Sunday, March 16
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
Program Room S100/Grand Ballroom
Level 1, South Building

Celebrity cook and Food Network star Paula Deen discusses how southern cooking can charm consumers in her keynote address to open the 2008 Show. A former housewife from Albany, Ga., with no formal food training, Deen stars in two eponymous shows on the Food Network: “Paula’s Home Cooking,” which airs seven days a week and “Paula’s Party,” which airs on Friday nights. She is the author of six cookbooks and a memoir, “Paula Deen—It Ain’t All About the Cookin’,” which debuted in the top 10 on the New York Times bestseller list in spring 2007.