Was there any doubt in your mind, when you saw the title of this blog post, that it had to involve a Paula Deen recipe? I ate with wild abandon this weekend, and one of the highlights was a dessert ...

Before being released from the Food Network in 2013 — after she admitted using racial slurs in the past — Paula Deen was riding so high that her Top 100 Recipes were featured on the network's website.

These hearty kielbasas, partially hidden in puff pastries, represent Paula Deen's first catering company The Bag Lady — begun in 1989. It offered "lunch and love" ... in a bag. Before being released ...