That's what the Washington Post's Reliable Source asked yesterday when the Food Network's Southern belle came to the Smithsonian to promote her new book, It Ain't All About the Cooking.

It's a great question to ask of Deen, famous for her buttery southern cooking, who has now partnered with Smithfield Foods in a marriage of mutual promotion.

And it was on the mind of Lenora Bailey when she attended Deen's sold-out D.C. shindig...