It's quintessential Paula Deen, a celebrity chef who lives in Savannah. Never one to hide her Southern drawl, Deen had this retort for a New York writer who said his city seemed lacking in pimento cheese. (A Southern staple, almost, and great comfort food.) Deen, along with her now-grown sons, is the mastermind behind "The Lady and Sons" line of cookbooks as well as a popular Savannah restaurant by the same name.
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In April, Deen's memoir will come out (who doesn't have a memoir?). In it, she details her rise from a hardscrabble life to kitchen fame. Among the things she's overcome: agoraphobia (a fear of being out of one's immediate confines, such as the house), and poverty after she and her first husband divorced in the 1980s. At that time, Deen set out with $200 and kept a brown paper bag in her glove compartment, in which to take deep breaths during panic attacks — yesteryear's answer to Xanax.
Critics say she takes shortcuts in her cooking, that it's not REAL Southern preparation; her response is that most regular people who work don't have time for, say, boiling greens for four hours on the stove. And, having used "The Lady and Sons" books myself, I can attest that most of the recipes don't take long to prepare, and they are mighty tasty.
Here's Paula Deen's website and here's a recipe for pimento cheese. Enjoy!
1 comment:
Pimiento cheese. Mmmmm. Makes me want to eat at the Sandwich Shanty.
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