8-qt. Oval Stock Pot with Cover
Simmer a "stoup" or boil a pound of spaghetti in Rachael Ray's versatile Pasta Etc. Pot. Don't bother breaking long pastas before cooking-this pot's unique oval shape handles them right out of the box. The convenient pour spout lets you drain with ease. Hard-anodized aluminum promotes even heating and resists scratches and scrapes. High-performance nonstick surface releases food cleanly from the pan to the plate. Grippy silicone handles are comfortable in your hand and oven-safe to 400.

Rachael Ray grew up in food
"My first vivid memory is watching mom in a restaurant kitchen. She was flipping something with a spatula. I tried to copy her and ended up grilling my right thumb! I was 3 or 4," says Ray, who insists that cooking is a way of life she was simply born into. "Everyone on both sides of my family cooks." Her maternal grandfather grew and cooked everything that his family of 12 needed for sustenance and her dad's family was steeped in the food-rich traditions of Louisiana. The Ray family owned a family restaurant on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Eventually the family relocated to New York, where her mother went to work as the food supervisor for a chain of restaurants upstate. "I was surrounded by all different styles of cooking and worked in the food service industry in just about every capacity you can imagine."