About Doug Hall
Doug Hall is a writer and photographer. He is a graduate of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia and a former newspaper editor. Doug writes about Georgia, the American South, Mexico, and other places he likes.
Everyone has an opinion about Paula Deen. My opinion is, Paula Deen is to Southern cooking what the polka is to ballet. If you want good recipes, consult Nathalie Dupree or Virginia Willis. And that’s all I have to say about that.
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Personally, I like Scott Peacock when he teamed-up with Edna Lewis. However, being from Oz my exposure to the great Southern Chefs has been somewhat limited.
Yes, John, that is a great cookbook, too.
…………………..I must also add that Paula Deen does nothing for me at all. She just seems to ooze fakery. This might be regarded as an ad hominem remark but what I’ve seen of her and her “Southern” cooking on YouTube, I believe, is quite neatly summarized in your “polka” analogy.