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and..........all of her regular cookware as well as casserole/baking dishes are for sale @ Ollie's..........how low can you go? I guess not too many people are falling for the junk FN sells. What's with these people so much greed the a tv show isn't enough?

I notice that QVC no longer has any of Paula Deen's cast iron cookware available at this time. Probably for the reason mentioned. And they certainly were made in China. Her choice of a manufacturer for the cast iron was a poor one. Just like her choice for her favorite President Jimmy Carter.

I won't buy any celebrity-endorsed product for the endorsement. When we moved to a fully-furnished home temporarily, a few months ago, I couldn't live with the lightweight scratched teflon frying pan they had. It had cancer written all over it. So the best pan Wal-Mart had was a copper sandwich teflon pan with, you guessed it, Paula Deen's name on it. It's served us well the past few months. When I buy cast iron, it's Lodge. btw, my husband keeps laughing at me and my "Paula Deen" pan! All because 98% of our lives, including my kitchen, is in storage 1,500 miles away! Dee

WHAT...foodtv...RIPPING PEOPLE OFF!!!
WHAT A JOKE...I SAY IF YOU BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM YOU ARE ASKING TO BE RIPPED OFF!!!

My family is on food stamps. We qualify for about $300 a month. Why would we want to buy bulk? Because buying a flat of 12 cans of refried beans (a staple, by the way) at Costco is much cheaper than buying 12 cans at Safeway. Bread is cheaper and can be frozen. Milk and eggs are cheaper. Meat is usually cheaper.Canned fruits and veggies are cheaper. And yes, occasionally I'd like to buy my children a little treat, and at Costco I can buy a big box of cookies far cheaper than a bag of cookies at Safeway. A lot of people think because you're on food stamps you have to prepare and eat food that is the absolute least expensive possible. Well, we're human beings. We want to have choices. We try to be responsible with those choices, but sometimes, especially if you're a parent, you want to treat your children and the most cost effective way to do that is to buy in bulk. Yes, I can buy all the ingredients to make cookies, but I also have to make most of our meals from scratch to save money, so having a prepackaged treat is a treat for all of us. We don't have a Walmart in this town, the closest is almost 30 miles away.
Am I some kind of degenerate who is cheating off the system and taking advantage of the tax payers? No. I am your sister. I am your neighbor. I am your best friend. I am your co-worker (when I can find a job). You sit next to me in church. You stand next to me when we help at the soup kitchen. Our children run and laugh and play together. Our husbands watch sports and fix the car in the driveway. You don't even know that times are so tough for us, that we have to be on food stamps in order to survive the month. You don't know that I no longer eat three meals a day, just so there is extra food for the kids. You don't know how many nights I've gone to bed hungry so my kids don't have to. You comment on how great I look now that I've lost weight, but I don't tell you how I've been forced to do it.
You invite us over for potluck, and we have to kindly decline your offer. Food stamps. That is why. That is why the kids don't have cupcakes to bring to the school bake sale. That is why the neighborhood kids are no longer invited to share cookies after school. That is why I can no longer bring a casserole or even a loaf of bread to a sick neighbor.
Every day I make sacrifices to keep healthy food on my table for my family. Every night I go to bed praying there will be enough for just one more day. Every day as the month rolls on, portions get smaller and smaller.
Would it help if Costco accepted food stamps? Hell yes.

I spent a few months in Spain and ate a lot of this dish but the absolute best I had was fresh, warm, and with spinach. I wasn't a huge fan of the standard dish but the addition of spinach was incredible.

Is that ham bouillon in the picture?

I get mine at Penzeys Spices. They have a store close to where I live, in Menlo Park. They have jars that you can open up to smell each product that they offer. It's a really fun place to explore.

I've been looking for a good tortilla española recipe since I came back from my study abroad in Sevilla eight years ago - I have so many fond memories of my Spanish mom cooking this for me. I think I have finally found my recipe, because this is definitely how she used to make it. Thanks for helping me toward recreating a happy food memory, Nick, and I can't wait to try it!

We have El Presidente Hispanic supermarkets in South Florida, they seem to do good business.

I go to the Spice House in Illinois for freshly ground Ceylon cinnamon and soft cinnamon sticks. I like www.store.mustaphas.com for true Marrakech grown whole cumin seed and green anise seed. And for most general spices. I prefer Kalustyans for ground ginger and black and white peppercorns.

Ras el hanout is a problem because each Moroccan recipe has its own best blend. I'm still lookin'

Any Asian, Indian, or Middle Eastern market. I love Purpose Design on Etsy for pre-packaged spices to give as gifts.

Living in Brooklyn, I also go to Sahadi's. But unfortunately they recently did away with the bins (where you could buy as little or as much as you liked as you liked, or thought you could use) and now sell everything prepackaged (in their own packages). Even so its cheaper than anywhere else locally. But I also think they pared down there selection and don't seem to have the more unusual stuff anymore. I need to find an alternate!