Paula Deen
Paula Deen
Paula Ann Hiers Deen is an American celebrity chef and cooking show television host. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published fourteen cookbooks. Though married since 2004 to Michael Groover, she uses the last name Deen, from her first marriage...
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth19 January 1947
CityAlbany, GA
sweet giving-up drinking
The first thing I did was give up sweet tea because I drank so much. I'd start drinking at lunchtime and wouldn't set it down until I went to bed. When you calculate how much empty calories and how much sugar I was consuming, it was staggering. So I haven't had a glass of sweet tea in three years.
up-north nuts people
You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing.
sweet nice thinking
I am proud to be a Southerner. I think Southern hospitality is very... I don't think it's just a term. I think it really exists. You can come to Savannah, and the people are so sweet and so nice.
dream alive deen
I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.
spiritual religious beach
I'm more spiritual than I am religious. I don't go to church; I go to the beach.
funny hater laughing
I don't care what the haters and naysayers say. If they make jokes about me, I'll laugh because they'll probably be funny.
cost tongue choke
I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.
long cooking grit
Stone-ground grits are wonderful, but because they take so long to cook, I usually go with quick cooking grits - which I also love. But I never make the instant kind - some things a Southerner just won't do!
talking tacky talking-about-money
Talking about money is garish. It's tacky.
moving deen feels
It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.
way kind seasoning
Southerners have never been afraid of seasoning. It's kind of the other way around; our seasoning is afraid of us.
proud southerner
I am proud to be a Southerner.
pie yummy people
On my show I share all these yummy, fattening recipes, but I tell people, in moderation, in moderation. You can have that little piece of pie.
two care littles
I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.