Paula Deen and Her Monkey Bread Are Killing You

Well yea! As with anything in life, you gotta apply a little common sense and judgement. It is no different from people who live on fast food, take out or those who frequent resturants who offer huge (double the recommended ) portions, then think they have to eat the whole entry in one visit. We all know and love Paua Deen for her down home not aways so healthy "southern cooking" she has been one of the country's favorites for years. So tuning into Paula and only use the reciepes once a month, once a year or just on Thanksgiving if you so choose. But leave the rest of us who know how to manage our lives and nutritional intake alone.

Couldn't agree with you more. This network has turned into a mainstream jokeshow. Paula Deen's food is atrociously unhealthy and she is obnoxious as well. Her wealthy southern conservative, yet "fun loving", housewife schtick is getting old. Her recipes are so bad for you! I would love to see a cross section of this woman's heart valves. What is up with these "food personalities" that this network's producers are creating? Basically what I think is happening is that Food Network has been infiltrated by the large food production companies. The production value has gone as mainstream as possible. Look at Guy Fieri. This guy is a creation to appeal to the "American Choppers" demographic. He repeatedly uses brand name pre-prepared products (sauces, condiments, chips, etc) in his trashy recipes. It's all in-content sponsored advertising from big food companies. Also, he's a paid endorser for the restaurant chain TGI Friday's as well. Cross marketing. Why are food and chef shows (Kitchen Nightmares, Hell's Kitchen, Emeril, Top Chef) becoming so popular? Because the middle class is disappearing and what were once considered working class professions are becoming the medium for over-educated offspring from the 80's boom to express themselves through (being that the jobs their parents had don't exist anymore). Same reason that mechanic and labor based (American Choppers, Dirty Jobs, Ice Truckers, Monster Garage, etc) shows are becoming mainstream. However, I have to say that Alton Brown is still awesome.