TammyM wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 13:48:56 -0400, "kilikini"
> <kilikini1@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Steve Wertz wrote:
>>> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:53:44 -0400, kilikini wrote:
>>> OK, so I just turned on FoodTV for the first time in over a year
>>> and Giada is just bouncing all over the place right now in a
>>> tight maroon shirt making some sort of balsamic reduction.
>>>
>>> -sw
>>
>> I just read Paula Deen's autobiography this morning and she doesn't
>> point fingers (we all know who she's talking about), but she
>> mentions that most of the cooks on FoodTV spit out their food after
>> it goes in their mouths. That's why the camera shuts down
>> immediately after the fork is inserted. Paula was like, "Hell, I'm
>> eating my damn food!" I've never really gotten into her show, but
>> after reading and enjoying her book, I'm going to pay more attention
>> to her. She cooks in a style completely different from the way I
>> would, but she seems really down-to-earth.
>
> This makes me like Paula Deen even more. I'm not overly fond of her
> cooking - DA-YAM, all that buttuh! But hers is one of the few shows
> I'll even watch (and that, barely) mainly because, being a native
> California girl, I don't know from Southern cooking. But also, in her
> case and for me, the "personality" thing works. She's someone I could
> see myself inviting over for a cook-fest. Sandra Lee? Puh-lease.
> Giada? I'd want to force feed her like a duck for foie gras. That
> last food tv network "star" guy? I'd like to stick an apple in his
> mouth and roast him over an open flame AFTER I removed all his jewelry
> (it'd take an hour) and washed all the gel out of his hair.
>
> I think I need more coffee.... :-)
>
> TammyM

Nah, I need to send you the book! (I wish I could, it's borrowed from my
MIL) I loved Paula Deen after reading this. She's very real. No, I don't
enjoy southern cooking, but she's a good person at heart. If you can find
the book, get it. I read the entire thing in about 5 hours - I couldn't put
it down. Honestly.

kili