Paula Deen is probably used to being pummeled by the food police about her cooking, but you’ve got to wonder what she really feels about son Bobby Deen’s new book, “From Mama’s Table to Mine” (Ballantine, $22), written with Melissa Clark.

Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright’s new book about Scientology, its origins, its evolution and its believers, is a powerful piece of reportage. It is detailed, intense and at times shocking. But it’s not merely an indictment of one of the world’s newest faiths — Scientologists deny many parts of the book — it’s also a reminder of the dangers of combining faith with fear, and the foolishness of believing anything blindly.

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It was tough — enjoying a spectacular dinner at the Samoset’s La Bella Vita on a Saturday night, and finding room to eat our way around Rockland the next afternoon at Pies on Parade. But we did it!