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Paula's Best Dishes

Name: The Perfect Lunch
Released: 2013-01-19
Duration: 30 min

Paula's Best Dishes is a cooking show hosted by Paula Deen on Food Network On June 21, 2013, the Food Network announced that they would not renew Deen's contract due to controversy surrounding Deen's use of a racial slur and racist jokes in her restaurant, effectively cancelling the series.

2008 6.0/10 community score 14 seasons · 178 episodes Ended

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First aired: 8 Jun 2008
Seasons: 14
Episodes: 178
Status: Ended

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S14 E13

The Perfect Lunch

Aired 19 Jan 2013 30 min

Paula's friend Sabrina Soto is stopping by to help Paula make a real Cuban feast! She's starting off with a gigantic Cuban Sandwich with some of Paula's pickles. Then Sabrina shows Paula how to make Yucca Fries. Finally, we're finishing things off with a Banana Cream Parfait that's gonna get us moving on to a Cuban beat.

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15 season entries

Season 14
13 episodes
First episode aired 27 Oct 2012
Season 13
13 episodes
First episode aired 14 Jul 2012
Season 12
13 episodes
First episode aired 6 Apr 2012
Season 11
13 episodes
First episode aired 30 Dec 2011
Season 10
10 episodes
First episode aired 29 Oct 2011
Season 9
13 episodes
First episode aired 30 Apr 2011
Season 8
13 episodes
First episode aired 8 Jan 2011
Season 7
13 episodes
First episode aired 4 Sept 2010

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Season 6
13 episodes
First episode aired 5 Jun 2010
Season 5
13 episodes
First episode aired 9 Jan 2010
Season 4
13 episodes
First episode aired 8 Aug 2009
Season 3
12 episodes
First episode aired 21 Mar 2009
Season 2
13 episodes
First episode aired 1 Nov 2008
Season 1
13 episodes
First episode aired 8 Jun 2008
Specials
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