Food Network – Savannah Unplugged http://www.billdawers.com Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:24:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 18778551 Food Network will not renew Paula Deen’s contract http://www.billdawers.com/2013/06/21/food-network-will-not-renew-paula-deens-contract/ Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:05:59 +0000 http://www.billdawers.com/?p=5809 Read more →

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Given the media storm set off by the public release of Paula Deen’s deposition last month in a lawsuit brought by a former employee of Uncle Bubba’s, this is not surprising news:

It’s impossible to know at this point what factors were considered by the Food Network, but — as I noted in a post earlier today — Deen’s deposition is peppered with disturbing details about the management of Uncle Bubba’s. Even if one takes her at her word that she quit using the N-word many years ago, there were all sorts of ugly revelations that would be circulating endlessly.

And America’s food culture has undergone a considerable shift in recent years. As I noted in a post in 2011 — NYT: Growing number of Southern farmers “want to reclaim the agrarian roots of Southern cooking, restore its lost traditions and dignity” — we’ve been seeing a resurgence in traditional Southern cooking that predates the post-WWII ingredients so common in Deen’s recipes.

And it’s worth noting that Deen has been through various contract negotiations with Deen the Food Network, including in 2010.

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