An Open Letter to Paula Deen
June 28, 2013 1:04 PM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: There is an open and active Paula Deen thread where this might fit better. If someone wants to do a full-on Twitty post, that might be a good alternative. -- restless_nomad
Great article, even better than I had anticipated. I look forward to checking out more of Mr. Twitty's work.
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:12 PM on June 28, 2013
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:12 PM on June 28, 2013
I'm not happy that she said what she said, but whatever it took to get rid of her pop-culinary dreck is fine by me.
Excuse me, while I go shopping for heavily discounted Paula Deen branded cookware.
posted by wcfields at 1:21 PM on June 28, 2013
Excuse me, while I go shopping for heavily discounted Paula Deen branded cookware.
posted by wcfields at 1:21 PM on June 28, 2013
I haven't read the previous thread at all, cribcage. Sorry about that.
posted by SkylitDrawl at 1:21 PM on June 28, 2013
posted by SkylitDrawl at 1:21 PM on June 28, 2013
Whoa. I had no idea who this guy was before reading this, and now I want to go work in his kitchen.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 1:22 PM on June 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by BitterOldPunk at 1:22 PM on June 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
You remember all the flack that guy got for writing "Accidental Racist", based on the assumption that no one could be that stupid and unaware of their own racism?
Yeah. I think ya'll owe that guy an apology.
posted by delmoi at 1:23 PM on June 28, 2013
Yeah. I think ya'll owe that guy an apology.
posted by delmoi at 1:23 PM on June 28, 2013
Excuse me, while I go shopping for heavily discounted Paula Deen branded cookware.
What's interesting is that there's been a lot of Paula Deen-branded items in the food section of Big Lots for a few months now. Maybe that just reflects her overall declining popularity, but for a moment I wondered if a corporate sponsor with insider knowledge of the coming revelations had gotten ahead of the competition in liquidating inventory of her stuff.
posted by aught at 1:24 PM on June 28, 2013
What's interesting is that there's been a lot of Paula Deen-branded items in the food section of Big Lots for a few months now. Maybe that just reflects her overall declining popularity, but for a moment I wondered if a corporate sponsor with insider knowledge of the coming revelations had gotten ahead of the competition in liquidating inventory of her stuff.
posted by aught at 1:24 PM on June 28, 2013
Twitty was on Bizarre Foods a while back. I recognized him instantly from that.
posted by axiom at 1:24 PM on June 28, 2013
posted by axiom at 1:24 PM on June 28, 2013
I've never watched her show, or really any other cooking shows for that matter. Is this ignoring the African-American contributions to Southern cooking really that common?
posted by tommasz at 1:26 PM on June 28, 2013
posted by tommasz at 1:26 PM on June 28, 2013
Totally unrelated to Paula Deen but Mr. Twitty was a guest on a fascinating episode of the Kojo Nnamdi Show that focused on urban agriculture and history, if anyone wants to learn more about him. Listen here. Transcript here.
posted by Wretch729 at 1:28 PM on June 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by Wretch729 at 1:28 PM on June 28, 2013 [2 favorites]
Both his blogs are amazing. History and food, the perfect antidote to ignorance and food.
posted by feckless at 1:29 PM on June 28, 2013
posted by feckless at 1:29 PM on June 28, 2013
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