"Jeff Edwards" > wrote in message
5.20...
> Andy <q> wrote in :
> > I enjoy her show!
> >
> > Sure, all TV chefs have to act and talk to the camera. Paula can ham
> > it up as good as the next TV chef.
> >
> > My all-time favorite TV chef was Justin Wilson. He was so deadpan
> > funny. R.I.P.
> >
> > I GAR-ON-TEE!
>
> I always got the sense that Justin was relatively genuine. Granted, I'm
> sure he was putting some of it on, but I could buy that he was an old
> cajun coot from the swamp for the most part. I think the problem a lot
> of people have with Paula is that something about it just doesn't seem
> real. Maybe she's being very true to herself, but it comes across as
> over-the-top in a manufactured way.
>
> -Jeff

I think that she is a hard-working woman who struggled to get where she is
today but never allowed the money and fame to change her character. If you
watched her Chefology, she really is inspirational...and I love her cooking
but I guess I am biased being from N.C....and I do like Texas-Pete!