| Paula's Home Cooking | |
|---|---|
 Paula's Home Cooking | |
| Created by | Paula Deen |
| Starring | Paula Deen |
| Opening theme | "Rush Hour" by Javier Matos and Paul Taylor |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 135+ |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Food Network |
| Release | 2002 (2002) – 2012 (2012) |
Paula's Home Cooking is aFood Network show hosted byPaula Deen. Deen's primary culinary focus wasSouthern cuisine and familiarcomfort food popular with Americans.[1] Over 135 episodes of the series aired between 2002 and 2012. Food Network announced in 2013 that it would not be renewing Deen's contract.
Paula's Home Cooking showcases classic dishes such aspot roast,fried okra,fried chicken andpecan pie are the norm, and overly complicated or eccentric recipes are usually eschewed. Dishes that are flavorful and familiar are spotlit, although the fat content and calorie count of the meals is often very high. Paula features vignettes ofSavannah,Georgia, where she co-owns The Lady & Sons with her sonsJamie andBobby.
Despite itsSouthern atmosphere,Paula's Home Cooking was taped in upstateNew York until 2006; since then, shows had been taped at Deen's new home near Savannah. In 2008, Deen began work on a revamped version of the series calledPaula's Best Dishes, in which friends and family join her in the kitchen to prepare recipes. Deen's sons often appeared as guests on the show. They too proved to be popular among Food Network's audience and now have their own show,Road Tasted, similar toRachael Ray's Tasty Travels. Deen's husband, Michael Groover, also appeared sporadically as a guest, and Food Network taped the Deen-Groover wedding in 2004 as a special edition of the show. The success ofPaula's Home Cooking led to a line of cookbooks, a magazine, other television shows and specials, and related merchandise. Reruns of the show now air on Food Network's sister channelGAC.
Deen's popularity, spurred by the show, led to a small role in the feature filmElizabethtown.[2]
On June 21, 2013, the Food Network announced that they would not renew Deen's contract due to controversy surrounding Deen's use of aracial slur made 30 years earlier, effectively cancelling the series.[3]
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