Is anyone here going to the Paula Deen Lunch and Learn on 10/23?

[LJC1861]

If so, we should make it a DIS meet!!!!!

Anybody interested? Maybe we could all sit together or something. Let me know!


Linda

 

[EvilinaDM101]

there are 3 of us in the party and I would DEFINTILY pay the $75.00 per person but the FDH and the FFIL doesn't see the purpose of paying that amount and finds it rather high. Oh but I LOVE Paula and watch her all the time when she is on the Food Network. I loved it when she had her wedding special . . . OH I wanna go!!

 

[Princess Michelle]

I wish I were going, I love Paula Dean.


Send some "Best Dishes" to her from all of us that can't come.

 

[TwingleMum]

OH I love Paula Deen!! We watch her all the time on the Food network. They have to make somemore shows and put them on more often. She is such a great "real" cook. Is this a F & W event?? I wish I could go.

 

[KIRSTIN'S MOMMY]

If you guys drive to WDW, you should stop by The Lady and Sons here and have lunch. Paula is a nice lady, and the food is really good.

 

[TXMommy]

The food at Lady and Sons is AWESOME!!!

 

[parrotheadlois]

We went to the Paula Deen Lunch & Learn! What a hoot! She is just so funny. She says she can't talk and cook at the same time, and she doesn't like wine. So she was talking and cooking and drinking (the wine she doesn't like!). For those who have never been to a Lunch & Learn, the guest (Paula) cooks, the host (Pam Smith) narrates, and the guest has kitchen helpers (sous chef maybe) on stage (that would be Brandon). So the idea is that she cooks a dish and finishes the dish while simultaneously you are being served the same dish. OK, so this went quite well with Course 1 - "Brie en Croute" (brie cheese in pastry). Paula talked, cooked (drank) and finished the dish. We got a little behind on the Course 2 - "Marinated Shrimps and Artichoke Hearts". We were served and Paula finished a little bit later. Well, she started Course 3 (Savannah Crab Bakes with Lemon Dill Sauce)and she introduced her husband, Michael, who joined her on stage (prior to this he had started cringing at his table every time she drank a litttle more wine, and started telling, shall we say, rather risque (ok, for Disney very risque) stories!. By Course 4 - Grandpa Paul's Japanese Fruitcase, Paula just gave up all pretense about cooking. Just like on TV, she showed us the pre-made cake parts and showed how they'd get put together. Then she introduced the pastry chef who had really done the work. We had such a good time. Afterwards Paula was very charming and and her husband was such a good sport. Paula signed everyone's cookbooks if they had one, Michael posed for a picture with my husband, Greg, and Brandon, the on-stage helper. And Pam Smith deserves kudos for her fortitude in just forging on in what must have been a difficult (but hilarious) situation! I hope she'll be back next year!!

Here are some pictures:

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/share/welcome?i=EeAMmLlk1cNmjGmg&notag=1&x=1&sm=1&sl=1

 

[TwingleMum]

Lois - Thanks for sharing, that sounded like fun. Thats what I love about Paula Deen she is such a 'real' person.

 

[kathmzh]

Lois, that sounds like a blast. I bet you enjoyed it more with all the "imperfections."
Linda, Have a great time -- I love Paula Deen, and watch her whenever I can. Report back after you get home!!

 

[MinnieM21]

Thanks so much for sharing. It sounds like you had a great time.

 

[LJC1861]

The Lunch and Learn with Paula Deen was one of the most fun things I have ever done at WDW. We laughed so hard our sides were aching. The review that Lois posted was right on the money.

Paula just couldn't cook while drinking and talking and she kept making comments about how she really wasn't a wine drinker, yet kept asking for more. She also thought it funny how " Mickey didn't like" certain things, like a jar to shake her marinade in. She couldn't find things that she needed in her kitchen and had herself and us laughing as a result of it.

She was so down to earth and friendly taking the time to talk to each us as she signed our books. I would DEFINITELY do this again if she were to do another Lunch and Learn.

Linda