[Magdalen] The Deen controversy.

[Scott Knitter]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> When the original story broke, my then-employer was about to do a licensed
> private label Paula Deen clothing like (like Nike or Yankees or Playboy) for
> Wal-Mart. I was the only one in the office who'd heard of the story, and for
> that matter, there weren;t three people who'd ever heard of Paula Deen (her
> style of cooking does not inspire members of the Hasidic Community :<g>.
> Aside from my concerns that our company was incapable of doing business with
> Wal-Mart, it was interesting how Wal-Mart pulled out quickly.

I remember seeing a tweet from chef Rick Bayless (Chicago dude who
does the Mexican stuff) where he posted a photo from an airport
bookshop, where one of Paula Deen's cookbooks was shelved under the
Diet & Nutrition sign. :) The book belonged in that category no more
than Rick's books would.

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA