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Paula Deen Biography

Paula Ann Hiers Deen (born January 19, 1947) is an American celebrity chef and cooking show television host. Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates The Lady & Sons restaurant and Paula Deen's Creek House with her sons, Jamie and Bobby Deen. She has published fifteen cookbooks. Though married since 2004 to Michael Groover, she uses the last name Deen, from her first marriage.

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You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake.

Cake, Piece, Pieces, Whole

I've got two vices: cigarettes and taters.

Cigarette, Cigarettes, Taters, Two, Vices

I pay people very, very well - probably more than I have to. But that costs me less money in the long run because I'm not having to constantly train somebody. I pay them enough that they don't go seeking a higher scale at the next restaurant.

Enough, Long, People, Running, Seeking

I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.

House, Interest, Kitchen, Long, Mama, Married

Down South, even our vegetables have some pig hidden somewhere in it. A vegetable isn't a vegetable without a little ham hock.

Ham, Hock, Pigs, Vegetable, Vegetables

I am proof that the American dream still exists.

American, Deen, Dream, Exists, Proof

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!

Cook, Cooking, Grit, Long, Wonderful

In order to have good fried chicken, you should wash and season the bird the morning you're preparing it for dinner. Don't wait and do it right before you start cooking. Throw it in the refrigerator, seasoned, that morning, and give it a chance to soak up all the salt and pepper and goodness.

Chicken, Giving, Morning, Order, Start, Wash

You don't want to make a steady diet of just lettuce. You don't want to make a steady diet of fried chicken.

Chickens, Diet, Fried, Lettuce, Make, Want

A balanced diet is a cookie in both hands.

Balanced, Cookies, Diet, Hands

I wake up every morning happy for where I am in life. It's not all about the cooking, but the fact that I can contribute by using my influence to help people all over the country. In the last two years, my partners and I have fed more than 10 million hungry people by bringing meat to food banks.

Contribute, Country, Influence, Million, Morning, Years

Talking about money is garish. It's tacky.

Garish, Money, Tacky, Talking, Talking About Money

The thought of eating rabbit and squirrels doesn't appeal to me. And that was on our table quite often as a kid. In your uppity restaurants, they serve a lot of rabbit. But I just can't help but think of Peter. And deer, I can't go there, because of Bambi.

Bambi, Kids, Squirrels, Think, Thinking

You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills.

650, Bottle, Kids, Know, Wine, Worry

There's so much going on. I almost never have a moment.

Moment, Moments

It's amazing how good getting up and moving makes you feel.

Amazing, Deen, Feels, Good, Moving

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.

Funny, Hater, Haters, Jokes, Laughing, Naysayers

I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

Choke, Cost, Keep, Peace, Tongue

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.

Fattening, People, Pie, Show, Yummy

I loved my own Grandparents with all my heart. I learned important lessons from them about how to treat people, how to cook and how to work. . . . . they showered us kids with love and left the parenting to Momma and Daddy. That's the beauty of being a grandparent - the hard work belongs to someone else. I guess I never really understood the depth of their love for me until I became a grandmother myself. . . it is unlike any other relationship.

Cook, Grandparents, Hard Work, Heart, Kids, Love

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