Butter Queen Paula Deen to Oversee Culinary Program for Children

5-17-2010 @2:13PM ashleigh said... She's a COOK, not a chef!! There's a big difference! And while sugar may be more damaging than fat, what matters the most is that while she can be adorable at times (and obnoxious and inappropriate at other times), the meals she has ever featured on her shows are super high in calories! They're not healthy, and they don't gear anyone toward healthful eating... Which is fine for her show! A person can cherry pick the one decadent thing she features and offer that to their families once a month -- so no worries. But, to be teaching kids to cook this way all the time? I think a nutritionist had better be consulted! And on top of that, I doubt that Paula Deen is going to be teaching at the academy -- she probably just got paid to have her name attached to the project, so hopefully the actual teachers will be featuring healthy foods and not foods overly saturated in fats or sugars or calories... And again, while the article says she's an internationally renowned CHEF, uh, no, she's a self-taught COOK, not a chef...

5-17-2010 @2:54PM dinosaurio65@aol.com said... What's really bad is not exercising; and saturated fats are actually really bad for you they cause atherosclerosis which increases your risk for high blood pressure, MI and CHF

5-17-2010 @3:46PM Janet said... YAY! & Here! Here! Finally someone has said the magic words that I have been voicing for years.
Sugar is QUITE detrimental to all of our diet's, and does play a role in raising cholesterol!
Phheewsh!

5-17-2010 @4:02PM Mei said... She is an entertainer and a cook that got lucky. Those that watch her program do so to see what bad choices she makes in food prep. As far as being able to find non fried food in the south...well where would that be and would the food taste good as being so called more "healthy" for one? Anyone ever think that perhaps she voluntered for the program ro gave funding fo it? It is all about the money no matter what one thinks.

5-17-2010 @4:48PM Patrick said... @Derrel,
I can assure you I am neither retarded nor fat. (6 feet, 163 pounds) When I say fat ISN'T bad I mean EATING fat isn't bad. BEING fat IS very bad. And the FACT is SUGAR is way worse than FAT!
(I used a lot of capitals just so you can understand)

5-17-2010 @5:19PM Kevin said... Butter & sugar are not what makes us fat. It is the lack of body movement, to use up that energy. The human body simply stores the unused carbohydrates. That is why we get fat. Get rid of the video games, and take a walk, converse with your neighbors. You don't need a gym, push a manual lawnmower, instead of hiring a gardner. Go play frisbee, play catch, go swimming. We American's sit and veg too much. That's why we are fat.

5-17-2010 @5:04PM Bella T said... Same as Rachel Ray - a cook NOT a chef. I don't think either one of them went to a culinary institute. Jamie Oliver was trying to get school systems to cook healthier food for their students. I hope someone succeeds!

5-17-2010 @5:27PM Al Schrader said... I love Paula Deen. I want the red velvet cake made from a jeroboam of butter & whipped cream. I don't care what the FDA says. I wanna go on the Paula Deen pilgrimage reality bus tour same as my sister did & see all the Paula Deen Georgia cracker stuff. I love Vidalia onions, Georgia sweet juicy peaches, and pecans. I want the strawberry shortcake with a dozen strawberries & a mound of whipped cream. I want the Southern Fried Chicken & biscuits. The FDA can eat celery sticks if they like, it's ok. What I eat is my business....Alfred-

5-17-2010 @5:39PM mjs83713 said... Is every American really that blind to our overweight society? Paula Deen is NOT the problem. She cooks the way my Grandmother and her mother before her cooked. Real food! NOT PROCESSED PEOPLE! If you are really concerned about our future childrens health, then go after the fast food, processing factories who put ingredients in your so called "low calorie" foods to keep you fat.

5-17-2010 @6:36PM Digi said... LOL people are so utterly retarded. People arent obese because of ANYTHING they eat. Its called the 'rate' they eat, how much of crap they ONLY eat, and BIGGEST of all all these lazy asses out there who think if they eat special they dont have to do ANY kind of excersize other than getting up to go the bathroom and they'll stay fit.

NO. Food is a illrelevant factor. SURE it assists. BUT is not the cause. THe cause is people developing technologies not to make life better but life easier. People have become lazy to an astronomical percentage. Event s held on TV and such 'encouraging' people not to get off their dead asses but to sit even more.

Its lack of 'movement' thats causing lard asses. Cause what do fat people do most? SIT ON THEIR ASS.

5-17-2010 @7:30PM joseph a goetz said... Patrick, you are correct!! I've read a bunch of inane replies to you comment, and it is clear the respondents have no idea of what nutrients are needed daily. Fats are required (at least 60 grams or 2 ounces) daily. That is equivalent to a half of a stick butter. That's a lot of butter. Fats are where you get your instant energy from, you burn fat exercising and working so you don't accumulate the fat. An obese person is probably more likely a carbohydrate and sweets hound versus a protein hound. That combined with lack of exercise is fuel for obesity. You are RIGHT, RIGHT,Right!!!

5-18-2010 @1:09PM Cat said... Paula Deen is not, NOT a Chef, she is a 'comfort food' cook, and not a very imaginative one at that. She constantly slaps butter, mayonnaise, sour cream, and cream cheese in just about everything she makes on her TV show. She and people who cook like her, are the main reason that Southern food is lethally yummy. If I were going to have someone who is a TV Chef design a school cooking program for students, it would be Alton Brown; at least he has had the training and knows the science behind cooking food. But, as usual, "That ain't the way we do it here." mentality reigns. Ya'll need to watch Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. That program will give you some idea of the problems with our children’s' diet, from an elementary to college level. The comment made by the high school's executive director just proves that some people are arrogantly proud of being stupid!

5-18-2010 @4:23AM zac said... is anyone else disturbed by the three opening words to this article? "Health food activists" WOW! the citizens of this country have really gone around the bend. I wish I was so insulated from the rest of the world that I thought it important to become an activist about what other people eat . . .

I sometimes have no problem seeing why the rest of the world hates America, are there really people protesting the fact that someone put a food network show host's name on a certificate for high school kids?

5-21-2010 @3:21PM Jan said... Patrick has a point. It's too much SUGAR that is detrimental to our diets. "Saturated fat" can mean nothing. At my fattest point, I was on low fat but at my healthiest, I was eating lots and lots of fat and low sugar. Cholesterol level was on POINT. Stop believing what the media tells you.

6-09-2010 @7:15PM High School Culinary teacher said... I wish Paula Deen would lend her support to my culinary arts program. The states set the curriculum. It is going to be basic knife techniques, basic French culinary methods, and just plain practice.

Paula Deen will be able to bring in donations to the program - food or equipment, guest speakers, and just a visit by herself will give the students a boost. Maybe she will hire some of the students in the high school culinary arts internship program for the students to gain on the job experience.

Yes, she is a cook not a chef but she has made money in her chosen profession. Send her to my high school. The culinary arts teacher has control of the food monies and believe me there won't be a lot of expensive ingredients.......and only butter when the recipe has to have the butter for success.

If there is another high profile chef in the area maybe he will volunteer to help the program.

5-17-2010 @2:51PM Melanie said... I agree! She raised two boys they do not look fat to me!!! I believe she knows how to cook kid friendly meals. Grow up people she did not get where she is by some error. She is a very smart women she knows how to supstite where needed. Wish she was at my school growing up.