Paula Deen Savannah Chef
Food Network Host of Paula's Home Cooking Owns Lady & Sons Bistro
Visiting Savannah in search of Paula Deen? Check out her restaurant in the city called Lady & Sons or read her new memoir, It Ain't All About the Cookin'.
The Food Network's southern star, Paula Deen, has enhanced Savannah's tourism as much as John Berendt's book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Instead of flocking to Savannah for a glimpse into the lives of those eccentric southerners and tours of century old cemeteries, tourists are now in search of everything 'Paula.'
Paula Deen, from the Food Network's Paula's Home Cooking, opened the Lady and Sons restaurant in Savannah in 1989 and is truly a steel magnolia. After years of struggling, the restaurant became a success and now the woman behind the fried chicken and butter has quite the list of accomplishments. She has written several cookbooks, and will release her seventh book in April of 2007. It Ain't All About the Cookin' is a memoir and is said to detail her past.
Not only is she a book author, has her own magazine, a television star, but now she is a movie star, as well. In 2005, Paula made her film debut in Elizabethtown, which was directed by Cameron Crowe and starred Kristen Dunst, Orlando Bloom and Susan Sarandon.
Her life wasn't always so glamorous. Paula's humble beginnings start in Albany, Georgia. There she married her high school sweetheart at the ripe old age of 19. After losing both of her parents just a few years later, she was given the task of also raising her brother along with her two children. After years in an unhappy marriage and bouts of depression, she started her own catering business, which evolved into the very successful Lady and Sons restaurant in Savannah.
Need more Paula? The Old Savannah Tour will take you through the streets of Savannah with the possiblility of a glimpse of Paula. You will also visit places she talks about or visits on her television show and ends with a visit to her brother's restaurant, Uncle Bubba's Oyster House. There is also a 3-day tour offered from Coastline Travel from Albany to Savannah with highlights and (of course) food along the way. Not only are there Paula Deen tours in Savannah and Albany but you can also get gifts and accessories to go with your cookbooks in many stores in Savannah.
But, if you plan to visit the Lady and Sons for a meal, you should definitely plan ahead. Just to get on a list for a seat in this restaurant, you will have to get in line at a host stand at 9:30 AM. For easier dining, drive toward the coast and visit her brother's restaurant, Uncle Bubba's. The food, atmosphere, and service are great and much less of a hassle.
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