Paula's Home Cooking

Approval Rate: 86%

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    bliz1294

    Fri Aug 14 2009

    I absolutley love this show. Her recipes are delicous and easy(unlike Barefoot Contessa). Paula is just soo funny and I really enjoy getting a laugh while learning new recipes at the same time.

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    fanto565

    Wed Jul 09 2008

    can't handle her sticky-sweet fakeness!!!!

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    pookie81

    Thu Jun 12 2008

    I was born and raised in GA so I had an automatic love of Paula Dean. but now I have fond memories of the OLD Paula. the new one is obnoxious and rude, and It erks me every time she starts a sentence with "Ok" or "you know what?" with that THICK accent that doesn't need to be that thick. and then she says things like "OK, now we're gonna add the ol (oil) one tablespoon at the time." it's not "at the time" its "at A time"!!!! I hate that she brought her sons, and new husband on the show. she talks to her full grown sons like they are still children and she kisses them on the lips more then I ever see her kissing her new husband at all!!! just really really annoying. I miss the old Paula...

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    mrpilles

    Sat Apr 05 2008

    Eternally cheerful drags a little.

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    bloomingdaisy1_956

    Tue Jan 15 2008

    paula i just love watcing u cook ,ya all i am from genva flo i wish i can meet you, ur the best peggy

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    blizz6c3

    Tue Jan 08 2008

    Paula can come cook for me anytime! ev http://www.bravochefs.com

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    kitchenqueen

    Sat Aug 18 2007

    I like her at first, but now she cooks too many sweets, has sexual inuendo (which is not becoming to her). She is just kind of obnoxious.

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    gflythe

    Tue Jul 10 2007

    Paula, you are great

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    lucy2f31

    Thu Jul 05 2007

    Paula started out very well on the show and in the beginning I thought she had some great food ideas and down to earth recipes and then she brought her entire family in on it  and that became boring very quickly. Paula, be the southern cook you started out to be and not a rendition of the Brady Bunch

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    1dragontat

    Mon Jun 25 2007

    I like her show but she needs to keep her sons and husband off. I wish she could say the word oil and not ol. I think her sons are gay and her husband looks hammered every time hes on.

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    dyangbff

    Thu Jun 21 2007

    too much fatty food items!!! i wonder how high her cholesterol must be...she puts butter, bacon grease, oil, and carbs in everything!!! thinking about it makes me feel like vomiting...ugh...gross...

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    theoden

    Wed May 23 2007

    Paula was watchable when she was in her own kitchen. Now that she's been "discovered", she's become very hard to watch. I don't care anything about her sons or her husband, so don't show them, please.She is what she is, cooking-wise, but her entourage is way too goofy and adds nothing.

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    haiwaiinbreeze_s

    Mon Apr 23 2007

    I love watching her show. I've tried several of her recipes from the show and it's come out pretty good.

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    happytoday

    Thu Apr 19 2007

    HEY YA ALL, IM FROM FLORIDA AND I JUST ADORE PAULA DEEN AND HER SONS THEY ARE MIGHTY CUTE I HAVE A FREIND NAMED CAROL THAT JUST LOVES BOBBY BUT SHE LOVES HER SHOW AS WELL BUT I LOVE HER RECIPES ALL OF THEM WE WATCH THE SHOW EVERYDAY AND LOVES HER PAULA PARTY SHOW AS WELL. I AM GONNA COLLECT ALL HER COOKBOOKS HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY I CAN GET ME AND MY FRIEND CAROL AN AUTOGRAPHED ONE. SOUTHERN COOKING IS GREAT, SO IF ANY BODY HAS BAD COMMENTS ABOUT HER THEY ARE TOTALLY WRONG AND DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.PAULA WE LOVE YOU LIKE IF YOU WERE OUR GRANDMOTHER.

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    lbca09ed

    Sat Mar 03 2007

    she makes you feel like it would be great to be invited over to eat. everything always looks so good and its just like it would be at home. nothng real fancy. i always wanted to try making her beer bisquits.

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    playalready

    Sun Feb 04 2007

    Get with it, Paula. The days of using butter, cream, fatty meats, and other unhealthy ingredients for flavor are over. You need to learn to adapt your recipes

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    schule32

    Thu Feb 01 2007

    me and my husband really enjoy her.she is really close with her boys and she is, in our book the only real person on television.we really enjoy her and her family.

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    withit03

    Mon Jan 08 2007

    I am not a fan of this show. I find Paula Deen grating and obnoxious, and the food she makes is just too heavy and unhealthy for my taste.

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    greggorange

    Sat Jan 06 2007

    Howdy, y'all! Gimme a break! This fat old phoney-baloney southern fried belle and her entire contrived routine is consummately irritating. The south didn't win the Civil War and I hate pecan pralines, OKAY! If you ate her recipes even half of the time you would be in a cardiac ward in a month or you would develop severe diabetes. Break out the Lipitor! This woman is simply incapable of creating anything without putting an entire stick of butter in it or setting the whole thing in a fry vat. Please! Hey look, I am not some rampant militant vegetarian or neither am I averse to shoving hi-calorie pizza slices down my capacious gullet on occasion but, please! My god lady, what are trying to do? Kill us all?

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    foxyloxy

    Fri Jan 05 2007

    I don't know where you're from, but I am from Thomasville, Georgia...born in Cairo, Ga. and raised in Tville and honey, we say Pee-can....and only an idiot would make a disrespectful comment about a Pee-can being a can a man potties in...good grief...good day!

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    ginger11

    Tue Oct 31 2006

    My husband and I and our 4 boys were in Savannah this summer. We had to spend the night just so we could get in line early the next morning , just to get on the list to eat at Lady and Sons.By 2:30 that afternoon, after walking and waiting all day, we finally got to get in to actually eat. I have to say, I was disappointed. It was good food but, certainly not worth the wait or money. I can honestly say that I wouldn't go through that wait again in order to eat there. Sorry.

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    burrrabbit48

    Fri Sep 15 2006

    a friend of mine call to tell me that my double was on t.v.!! Well if im her double im not going to fuss! I love the show and wouldnt miss it. Love the at home feeling and the down to earth things she makes. Keep up the great work.

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    marcar

    Sun Sep 10 2006

    clear directions and great tips

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    marlane

    Sat Jul 01 2006

    It would appear none of her guests ever get a dish she hasn't taken a bite out of! It's cute. I imagine she was always sticking her fingers in the frosting as a child. And her kids seem to really like her -- she rocks.

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    badbearduke

    Tue May 16 2006

    A VERY Great lady who knows how to cook! If you ever get to Savanna, defineately go to her resturant, The Lady and SONS. WOW! it was GREAT!!!

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    kamylienne

    Tue May 16 2006

    Love the show, Paula's got a lot of pure Southern charm (such an adorable lady, I cracked up when she actually said "Oh, CRAP," on her show when she left something in the oven. How cute is that?) However, I don't think I'll ever actually attempt to cook anything from her show. Almost everything that she makes has butter in it, and not just a little, usually it's measured in STICKS, not tablespoons. Ever see a pan of brownies with a full POUND of butter? AND sugar? AND marshmallows? Sure, it looked great, but I almost had a heart attack watching it get put together. Fun to watch, but DEFINATELY not diet food!

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    mombo2ea

    Wed Apr 05 2006

    sheis funny and smart and has wonderful reciipes i thinh she is great. Carolyn D.

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    vicsailgarden

    Wed Feb 15 2006

    Her food is usually (always?) too fattening. Southern to the core! Way too heavy.

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    charbeck2

    Wed Feb 15 2006

    Sorry for all of you that think Pee Can isn't the way Pecan is pronounced in Georgia. I'm from Georgia orignially and that is definitely the way they pronounce it where I was raised.

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    slwfloridausa

    Sat Jan 21 2006

    I think Paula is a great asset to our american country women. Her personality alone is a delight to our everyday lives. Her receipies are all wonderful and tastefull. I look forward to watching her show everyday.

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    granmahill

    Sun Dec 11 2005

    Love the show. But Paula starts to tell us the ingredients on some things, but not all of them. I can't tell how much flour, sugar and etc. to add when she says "I'm adding the flour" then she says, "I'm adding one egg" I'd like to know the exact ingredients she's putting into something. I think she's wonderful, down to earth, funny and enjoyable. I try taping the show to see if I can make what she made but without the exact ingredients, I'm at a loss.

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    saundra_carriker

    Wed Dec 07 2005

    I've tried several of her recipes - found them to absolutely wonderful! I'm in a panic right this minute because I need to make the Lemon Blossoms I saw day before yesterday and I can't get the recipe to come up on Food Network site. Can someone help? Please e-mail me the recipe to [email protected]. I'd really appreciate it. I need to make those for a group of boys from a Boys Ranch where my husband works - they're coming over to watch a movie and to have Christmas treats! I'd really like to make those for them. Thanks!

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    taradyan

    Sun Dec 04 2005

    I used to adore Paula, but not anymore. That genuine Southern charm that originally attracted me to the show seems more like a contrived act these days. It's a shame when people are more interested in being celebrities than staying true to themselves. Don't believe your own hype, Paula. Stick to what you know best ... great Southern cooking!!

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    lovenhate

    Wed Nov 23 2005

    I love to see a southern woman talkin' ~ n ~ cookin'. I like to see her family too but I don't want her to cut her recipes short in order to get them into the show. The meals she has had appeals to me, but isn't she worried about cholesterol or fat? I know how to substitute same, but others may not. I feel she has genuiine TV appeal. Her sons too. (Her hubby needs to become less camera shy though.) Hope she stays on TV. Eileen from A.C., NJ (But w/family in TN & NC)

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    glenda_newsom

    Sun Nov 20 2005

    FI think Paula is Super, I was hoping the ratings went to a "10" because that is what she deserves. I am born and raised in the South!!! She is a true Southern Belle, she makes you feel so relaxed with watching her cook. In this fast paced world she really makes you go back in the southern past with that laid back cooking atmosphere. All of her recipes that I have tried have been delicious!! She makes them so easy and simple to follow. When her (3) handsome Men in her life come in to help in the cooking, it is an added treat to see all of them working together. It is really a downhome type show!! I hope she never loses that Southern charm and changes her show. I look forward to one day going to Savannah and visiting her restaurant. From one girl born in the South to another hang in there grits girl!! (G-R-I-T-S - Girls Raised In The South). BLESS HER HEART! From: Glenda Newsom, Navarre, Florida (Northwest Florida)

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    marshmellow44

    Sat Nov 12 2005

    Paula you go girl. Anytime you can get 3 good looking guys into a kitchen to help you is # 1 with me. I look forward to everytime I take time to watch you, to see what is up with you and the family. Would love to try your diner out. I live in California but travel some. Will look your diner up when I travel your way. Marshmellow

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    katina_smith

    Thu Nov 10 2005

    I absolutely adore Mrs. Dean: Watching her show makes me so hungry. I love her southern accent. She makes you feel as if you have known her for years. She so down to earth, and she makes wonderful food. ( I love that handsome husband of hers to Michael) Ms. Katina Smith

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    carleen4155

    Wed Nov 09 2005

    I enjoy the southern cooking recipes. I watch the show often but would like more low-fat recipes. She does have some great recipes.

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    toniat

    Mon Nov 07 2005

    I love paula's home cooking every thing I have try have been great. Tonia

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    samtheman

    Mon Nov 07 2005

    I really want to be annoyed by this lady but each time I watch her she reminds me how mom and mom's side of the family cooked and I learn something new. I too wish she'd lose that Pee-Can pronunciation too! I thought she might have been a Yankee but she lives close to peanut farmer Carter so I guess it is more a Georgia thing than a Yankee thing. It just ain't good to hear someone talk like that! Ditto those of you that go fishing for crappie like they are going to visit the John, or should I say head? Anyway, I felt uncomfortable about her trip to President Carters town. He clearly didn't know exactly what she does and I think he thought she was a little too pushy. I think she admired him a lot and wanted to be star struck since a President of the United States lived just a few miles from her and after all these years she would finally get to meet him. Instead it seemed like she was trying to smooth things over for taking up his time. Must have been some production problems that we ... Read more

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    lbbyperry

    Mon Oct 31 2005

    please correct your pronunciation on "pecan"-- A Pee can is something a man uses. down in the south we don"t say it that way. love your show you are great.l

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    baby_girl7482

    Sat Oct 08 2005

    If you dyed my mother's hair, dressed her in same clothes as Paula they could past for sisters or twins. There height,size, are about the same, plus my mom can cook like Paula "a great cook". Her name is Jenny and she wishes her kitchen just look half has good has Paula's. This her kid on her computer telling you but she isn't here. I love my mom and want her to meet you or get a call from you would make her day please. Thank you Trish P.S. she is 62 her birthday is 12-17-42. ty

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    bree22

    Wed Oct 05 2005

    Paula is a joy to watch! I'm an old Alabama girl, and I feel right at home watching her make all the foods my Mama used to make. Her relationship with her two sons is fabulous! I would travel miles to see her and would love to visit her restaurant. Please don't ever lose that wonderful Southern accent!!! Some of her expressions I've heard all of my life. I find myself sitting there watching the show with a huge smile on my face if I'm not laughing out loud!

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    sugarbaby12078

    Mon Sep 19 2005

    Paula Dean is the best down south cook. I love watching her show. One day I hope to be a great cook like her. I'm going to cooking classes and in time I'd love to open up my own restaraunt.

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    teeke750

    Sun Sep 11 2005

    paula is a awesome cook, and the food she cooks looks greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.

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    diana_meyer

    Sun Sep 11 2005

    I try to always catch Paula's show, I grew up on simple southern cooking and her style brings me back to better days. Her success story is an inspiration and I would love to go to her restaurant one day. Her pronunciation of oil reminds me of my mother.

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    lovingtherealw_orld92

    Wed Aug 17 2005

    Paulas can cook the best food. If you love suthern food you will for sure love paula. She is always in a great mood. And she makes her food so easy. A little on the fating side, but still good. Paula is always on the food network at 10:30 Via west coast.I recomand her cook book which has all the great southren food. She will always be better then Ina Garten and Rachel Ray. She is the cooking queen!!!!

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    rjy22751

    Thu Aug 11 2005

    A good show and Paula make dishes that looks good.

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    pasta10

    Fri Jun 03 2005

    I love Paula! I would never make her recipes due to the calorie content, but she is such a sweetie it's always a joy to watch.

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    askmeiknow

    Sat May 07 2005

    She's crass, raunchy, especially when shes holding a cucumber or somthing else long and to piggy for her own good. The food is rediclous, her accent annoying (ol=oil?) and i dont like her at all