to Super Chef