Celebrity chef Rachael Ray is a born-and-raised New Yorker — and she certainly has the real estate portfolio to prove it. Between Ray's cozy East Village apartment, her large Lake Luzerne home that had to be rebuilt following a devastating fire, and the Southampton estate she formerly owned, the Glens Falls native certainly hasn't forgotten her roots.
That being said, everyone needs a change of scenery now and again. Hence, Ray's decision to purchase and renovate a home in the Tuscany region of Italy. The process was even chronicled in the reality show "Rachael Ray's Italian Dream Home" (though filming the show wasn't always easy). But just what is it about The Boot that has the Food Network icon content to more or less leave American life behind?
