10. Paula Deen Vs. Anthony Bourdain
Paula Deen and Anthony Bourdain‘s feud over food represents the war between two major ways of thinking about food. There’s the food elite, and then there’s the people who watch Paula Deen. Evidently Anthony Bourdain doesn’t really like the idea of people stepping in on the food game. He said that Paula Deen is the “the worst, most dangerous person to America,” which seems a little excessive. However, Paula Deen fired back:
“You know, not everybody can afford to pay $58 for prime rib or $650 for a bottle of wine. My friends and I cook for regular families who worry about feeding their kids and paying the bills . . . It wasn’t that long ago that I was struggling to feed my family, too.”
She’s not wrong. Lots of people learn how to cook from Paula Deen, too, so she’s not alone in thinking this way.
“Many Americans actually like to cook and a growing number want to learn. What if the magic ingredient to changing the way we eat turned out to be Paula Deen after all?”
This particular celebrity feud does a good job in highlighting the different attitudes there are about food, and what it means to be a representative of those attitudes and philosophies. It’s all very interesting, especially when the conversation takes the form of a celebrity feud.
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