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Michelle Obama to join Paula Deen’s ‘Party’
By Bill DeYoung
Wednesday, September 10, 2008


The “laaahd” will flow as Michelle Obama joins genteel food maven Paula Deen on an episode of “Paula’s Party,” Sept. 20 on the Food Network.

On the show, “Grease is the Word,” the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate meets up with Deen “on the campaign trail” to make the TV chef’s famous fried shrimp and Creole french fries.

According to the network’s press release: “Michelle gives Paula a taste of her family life on the road to the White House and shares fun facts, including the first meal she made for Barack, what kinds of local foods the family seeks out on the road and that Barack makes a mean chili!”

As if that weren’t tasty enough, food fans, Maury Povich and Connie Chung also are on the program, from Deen’s Savannah, Ga., studio, preparing (ahem) fried apple pies and fried dumplings.

Bill DeYoung

What: “Paula’s Party: Grease Is The Word”

When: 7 p.m. Sept. 20

Network: Food Network