My Delicious Life with Paula Deen

By Michael Groover

Book Overview

- The highly visible "Mr. Paula Deen" Michael Groover has his own adoring fans, who have gotten to know him from Paula's shows, books, and personal appearances. Now, five years into their romantic marriage, fans are clamoring for more about Michael and his everyday life with Paula. Michael has his own line of coffees and is poised to have additional products released soon..- A compelling life story: Michael will share stories of his life from before and after meeting Paula, from his quintessentially southern childhood to his work as a tugboat captain, raising his children as a single dad, to the pleasures and challenges of marrying one of the nation's biggest celebrities. .- Delicious recipes: Michael is pretty good in the kitchen himself, and My Delicious Life with Paula Deen will feature some of his favorites, such as Captain's Deviled Crabs and Blue Water Banana Pudding. .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476747350
• ISBN13: 9781476747354
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

My Delicious Life with Paula Deen

Michael Groover has a very witty way of explaining things. He gives a great scenario of his childhood; I felt like I was there during parts of it. I loved reading Paula's biography, and I am enjoying Michael Groover's version of some of the same stories. He has a different perspective, of course. Michael and Paula seem so different, but people say that opposites attract. It was all great reading. I would recommend it highly.

Paula Deen

Am in the process of reading this book and I simply adore it. Love the cooking channel and especially Paula Deen and Michael Groover.

Michael Grover's Book

This was a Christmas gift to my friend who, like myself, loves anything about Paula Deen. She read the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. She now thinks Paula Deen is the luckiest woman in the world. You will too after reading this wonderful book.

Delicious

I thoroughly enjoyed Michael's book. Not only did he include the good times, but mention was made of the tough times they all had to deal with. I would recommend this to any Paula Deen lover!

This is his account...let the guy tell it his way

Groover is as real as Paula Deen herself, and it's nice to hear it directly from him how life with her is. No, this isn't a biography telling of his tugboat experience because....as the title says...it's about his life with Paula. And that is a HUGE plus. The first chapter is about his younger years, but from Chapter two on, we hear about Michael and Paula. We hear, from his perspective, what dating and marriage and maintenance of that marriage consists of. He dishes of behind the scenes of her cooking show, jealousy on both parts...c'mon, if you want to know some things about Paula Deen that you won't hear otherwise, this is the place to read about it. I'm not sure what the other reviewers were expecting but for this fan and book reviewer, it was a home run. I read the book in one day. So he mentions his boats and other materialistic things they've acquired. Should he feel guilt over working hard and getting just compensation for it? They also give back an insane amount to several charities. (Remember reading that in the book?) The main problem with the book is related to editing. He does get repetitous and the southern way of pronunciating was draining and got old. However, the content of the book was rich and just as good as any of Paula's dishes. I would recommend this book to any fan of Paula's. Just be willing to overlook some minor editing annoyances.