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Spot on. Paula Dean’s food never looks good to me, although I know many like her over caloried muck
everyone knows Rachel Ray is not a cook, just a personality.
Guy Fieri…i do like his low rent diners show…it is what it is. no more or less
Sarah Lee, I’d give her a wide berth too.

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BTW; I was agreeing with DamntheButcher and BFS.

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What a d-bag. Talk about extremes. I’ll agree Paula’s food is a bit high on the calorie count but that’s her specialty for God’s sake. She’s a southern cooking chef.

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He’s a miserable f’er for sure, but he’s pretty funny.

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Bourdain is too enamored with the sound of his own, grating voice. I’m over the whole “chef-as-bad-boy/rock star/diva” bit. I’ll eat what I want, when I want, where I want. Bourdain can bite me.

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Besides himself, exactly who does he like in the kitchen?

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@ Former Savannahian

couldn’t agree more! Way overrated!

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I actually agree with his assessments of all of these food personalities. But he forgot to mention that he, himself, is a but a miserable human being with very little to offer his viewers save for a great itinerary. I actually enjoy No Reservations but the least of the reasons why is Bourdain. He’s the biggest kiss-ass of them all. Pretentious as hell and devoid of any gift of relaying insight into why the food at the wonderful places he visits is so remarkable.

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I’m sure glad that Former Savannahian speaks for everyone from the fine city of Savannah.

It sounds like you would be in a neck-and-neck competition with Mr. Bourdain for “Douche Bag of the Year” award.

Good luck. Hope you win.

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@Former Savannahian: I would agree 100%, Mrs. Wilkes is hands down better and much less commercialized. Just bring cash, y’all, they don’t take credit. At least not when I went.

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As a CURRENT Savannahian, I agree with Former Savannahian.

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My old roommate used to work at the Mercury Lounge and he hated that place, with all the lard’os waiting outside blocking peoples’ access to the bar.

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DamtheButcher – you’ve obviously never been to Paula Deen’s restaurant. I am not saying that Bourdain is the authority – but Paula Deen is such a put-on. I honestly don’t want people to think that she in any way represents a true Southern lady ( or Southern cooking chef Kennesaw). We don’t say YYAAAWWWWWLLLL like that. She is such a prima donna, her staff can’t even speak to her in the restaurant. Poor tourists who visit her restaurant, if they don’t eat at Mrs. Wilkes, they’ll leave the city without ever having good southern cooking. If only she were the least bit sincere….

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Who cares if those in Savannah don’t like Paula Deen? Y’all should be kissing her feet for the sheer amount of tourism she has brought to the area. They are even tours dedicated to her (and a lot of the time, they are full!).

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paula deen is a fat disgusting wanna be with her fake deep south accent that makes all southerners look like fools because of the liberal run food network. that channel doesn’t have a clue about reality

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i agree with anthony 100 percent. i get sick of paula and her southern drawl and southern white trash cuisine. if i were from savannah i would be ashamed (and atlanta for that matter) …anthony you rock. tell ‘em how it’s done in new york dude!!!!

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Got news for you, Foodie. Plenty of true southern ladies say “yawl” just like Paula. No, not all of them. But more than a few. You may or may not be right about her food. But her television persona is not misrepresentative of anyone.

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He is a total jerk and obviously less interesting than the people he insults. LOVE PAULA DEAN!!! HER FOOD IS AWESOME!!! Anyone who travels around eating CRAP and BUGS has issues anyway and watching his dumb show is like watching paint dry. I’d be in a bad mood and critical too if my job was eating garbage. His taste buds are ruined anyway. Like he knows what is good and what is not. LOL!!!! Get a life.

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Having eaten at both Brasserie Les Halles (Bourdain’s restaurant) and Lady & Sons (Deen’s restaurant), I can say that I’d much rather be sitting down to a meal cooked by Anthony Bourdain.

Slickwilly erroneously pointed out that Bourdain isn’t a cook. Technically he’s right, Bourdain is instead a professionally trained chef, and a really good one to boot. Paula, I assume, learned to cook by trying to see how many things she could inject butter into.

He makes a good point, and one I don’t think we should overlook. Deen’s food is insanely unhealthy, containing dangerously high amounts of fat, salt, and sugar. Moreover, she even markets some of these heart-attack inducing recipes to children. With the high obesity rates in this country, especially in the South, you kind of wish that a celebrity chef and the person most associated with “Southern cuisine” would try and advocate for preparing dishes that won’t kill you. Instead she parades around like butter is some kind of nectar from heaven. Don’t get me wrong, I love butter, but there’s no need to wrap bacon around it, deep fry it, slather it in mayo, and then deep fry it again.

Also, anyone who has actually had Southern cuisine can quickly tell that what Deen serves up is a poor imitation and not very good tasting to boot. I can easily name 100 chefs that do a better job of representing Southern cuisine than she does. Heck, you don’t even have to leave town, go visit Hugh Acheson’s joint Empire State South. That’s what real Southern food from a real chef should taste like.

Bourdain was right, Deen’s food is crap and she’s trying to kill us with it.

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Sounds like we have a bunch of backwoods sister sleeping, mama marrying jealous Savannah folks right here on the AJC. You just wish that you have PD’s money. LMAO……

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Paula Dean? Yeah, she’s the lovely lady that allows her dogs to pee and poop inside the house and she has an assistant that walks around and cleans up the mess. Everything about her is disgusting. Tony is absolutely right.

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paula deen is laughing at yall all the way to the bank!!!!!

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AMEN, Anthony Bordain! I am from South Georgia, and Paula Deen makes us all look like a bunch of overweight idiots who eat crisco straight from the jar and think refrigerated pillsbury dough can be turned into a sophisticated culinary concoction. I applaud Ms. Deen’s business savvy, however, and I say more power to her….but if you think her cooking is anything more than an overcooked slab of heart attack on a plate, then you are sorely mistaken. Anthony Bordain is a very accomplished chef and writer and I think he’s fantastic. He is wrong, however. The most dangerous person to America, is the person and/or people who actually think Deen’s food is fit to eat….She is only profitting off of their stupidity….and I can’t blame her for that!

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Paul’s food has always been more about fun than cuisine. I gave up most old style southern cooking years ago to get healthly; and most adults who watch her show do it for the enjoyment of a cooking style they remember from years past. Most – if they could, would love to eat what she displays weekly.
Bourdain is a liberal hack (every international show – his narration highlights the problems of the foreign country usually at the expense of the U.S.) on the tail end of his “career”, and has to continue to try and keep his name out there. Can’t disappear soon enough.

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LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Bourdain!!!!! I have never eaten at Paula Dean’s personally, but everyone, and I mean EVERYONE I know (in Atlanta metro area) says that you only go to Paula’s for the “tourist factor” just to say that you did. I have been told that the food is not good and it’s truly not worth the time/money. I always thought she seemed like a nice lady until I read that she repeatedly turned down a request from the same kid who wanted to meet her thru The Make a Wish Foundation. How awful is that!!!!

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Actually, Bourdain was a chef for years. And, while pretentious, he is totally right. In a society wrought with obesity, diabetes and heart disease, culinary “experts” have a responsibility to present healthy options. Paula Dean adds a stick of butter to everything she cooks. Anything is good tasting with a stick of butter added to it. More difficult, is to make something both tasty and healthy.

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Anthony B is crazy as hell!! I guess all of the drugs he took in his early years has fried his brains..where he thinks he can just talk about people that hasn’t said or did anything to him..I hope the next time he meets with Sandra Lee she slaps him!!!!

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As what team I’m on neither. Food is not as big a deal as the “Foodie’s” would have you believe.

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Paula Deen and her overplay of the Southern accent is totally sickening. I was born and bred in the deep South and nobody speak as she does. The “yawl” thing, while used by many of us “natives” everyday down here, is phony and overused by Deen. That being said, some of her recipes are good and some are bad. Bourdain is nothing more than a NYC snob who probably detests anything Southern (unless of course you are black). He is just as phony as Deen. He uses his “eccentricity” as his calling card (as if he knows better than anyone else what is good or bad). No. he is just another smuck out there trying to make a buck by whatever means he can.

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Paula Deen’s food is crap now. It’s all made by Sysco and line cooks. It used to be good when the place first opened and had only one buffet line in a space no larger than a small apartment. It’s all mass produced commercial crap now.

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Bourdain went to the CIA- one of the most prestigious culinary schools in America. Trust me, he’s no hack. Agreed with Brett- i’ve met Alton Brown is he’s a huge d-bag a-hole. Not a fan of Paula Dean either.

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And right on, pogo. You are 100% correct.

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I am appalled at his comment, because I usually watch him just about every night, but “Who does he think he is”? He is not the almighty “Greatest Chef”, so he can keep his damn trap shut! Damn these New Yorkers!!!!!!!!

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All Paula does is dip everything in mayo, lard and fry it up. Total Crap. Finally glad somebody called her out.

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Anthony makes a living off of ripping other people, not cooking. I saw an episode of No Reservations in New Orleans were Tony was kissing Emeril’s ass after years of ripping the man. He play’s the part of the angry brooding self righteous chef. He hasn’t lifted a pair of tongs in years.

Paula Deen’s food is crap but she is laughing all the way to the bank. She is the redneck who won the lottery and bought all her children Rolex’s. All cash no class!!

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I get scared in the grocery store check out when I happen to glance over and see Paula Deen’s face on a magazine. She looks like she is made out of plastic, and butter.

I love Anthony Bourdain. He’s not a teddy bear and he’s very sarcastic. Awesome!

Also, he is a chef. He’s not just some random guy on a tv show. So he doesn’t do a Julia Childs type show… who cares?

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For Bourdain to say this is just mean-spirited and unnecessary. The dude is jealous because he had his chance to be the next Gordon Ramsey type and f it up. So what does he do, go on the Travel Channel and whine about others because he is hater and that’s what haters do.

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Paula Deen taught me how to make the BEST CATFISH EVAH!!!

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Bourdain is right – but bless his heart for that foot he stuck in his mouth. Sometimes a person can be their own worst enemy.

Sure Deen has had well over her 15 minutes of fame, but I think that what has pissed Bourdain off. You wannabe snobs commenting on here are a hoot! Most vegans and “healthy” epicurians that I know are well on their way to health problems – very unhappy souls that will probably drop dead long before a Lady & Sons customer ever will. Loosen up with a stick of butter!

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HEYYYYYYY YOU DANGED WOODCHUCKS…..QUIT CHUCKING MY WOOD /(*. .*)\

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Tony is 100% spot on. Dont get mad because he told the truth on a fellow Georgian. The truth hurts.

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Oh and I like unhealthy food but all the cooks he has mentioned their food sucks!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithfield_Foods

ENOUGH SAID

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Bourdain is a classically trained chef with years in the trenches, a smart mouth and a taste for illegal substances. I spent a lot of years in food and beverage and pretty much everyone I know in the business is just like Tony. Even the nice ones you see on the television tend to have nasty tempers, swear like sailors and drink like… well, chefs. That’s what makes them so brilliant. Bourdain is the truth. Paula Deen is the TV Land version.

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Living in Savannah, the locals don’t eat at Paula’s restaurants…we know better. Also, ave you ever seen how un-healthy/obese the majority of the people waiting in line are? The food she cooks on tv is never the food in the restaurant….hell, PAULA is never in the restaurant!

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Obviously most of you are completely ignorant to what Anthony Bourdain is about. He tells it like it is…sorry if that hurts your feelings. He is currently chef at large at Brasserie Les Halles in NYC although spends most of his current time writing and traveling.

I have seen the guy brag plenty of times about Southern Cuisine and he has traveled to well over a hundred different countries to experience their food and culture all without one iota of political BS which some of you mentioned here.

Paula Deen couldnt hold his jock strap in the kitchen.

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I can’t understand why Anthony, or anybody for that matter be so mean. First of all, Paula Deen is a southern cook. She cooks the way my mother, grandmother, and aunts do. Yes, it is unhealthy food, but every once in awhile there is nothing wrong with eating this type of food. I am an originally from Georgia, and I have heard people say y’all all of my life. If you don’t like her show, don’t watch it!! Why be so mean by calling her names!! Anthony Bourdain is a show that I watch, but he can’t talk about anyone being unhealthy, as much as he drinks on his shows!

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We cooked some stuff out of the Lady and Sons cookbook and it sucked.

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bamabelle,

fyi, bourdain quite smoking some 5 or so years ago.

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Tony is the man!!!Im from Savannah and Ms.Wilkes is 10times better

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He speaks his mind and says what he believes. Most of the plebes here seem to think Deen is some form of legitimate chef. She’s a country chef, makes country food, and in general, the stuff isn’t that great. Bourdain is my homie as far as I’m concerned.

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Unimportant people critisize people who have succeeded out of pure jealousy and spite. Anthony Bourdain is just trying to get his name in print.

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im born and raised in Savannah. Never had Paula Deen but i tell ya my family and I used to love some Ms Wilkes. Great Southern Comfort Food…..but Savannah is much more than that. We have some of the freshest and best tasting seafood in the South. We knew a man who had a shrimp boat and use to sell us the shrimp right off the boat……and loads of blue crabs. mmmm love it…..Love Andrew and his show cant lie…..

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For the record, Good eats reruns beat the hell out of anything else the food network has now…

Love ya, Alton!

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Everything Bourdain said is 100% true. Paula Dean should be ashamed of herself. She is a corporate butt puppet dressed as an obnoxious southern stereotype. What he said about the other food network stars is spot on as well. Notice he isn’t bashing Alton Brown, because he actually has talent when it comes to the culinary arts and television.

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A former French chef who delights in offal questioning the overall healthiness of others cooking is chuckle worthy at the very least.

I do feel bad for all the talented southern chefs in this city that the face of Southern cooking to many in this country is that cheezy ham Paula Deen, but we do have guys like Blais and Brown to even up the playing field a little bit.

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I have to say that I am very surprised at the two people who claimed Alton Brown is not a very nice person (I’m being generous here). I also live near him and have met him on many, many occasions and he has always been kind, gracious, polite, and accommodating. Long before I ever met him I emailed him numerous times with questions and he answered back promptly and shared a lot of personal information that certainly led me to believe that it was truly him responding. I believe that for the most part people treat you the way you treat them, and that is perhaps the answer to this mystery.

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What a jerk…he obviously does not realize how southern women stick together! He’s the bad guy here! Paula is a hard working lady…who had it rough for a long time…and now he’s shooting her down…let him walk her shoes …. he’ll wind up shoeless!!!!

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Who is Anthony Bourdain? I suppose both people who watch The Travel Channel know the answer but I never heard of him.

With his comment about “unholy connections with evil corporations” he could be a Democrat member of Congress. Both know little about being holy or about corporations.

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he gets on my nerves sometimes, but he’s ok with me. and it’s mainly because he seems to be up-front. but i don’t know that for sure, because clearly, the box is full of lies. almost everything is a hoax, i lived in LA and worked on a lot of sets to know. but i knew before it was confirmed. paula dean, aw man…she’s ok, but anything tastes good with enough fat/salt/sugar in it. but that’s cool too…

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Man, so much hate being thrown out there about people most, if none, of you have ever met. Bourdain is a highly talented Chef. I’ve read his book, eaten at Les Halles in NYC, and watch his show. So what if he’s an a-hole. His food and book are good. And his show is one of the only travel shows out there that depicts an accurate representation of the culture and people of the places he goes. As for Dean, she is what she is. A fun, entertaining, TV show host. If you find either one of them annoying, turn the f’ ing channel. Jeez!!

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Am I the only one that likes them both? They both have their place and are great at what they do.

Ate at the old Lady and Sons and it was fantastic. Have heard nothing but bad things from the new one. Still, the criticism here is over the top. She is cackling all the way to the bank.

Bordain’s show is good and his way of giving the finger to traditional shows is part of his appeal. But he stepped over the line on this. But that is why we like him, right?

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I was ok with Bordain. His shows and books are pretty good. Saw him live at the cobb energy center. It was pretty entertaining. Insulting other cooks is just what he does and what his fans expect. After seeing him on Bill Marr on HBO, decided it was time to let go. No more for me thanks.

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@Southern

That’s OK, I think I’ll stay. It’s so much easier to find employment and get women when I’m competing with Southern men.

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When Paula started, she talked like a normal Southern woman of her age. It’s the producers that have her ramp up the “y’alls” to the obnoxious level. I applaud Paula Deen for her pluck and determination. Her recipes aren’t too bad either. Bourdain has an entertaining show, but he seems to be a bit of a pretentious prima dona. I guess his ego can’t stand any competition.

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I agree with you “Southern”. As long as Delta is flying all of the better than we are attitude Yankees can go home any day of the week. This guy is an arrogant Yankee …sounds like he is jealous!

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Paula deen sucks out loud. Im from Georgia and cant stand her show. She is visually repulsive and the show itself cooks crap. My sisters family went to see her live at a mall in Atlanta and she didnt even cook. Just hocked her books. Dont even get me started on Rachel Ray. The world should be a Rachel Ray free zone. That little heffer cant cook and is one cookie shy of being a porker on her own.

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P.S. And by the way, even though her food isn’t excellent, I would consider her the worst person in America. Someone else already has that position and I think her name is Casey Anthony….

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I’ve eaten at both Lady & Sons and Miss Wilkes and I am falling on the side of Miss Wilkes’ for delicious Southern food. The Lady & Sons food was quite unimpressive and VERY overpriced.

In addition I’ve also eaten at Les Halles in NYC. Amazing French bistro fare. Highly recommended.

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Tony needs to tone down his comments, they are mean spirited. I enjoy his show but over the years, less. Tony needs to watch out, he is running out of employers.
As for Paula Deen, well! As a Georgia Boy and chef, her faux southern accent is sickening. Nobody talks like that. As to her unhealthy cooking, that’s not her fault, it’s just the way it is down south. All she has to do is tone down the hokey accent.

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Bourdain is an a$$hole. He may be respected by chefs but he is not liked. I find it interesting that the people criticized in the article are all well-liked. Sounds like he could use a course in manners.

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All he had to do was use the term “evil corporations” and it told me all I wanted to know about him.

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Uppity Yankee jerk – the only women you are getting are uppity yankee women!

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What a tool. I think anyone with a brain knows that Paula’s food isn’t healthy. And I’m not the biggest Rachel Ray fan either…but what’s the point in trashing these people in this public manner? Like traveling the world and eating worms and intestines makes you an expert? Suck it Bourdaine.

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Why do you have to hate someone just because you don’t like her food? If you don’t like it, we won’t make you eat it. A true Southerner 40 and over pretty much ate that way at Grandma’s. It may not be healthy, but it sure is good.
And any way who cares what Anthony Bordain says. Isn’t he a big ole alcoholic? It is amasing he can “taste” anything at all.

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I’ve watched him on TV. He’s an arrogant piece of trash most of the time. There’s not much that is likable to him at all.

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Bourdain may be accomplished, but when has he offered any of his own cooking on his show? His opinions, manners and mouth are all in the gutter, and I stopped watching his current series because he is so rude. Paula cooks with too much saturated fat for my tastes, but I can cut the fat from her recipes. Paula’s demeanor is gracious and her manners are impeccable. Enough said.

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First of all, Andrew Zimern eats the bugs and crazy stuff.

Paula is not a Southern chef, she is a Southern white trash chef, as someone from the South I know the difference. I am not saying either is better than the other because they appeal to different segments of the population. That being said, Paula is indeed a bad influence on people. She makes food no one should eat on a regular basis unless they want to overweight and mildly diabetic as she is (it’s true about the diabetic part).

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Bourdain has a history of being Snarky. Hes writen dome great books!
Since time has past since his daughter was born hes made
some life and healtg changes. Hes pretty knowledgeable
and entertainibg. A great chef aswell. I see nothing wrong
with putting down others if u truely hate their work.

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tony,tony,tony, do you think anyone cares what you think? you come off as very full of yourself who has one like everyone else,….an opionion. so???

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@Blackbird13: Say what you want about Bourdain and Deen, but leave The Varsity out of it.

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Paula Deens food is unhealthy but does not advertise as health food. It is fun for holidays when this food fits.
Representing Smithfield ham is a no no. They have really polluted rivers with hog do do runoff and are not the Smithfield of old.
She is a nice lady and you will not catch her getting down and dirty however.
Anthony Bourdain is just looking for publicity. He is so nasty on his show making snide remarks about people that I do not watch him. He needs to develope a talent or skill and get a job that does not involve tearing others down to build himself up.

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So Paula Dean is a fatass redneck who makes unhealthy food for other fatties. Anthony Bourdain is a loudmouth who only shuts it long enough to chew on some weird part of an animal. The sun will rise again.

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AB is awesome. And PD’s mac and cheese should be illegal.

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Anthony Bourdain is a boorish, d-bag. I’ve never liked him.

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Anthony and Andrew Z, two needle addicts in NYC in the 80s. Hope their blood ain’t infected. Paula, just another southern gash

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Among Paula Deen, Emeril Lagassee, Anthony Bourdain, and Alton Brown (3 of whom are Southern) whose descendents do you think will live the longest?

Will if be “Miss Smothered Butter”? or

Will It be “Mr. Pig Fat”? or

Will It be “Mr. Smarty-Pants Liberal Assh*le”" or

Will it be “Mr. ‘Skill and Knowledge’ will prevail”?

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This is why I love Bourdain. Deen may be a nice person etc but honestly, anything you drench in fat, salt and sugar has to be good. Just because she’s popular doesn’t mean she’s a good chef/cook: She’s a marketing machine and I avoid her and her products like the plague. Except to say in a loud, high pitched, southern drawl “Hey, y’all, I’m Paula Deen!” whenever I see her name on the shelf.

Bourdain’s show is interesting from both a food and travel perspective. Now that Travel Channel is owned by Food Network it will be interesting to see if he tones down his hatred for them. I sure hope not.

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@BourdainFan… You hope he doesn’t tone down the hate? You speak volumes about yourself. The drunkard Bourdain is hardly the first to attack Paula Deen. How about we start a death clock and see which one dies first? Bourdain because of his alcohol and drug use or Paula for her love of all things butter. It’s a fool’s bet… but I’m guessing your stupid ass will take it.

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Wow… I haven’t found a neutral opinion yet! You guys either love or hate Paula. The same with Anthony. I haven’t had the chance to try Paula’s food beside something a co-worker made from her book, and it was tasty! But I also have a friend who’s been to the resturant and says it was overrated. Anyway, I like her back story. Mother trying to do well by her boys and creating a destination resturant. As for Anthony… Hey everyone’s a critic. But with food, it’s like that old saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the holder,” Or in this case, “Flavor’s in the buds of the savorer!” LOL If you like it, it really doesn’t matter what a trained or untrained chef/cook says. If people are lining up for it…it can’t be too terrible. P.S. Did anyone see Barbara Walter’s tear into Dean about her children’s cook book on the, “View,” earlier in the year? TOO FUNNY! LMAO!

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Tony is now a sell-out too… his show started with an “indie” feel and now it’s mainstream. I’ve lost respect for him AND Paula. Ina Garten’s food is not much better for you than Paula’s, but it’s more sophisticated. Lydia is the best cook on television by far, and she of course, is on PBS.

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All of you claiming to be “Southern” or from “Savannah” need some help with your manners. We (real southerners) are not this nasty. And if we don’t like it we will still say something nice, and then find someting else to eat. And I don’t know why someone should get so upset over Fried Collare Greens. I promise, we won’t make you eat them. All of you who are so whiney about Paula’s cooking, get over it. And go to Red Lobster or Mcdonalds. That is pretty much your speed anyway, corporate food with no taste.

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Come on Duluth, get real… anyone who’s ever been anywhere and with half a brain knows Paula’s food is not much better than church/reunion food…. a mix of mayonnaise, cool whip, sour cream and butter. It might taste good to people who live OTP and don’t know any better.

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Yes, Sarah. Paula is doing harm to America. How she hasn’t been arrested is beyond me.

Seriously? Are you an adult?

I cook Paula’s recipes all the time. And guess what? Everyone in my family is healthy and is at a normal weight. Know why? Because– and I realize this may be a difficult concept for you to grasp– we eat in moderation and we exercise.

You see Paula as “harmful”. I see you as someone who believes people should not be allowed to make personal choices. And, for you, I am sad. Grow up.

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Paula Deen sucks. Her over-the-top fake accent and over-the-top photo shopped pictures make me physically ill.

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All of the people hating Bordain and supporting chefs cooking out of cans and boxes are part of the problem with American food culture. America has a unhealthy relationship with food. We love convenience above our health. Convenience above cooking. We have lost the appreciation of food, the art of cooking, and just gorge ourselves on foods that aren’t even healthy enough for animals. Learn how to really cook from scratch. Just one meal a week. Maybe one meal a month. Just cook. Most Americans are overweight because of the Paula Dean & Sandra Dee food philosophy. As far as Paula, southern by pay only. Lived in the South my whole life, my family on both sides has lived in the south since the 1700’s. Paula isn’t a southern cook. She is a cook from the liberated south that feeds on McDonalds and is ashamed of its more rugged poor past. The only thing Southern about Paula’s cooking is well…her over exaggerated accent. We are lazy as a country, . Americans deserve to be unhealthy and fat.

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after reading all of these comments it’s clear that nobody is watching Bourdain’s show for any sort of enlightenment. he travels the world and show’s the reality of how fat and dumb and lazy American’s are as a whole, as is proven by some of the idiotic comments in here. he and Zimmern look NOTHING alike though so many of you can’t seem to tell them apart, which clues me in to how much attention you’re paying to what you’re watching. his whole show is a look at the human condition from outside our confined ideal of how people should live, and shows how lucky we are as Americans. his opinion is spot on, although i do like Guy’s triple d show (mom and pop style joints are some of the best). in short, i wish more people were as cynical as Bourdain and myself, but there aren’t, just slobs with no real opinions.

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I don’t know. I tried one of her recipes once (chicken and dumplings) only because I wanted strip dumplings. I was way underimpressed with it in terms of technique and seasonings, so I didn’t follow it exactly. I did burrow around her recipes online and, again, way underimpressed. Mama’s a Savannah Clark, btw. She can cook.

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JACK THAT IS “AWESOME”

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RE:Janet’s comment, “I always thought she seemed like a nice lady until I read that she repeatedly turned down a request from the same kid who wanted to meet her thru The Make a Wish Foundation. How awful is that!!!!”

I hate to break it to you but that wasn’t Paula Deen. It was that snotty, self-important Ina Gartner, the Barefoot Contessa. I can’t STAND that woman!

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WOW! So much anger! Few key points then I’m out of here:
1. Paula Deen’s cooking may be high calorie, but no one’s making you eat it. Be an informed eater or STFU. She’s nowhere near the worst, most dangerous person in America, but I can at least agree on the point made about her partnership with Smithfield Foods. Nasty company and I will not buy their products. This is why I said “be an informed eater” because there’s more to food than fat and calorie counts.
2. Bourdain’s snobby attitude was cool and now it’s just grating. He’s not helping, he’s simply sitting on the sidelines complaining. Pro tip- if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
3. Rachel Ray is on my top 10 list of people who I wish never became famous, and EVOO will send me into a rage, but maybe she’s inspiring people to try cooking something other than Hamburger Helper. I have no idea though, I stay away from everything she touches. *shudder*
4. Not sure what’s so wrong with Sandra Lee’s works on this planet. At least she’s doing something productive, even if she encourages a half-arsed way of cooking.

Finally, if you don’t like the South or the Stereotypes, then either help fix the problems or leave. I’m beyond done hearing a bunch of whiny Yankees and self-hating Southerners complain about our obesity, ignorance, etc. Help fix it, or GTFO. Spread a better message, or go up North.

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I live in a house made up of 4 twenty something men and all of us look forward to watching bourdains show every week and if there is a no reservations marathon on, there is a good chance that the 4 of us will be on the couch for 4 hours glued to the tv. Not only because we enjoy good food but because of the straight shooter bourdain is. He visits the places I would want to visit, eats the food I would want to eat and reacts the way I hope I would I react. I love the show, love his no b-s attitude and will also admit that I deep down inside also love diners, drive in and dives with guy fieri ad well.

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Anyone who wasn’t raised in the south never develops a taste for too much salt, bacon drippings, mayonnaise on everything, vegetables cooked beyond recognition, and all the other fats. Bourdain’s programs are very interesting to this viewer for the arm chair travel, but I am unlikely to try the recipes from those places. Watching Paula Dean is like watching a car wreck–you can’t stop watching, even if you want to look away. I can’t imagine two more disparate persons to be doing food shows on TV. For that reason, THEY HAVE TO DO A SHOW TOGETHER AND DUKE IT OUT!!!

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i’m sure John Doe is a northern moron…

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Thank you Anthony. I’m from right here in GA, and I have to agree. Paula Deen is going to be the death of all those fat slob idiots who eat that greasy gunk she cooks up, one look at Paula, and you know why you shouldn’t buy her cookbooks. Her cookbooks are laughable, and she’s making a mint on all the obese who follow her recipes. No thanks Paula, I like blood flowing thru my arteries, not butter.

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Why would anyone care who stands in line at Paula’s restaurant, or what they look like? You think you’re better than somebody because you’d eat somewhere other than TLAS if you were in Savannah? Truly pathetic, some of you. Bourdain’s an asshat, but other than this acknowledgement, I really don’t care what he says or does. Live and let live.

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If you’ve never worked in a kitchen, you probably don’t get Bourdain…and if you really think Dean’s food is better, then God bless you, but go exploring the next time you go out to eat-don’t be afraid to go someplace that’s a little more fancy (but probably charges comparable prices) than Dean’s and don’t be afraid to order that beef dish with the funny-looking name….

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Also, don’t take his disdain for Ms. Dean as an ASSAULT ON THE SOUTH BY YET ANOTHER DAMN YANKEE!!!

Seriously. When I want good home-cooking I call my mom for recipes, sometimes she’s nice enough to tell me. I once tried one of Ms. Dean’s recipes (before my mom entrusted me with the secret of her macaroni&cheese)…I have never been to her (Dean’s) restaraunt, but if the food is similar, I feel that I’m not missing anything…seriously, the macaroni&cheese @ Donnie’s Country Cooking is better (and that guy’s asian)!

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As far as I am concerned, Bourdain’s assessment of Ms Deen and her cooking is right on the money.

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I happen to agree 100% with him. I remember years ago when a lot of the other Chefs went on strike against Smithfield because of the way they treated workers, she stepped out and began a tour. I dont like the fact I have never seen her cook. The cooks at her restaurant the last time I walked by were almost all black. She has no personality other than that fake Southerness.
I like Bourdaine because he is willing to go where no one else will. Most importantly he has a respect for the people and culture of other countries. Yes he does drink a lot but he appears to have slowed up since he got married. I believe his best shows were the ones on middle east. Beruit, the tragic situation in Haiti and all of his African programs.
By the way I didnt hear him say anything about Emril who happens to be a real chef and who is also committed to human rights.

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Bourdain cooks better food and is way more entertaining than that fat living room cow. I have been to her place and it sucks, the only place worse is her brother’s overpriced swamp shack.

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None of these folks are good cooks. They are all TV personalities who, if given a task to whip up a dish, probably would produce, at best, something completely average. Paula Deen’s food is probably what you’d find in a southern small town, tasteless and stodgy. Racheal Ray as someone else has said is just a TV fabrication. Bourdain himself is just happy criticizing others. His TV show started off well the first season but then once it became all about him, and his making unpleasant, sarcastic comments about other foods and cultures….deteriorated rapidly. I no longer watch it. As of this moment, you certainly wont find any outstanding chefs or cooks on TV. The Internet/you tube is a better place to find authentic and tasty recipes prepared by people who actually know how to cook!

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paula’s food is so greasy..and all you are paying for is the name. i can make this stuff at home…why would i want to go out and pay for it in this day and time? and some of the recipies in her cookbook i have seen in other cookbooks..so they are not all originals.

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Every time I see a butter comment I have to laugh. Can’t you people think for yourselves and come up with something a bit more original? As you sit home eating your box of mac and cheese loaded down with margarine or your ramen noodles (I absolutely do not believe you all eat as healthily as you proclaim) just remember, those aren’t particularly health foods either. You only wish you could cook like Paula, and be as famous too.

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This is the same moron who eats live cobra hearts right? What a douche

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Who is this guy?

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Now yall be nice to Miss Paula. Yes, she is a fat country cornpone hick. But without Paula, her 2 little sissy-boy sons would not have a job. Paula makes me about as sick as Oprah and that is saying a lot.

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Bourdain is entertaining and rireverent and takes us to places and food we would have never gone without him. He has shown me worldly foods that I lust for. His show is what it is, entertainment! Like his personality or not the food is the reason………

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If my dog had a face like Paula Deen, I would shave his butt and make him walk backwards.

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What a bully. Making a living insulting other people and being a foul mouthed arrogant jerk is nothing to be proud of either.

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The guy is clearly trying to be controversial for publicity purposes. That said, he is right about Paula Deen’s food, as anyone that has ever been to her over-rated restaurant will agree with. I can’t stand watching most of the women cooks on Food Network. Waaaaaay to perky, perky, perky.

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Are you serious?
People wake up-liberal whackos are going to tell us what to et?
I use butter alot and I am not lard A– like alot of people.
His disdain is hypocritical -would he go after the Neeleys? Doubt it….

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Anthony is weird anyway. Paula is a down home cook whose food is delish (nod to Rachel). Why is it necessary to try to tear others down in order to make yourself feel superior. Thankfully both of these ladies are classy enough to ignore you. All food is not for everyone and if you don’t like what Paula or Rachel or even Sandra (who I’m not a big fan of)cook then turn to channel and don’t try the recipes.

My goodness.

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I agree with AB. Paula Deen’s food is not good at all. I don’t know that many people in Savannah who would actually go to that crap hole that is called Lady and Sons. It is an over-rated buffet line. Yes, the lines are long to get in, mainly b/c of all the tourist who want to see Paula Deen, which isn’t happening. It might have been better back in the day when she was actually involved in it, but I doubt you see her there unless it is some publicity stunt. Her sons are really nice, friendly guys though! I get to play softball against them every year!

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I waiting in line for Paula’s place Lady and Sons in Savannah for a huge let down. Food was terrible.

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I don’t understand all the Paula Deen bashing. I’ve met her a couple times and visited her restaurant and frankly I loved both her and her food. Bordain is a pompus jerk and I can’t sit through 5min of his show before I’m forced to change the channel. Food Network is better off without him.

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Paula Dean should do a porn video with Fabio. They both won’t believe it goes in like butter.

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I was wondering…..Delta is ready when you are.

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Bourdain is such a toolshed. He’s spot-on with all of the people he talks about, but shows how much of a liberal wimp he is giving Sandra Lee credit. He’s probably afraid the Cuomo liberal mafia is going to turn on him. Grow a pair, you Marfin’s case!

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Kevin’s comment, 8/17 at 6:35pm hit the nail right on the head. This bunch of self-hating Southerners make my stomach turn, too. Quit worrying about what the rest of the country thinks. We have a thing called “heritage” here and you should be proud of it. Cable TV and the internet are killing it. Foster it, people, or become homogenized and crappy, indistinguishable from Cleveland or Wichita. Come on, already.

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SORRY PAULA IS FROM ALBANY GA
ALBANY GA…AND HERE FOOD SUCKS. FAT UNHEALTHY FOOD…EAT THAT DAILY AND DIE. MUCH LOVE FOR ANTHONY….ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON TV.

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If you are a true Southerner and you actually like the disgusting, fake manner that Paula Deen portrays us…well…you are an idiot. Someone stop this beast from making us look like the overweight, ignorant hicks that most of the country thinks we are.

Paula Deen is certainly bad for America; but she is definitely one of the worst enemies of good, intelligent, Southern people.

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I agree with him. My husband and I have eaten at Paula’s place in Savannah plus a couple of her casino restaurants and the food is just crap. Bordain has a huge ego but I enjoy his show – gives you some good insight into local culture.

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Someone forgot that all these shows and the people that star in them are for entertainment purposes only. Do not attempt any of this at home.

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This is what gets me…food is a matter of taste. I love vegetables, my husband hates them. Some people like salty others like sweets. So who’s to say if something is tastes good or not. I agree that butter and fried is bad for you, but it’s yummy to eat ever-so-often. I’ve seen Bourdain’s show and personally think he’s boring. I like Zimmerman better, but I’m sure that others will disagree. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but they don’t have to be mean about it. Maybe his ratings are down and he needed some publicity. hmmmm?

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Tony graduated from the CIA. He is opinionated, who cares, arent we all. Tony is where he is because he worked his ass off in kitchens, not like some of the others. He’s probably the most liked, among restaurant employees, than the others. He’s done it, read his books.

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Judy, No Reservations was just nominated for more Emmys.

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Despite your opinion of Mr Bourdain, he right about Paula Dean and the rest of the “Celebrity Chef” crowd. Sometimes it takes a person who’s a bit of a dick to have the nuts to tell the truth about things that everybody else likes. Likes SO much that they willingly blind themselves from the truth of it. I applaud him for not only opening his mouth and talking crap about some of the most annoying people on T.V, but also taking his own advise and not cooking anymore. He even was able to continue having a hit show without lighting one gas burner, or using an ounce of Creme Fraiche.

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@Marsh

Why would I want to move? I am trying to say that we do not fit the image in which Paula Deen portrays us. We aren’t ignorant hicks, but if Paula Deen has her way everyone on the planet will think we are. This woman DOES NOT represent good, intelligent, Southern people. She is a fraud and she panders to the ignorant in our demographic.

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LOL Bourdain would eat cow dung if it was fried to show how sophisticated he was!!

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Who cares what he thinks. I never watch his show because he is a pompous ass. As far as Paula Deen’s “unhealthy” food is concerned, no one is forced to eat it. I am sick and tired of the food police trying to dictate what we all eat.

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Paula Deens stick is getting old. What doesn’t she put her name on. She makes southerners look like uneducated idiots. Y’all is getting old and worn!

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Paula Dean’s restaurant has a line outside full of TOURISTS who have NO CLUE how bad her food is. I live in Savannah and it’s all smoke and mirrors with her and dumb tourists fall for it because Paula Dean is “famous” Her food blows!

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can we vote for neither? bordain is pompous, and paula deen annoys me with her over-the-top accent.

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@jaypat Only Paula Deen is “southern” and the only one that cooks “southern”. Emeril is from MA, Brown is from California. Also, Kevin Rathbun is from KC and Blais is from NY.

WTF is with people’s weird obsession with being “southern”? Nobody cares.

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To everyone who is saying that Anthony Bourdain is an idiot or whatever, and that Paula Dean is a genious, get to the gym. Because you’re obviously sitting at your computer, stuffing a stick of fried butter down your throat as we speak. OR, if you’re not fat, you have high cholestorol or some other form of food induced sickness. Paula Dean will be the death of her followers. Heart attack waiting to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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keep eating garbage and getting fatter. There’s a reason the North won. Retards.

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As a natural medicine doc, a former chef and a believer that delicious food can actually be nutritious and healthful, I agree! While Paula is witty, kind and charming, her excessive butter, bacon grease and love of deep fat frying everything (including, to my horror, green beans) is irresponsible and dangerous. I believe that celebrity chef’s should be held to a higher standard . . . one that includes a view of food that promotes it’s fresh, health giving properties. As Hippocrates said, let food be your medicine.

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Good lord, some of you Southerners actually think Paula Deen makes “us” look bad? Better nourish that self-esteem a bit.

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Couldn’t agree more!

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Mr. Ho,

If you’re listening, your colum is so bogus. I try to vote on it only to be told that I have already voted. What a bunch of crap. Your articles suck btw.

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Anthony sounds like an extremely caustic individual who is unhappy with himself. It’s sad to see an adult man who is so insecure that the only way he can build himself up is by tearing down others. Gosh, don’t we all learn that in elementary school? Perhaps he never finished school. He calls Paula Deen and others evil. I think he should look in the mirror. It’s evil to diss others. Oh, and by the way, I have never cooked a Paula Deen recipe that was bad. NEVER. I have, however, tried other chef’s recipes and can’t say the same.

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Yeah Anthony Bourdain says mean things. It’s funny. It’s entertainment. And most of it true. Rachael Ray is annoying. Her laugh grates on me. Paula Deen is as fake as the butter she slathers on her food. I like Guy Fieri though but what do I care what Bourdain says about him?! It’s an OPINION people. Geeze.

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He’s just jealous he’s not on Food Network – who the hell watches the Travel Channel? Or cares about his opinion?

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I have never heard of any of these people except the little fat girl that Oprah sponsors. Who has time to watch this crap? None of them hold a candle to Colonel Sanders- there was real cook.

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If you’ve seen the film “Food Inc.” you know about Smithfield. If not, please do yourself and your family a favor and become aware. Paula has promoted Smithfield ham and not sure what else on Food Network channel. Maybe she is unaware or ignorant. If you immediately jump to her defense w/o knowing the facts, maybe you are as well. I love Paula Deen as much as the next person, she reminds me of my Mamaw, lol, which made it all the more disappointing when I learned she .endorsed such a dirty, greedy company. In any case, Anthony know his shizz and is calling it like he sees it.

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What IS the big deal? We’re all free to choose. Just live your life and let others live theirs.

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Paula and Bourdain are both horrible at least guy is entertaining and informative!

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I have to agree with him. I live in Savannah and the only reason the line is so long outside her restaurant is because is the tourist that have this blind worship thing going on with her and her brother Bubba. I’m not so sure either of their places would still be open if not for the tourist. Most local don’t eat at either establishment. I for one get sick of hearing the “hi y’all” crap everytime she opens her mouth! Talk to her in the grocery store and her southern twang isn’t half of what she makes it out to be on TV.

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She is not Chef material she’s simply is your run-of-the-mill home cook with an annoying voice. I watched her *desecrate* a simple turkey stuffing by adding around 20 ingredients, way too many IMO, an absolute over-kill. When she pulled it from the oven it was watery and looked like upchuck. Infact, she tends to over-kill every dish she makes!

Hey, it’s only stuffing! 7 to 8 ingredients at most.

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Anthony Bourdain is spot on, Those that he mentions are not cooks Strictly TV personalitys who got lucky. Paula probably the worst and phoniest of them all..

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Maybe he should listen to the Taylor Swift song “Why do you have to be so mean?” It all comes down to respect of you peers. Let him self- destruct.

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Yeah, Tony is a snot. Brilliant, but a snot. However, his comments about Paula Deen’s connections with evil corporations is dead on. Smithfield treats its pigs and its employees equally horrendously, not to mention the massive pollution they generate. (Do some research, seriously. It will appall you.) While I get her appeal to the home cook, there is no excuse for her constant heart-attack-on-a-plate dishes. Can’t she cook something even remotely healthy once in a while? I like her personality, so I don’t hate her, and since I’ve never eaten in her restaurant, I can’t comment on her food. But her corporate connections and her fat-laden meals are, I think, perfectly fair game for criticism.

As to the other 3 – they are also encouraging the home cook and not attempting to be chefs, so of course Monseiur Bordain will not approve. However, I will say, I liked Rachael Ray before she blew up and became ubiquitous and annoying…there was a time in between her stiff beginnings and her manic happy-ness-on-crack stages where she was warm and likeable. Too bad she gives her dishes stupid names, they are pretty good and deserve better. I like Guy’s personality but not his cooking show, and absolutely loathe everything about Sandra Lee. She’s really pulled a snow job on the masses – yeah, she cooks with part prepared and part homemade foods, implying she’s reaching the regular joes – but how many of us regular joes have the entire decor of our kitchen change every time we cook? And I’m not talking about those damn tablescapes, either. Watch her show just twice – the curtains and everything in the background change color scheme for each show. (That’s why the whole thing is white – so she can keep changing the rest of the decor and it will look good.) I know her background and she didn’t come from much, but she sure is an elitist now that she’s had a wealthy husband and fame of her own – even though she tries to wrap it in a “I’m just like you” menu. Blech.

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1st I love Paula and sons. She never claimed to be a chef she is a home cook with simple, modified recipes for easy meals. Ive tried some and they were great
They are not long and involved like Im used to cooking, but people dont spend time as much cooking like that. she fills a need for working moms and people who cant cook Just like Rachel and Sandra
who are great all in there own way I think Anthony is a donkeys behind I challenge him any day and lets see who can cook. If you want healthy cooking on Paulas show wait till Bobby orJamie is cooking with her.

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Ha Funny, My Hero! Great Show. I would love to tag along on one of His adventures.

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I would like to point out that of all the “Celebrity Chefs” on TV, Bourdain’s the one who did time in the trenches at Le Halle, working the line for 10 hour days, day after day, while managers screamed, waitstaff whined and turned out consistent solid food.
Any chef can cook a good meal. A good line-cook (Bourdain) can turn out good food time after time.

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[...] “wiggle around” certain questions in interviews — this after he’d eagerly jumped in with both unfettered feet about Food Network folks Guy Fieri, Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray as [...]

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BTW Her Name is Paula DEAN not Paula DEEN!

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We all have a choice to eat or make what we eat in this country. Anthony is a classless jerk whose ratings will go down further then they already have. Loved the Deen interview on Fox yesterday. The lady has class while he is an ass.

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Hook ‘em 83, you are in the same class as Bourdain which means you have none. By the way not all of us think Obozo was born in Kenya or are 20lbs overweight or think Outback is the place to go for a steak. Gee, could you be another liberal racist? Your comment says yes.

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Clearly he has it in for some celebrities…but who is “he”~? Anthony Bourdain~? Never heard of him.

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It is sad to me that so many folks can’t express their opinion about the merits of Paula Deen’s food without making disparaging remarks about her and her customers. Truth to tell, I probably would not be impressed with her restaurant, but I probably will never know since it would be low on my list of places to try in Savannah. Still, a whole lot of folks get pleasure from her personality and enjoy her food. What’s wrong with that? Different strokes for different folks. There is a lack of civility here, perhaps due to the anonymous nature of online comments. But, hey, why should food comments be any different than the blog trash you get on political and sports issues/

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@Hook ‘em 83: You are my hero!

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I agree with Anthony Bourdain whole-heartedly. People who think Paula Deen’s food is fit for humans to eat must just feel more at-home eating from a trough, errrrr, I mean buffet. Plus every photo of the woman is airbrushed to high heaven – does anyone even know what the real Paula Deen looks like without the outdated big hair, impossibly perfect complexion, and teeth so white they must glow in the dark? Scary!

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Paula Deen sure has white teeth. Are they real?

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Another reason NOT to watch this guy …sad.

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This is one of the funniest conversation threads I’ve ever seen! I lived in GA for many years and it STILL amazes me that there are some southerners who frequently and openly disdain the north as if the civil war happened last week (not to even mention the “liberal” political references). Hey guys, the NORTH isn’t thinking about you so stop acting like the crazy stalking ex-girlfriend who still talks about her ex to the few friends who’ll still listen even though he’s been married for years and he and his wifes 1st child is about to go to college….it’s just sad now.

Anthony Bourdain owns a french restaurant, CLASSICLY and ORIGINALLY known for it’s amazingly high caloric dishes and ample use of fats and butter so REALLY, DUDE? Paula Deen, Sandra Lee and the others appeal to a set of home cooks only 1 generation from Hungry Man Dinners and Spam and Cracker appetizers so how but we cut them some slack.

Sometimes you want fine dining with a cheese plate and wine pairings but sometimes you just want a Krispy Kreme cheese burger (though, I can’t really think of when that would be, lol). Whats lovely is there’s room for them all and that Americans are actually having a dialog about food when I thought we were doomed to strip mall takeout and packaged dinner. FUN STUFF!!

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Oh come on people….. come on Anthony…. Paula Deen is a Character! You must use your own common sense in cooking. If she wants to have her cholesterol off the chart, then let her. But we all should be responsible for ourselves. When I cook her recipes I do not copy exactly as she does on her show and my cooking is great! And Anthony, Shame on you! Have you given up your 3 pack a day smoking habit?? If so …. BRAVO ! You have smoked for double the years that Paula has been a celebrity and I would not want to have your Lungs!!!!!! Paula you go girl. Slab that butter on and I’ll still interpret your recipes the way I want them to be.

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Not only does Paula Deen keep cardiologists employed. Might I add respiratory therapist, nurses, surgeons, physical therapist…..the list goes long. heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, hypertension……are all a result from eating all that garbage she cooks on tv. ugh!!!

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Wow, this is a funny blog spot. I enjoyed reading so many genius commentary. I’m not a fan of either teams. All Bourdain ever does is criticize everything, as if he’s so above and beyond it all. Has he taken a good look at himself lately? He’s a left-back, from the “still wanting to be cool daze” where he was probably never cool, that why he’s still trying so hard to be that. But the worse is, his show’s passe production of wanting to be “the hip rocker dude”, which always turns out to be a sorry excuse for creativity. If Bourdain would just stick to the food part, Asian food being the best ones – than maybe he’d be tolerable to watch – but most of the time he’s focused on finding and having the next drink – But at least he’s educated, and I couldn’t agree more with him on calling Deen out. She is the epitome of gluttony from every angle as far as I’m concerned. From what she eats, cooks, promotes, endorses (A ham corporation that has really bad dyes & additives in its product) where ever she can get her dirty gorged fingers on (and yes, I have also seen her lick her fingers and then touch food she was serving – it’s gross). But that’s what you get growing up as TPWT, never knowing any better, or the difference. I would never eat at any of her restaurants, or buy her books. One because I would never consider her a chef with all that lard loaded food she dishes out to you under the guise of a smile and chuckle; Two because I would never support a greedy money making machine monster mama, that doesn’t care one ioda about the health and welfare of her viewers and restaurant goers (the folk that support her). She’s happily poisoning the innocents and making money off all the ignorants; And thirdly, now she’s milking the people through her sons, constantly having them on her shows, plugging them, as well as probably trying to get them their own show – neither one of them qualified to be chefs either (their food sucks, very amateurish). What I’m confused about is…why is food network supporting this nepotism, or calling it the Paula Deen show then??? Food Network, is going down the tubes: Rachele Ray, “let’s just throw anything and everything into the pot” show; Sandra Lee, should just stick with her crazy tablescapes, so she could go back to just being on the informercial channels; Guy, God bless him – his food isn’t there, but he’s is a comedic genius. I watch the Food Channel more and more.

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