Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.
Click here for the results of the previous contest: Hollywood blockbusters
Last week's question: After TV Chef Paula Deen, known for her high-fat, high-sugar recipes, acknowledged that she has adult onset diabetes we asked you to rename her cooking show.
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THE WINNER: Finger Prickin' Good
Mike Paul, Carrboro, NC
SECOND PLACE: Eat This, Get That
Chuck Braband, Greensboro, MD
THIRD PLACE: Just Desserts
Cali Preston, Perry Hall, MD
HONORABLE MENTIONS
One Foot in the Gravy
Sue Brown, Hayward, WI
The Paula Bearer Show
Stacy Wood, Burlington, NC
The Deadliest Chef
Ed Garsten, West Bloomfield, MI
The Paula Deenial Show
Matt Gough, Sunnyvale, CA
The Ironic Chef
David Simpson, Beaver Falls, PA
Some Like It Clot
David Lence, Culver City, CA
Eat Rich or Die Trying
Brian Donaldson, Pittsburgh, PA
The Perils of Paula Deen
David L. Clark, Malibu, CA
Paula's Diab-EATIES
Ben Meisel, Valencia, CA
Reality Bites
Mark Clementz, Laramie, WY
What Not to Eat
Sally Marquigny, Leesburg, VA
Baking Bad
Tony C. Merry, Powell, OH
Eating Crow with Paula Deen
Maureen Orland, Asheville, NC
Someone's Insulin Kitchen with Paula
Todd Hemphill, Vancouver, WA
The Kitchen Mortician
Steve Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN
How Sweet it Was
Hodge Barton, State College, PA
The Biggest Gainer
Chris Hipsher, Elkhart, IN
All You Can Eat with Paula Deen-Pfizer
Patrick Walsh, Los Angeles, CA
How I Killed Your Mother
Courtney White, Boise, IC
The Footless Contessa
S. Oropallo, Tallahassee, FL
Butter Watch Out
Stephanie Sarich, Minnetonka, MN
Recipes for Disaster
Wendy Hooker, Humble, TX
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Massacre in the favela: Rio’s police take on the gangsIn the Spotlight The ‘defence operation’ killed 132 suspected gang members, but could spark ‘more hatred and revenge’
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The John Lewis ad: touching, or just weird?Talking Point This year’s festive offering is full of 1990s nostalgia – but are hedonistic raves really the spirit of Christmas?
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Codeword: November 15, 2025The daily codeword puzzle from The Week
