Emily Dorio
Miranda Lambert has a pretty impressive list of accomplishments, and now, she is adding another role to her portfolio: author of newly-released Y’all Eat Yet? Welcome to The Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen.
“What started during the pandemic as me, my mom, and her friends staying close, made me realize all the ways food brought us together for laughter, projects, escaping, and even tough stuff,” says Lambert. “Then I thought, ‘Wouldn’t making one of those spiral-bound church cookbooks be cool?’ But once I got started, I realized with all that living, these women – beyond mom, Neicy, Heidi and Vicki, there’s my grandma Nonny and her friends – really created a world that shaped who I was. That’s how Y’all Eat Yet? became so much more than just their recipes! It became a book about chasing my dream, how we live life and bring people together.”
Whether its her mother Beverly’s famous meatloaf, Vicki’s deviled eggs, Hummingbird Cake, omelets made in plastic bags, or Nonny’s banana pudding, all the dishes come with reflections and stories of down-home cooking.
“Good food nourishes the heart and the soul as much as the body,” Lambert says. “It doesn’t have to be fancy or hard to make; just something that tells people how loved and welcome they are. By stripping things down to the basics, whether it’s the holidays, glamping, or just sitting around playing songs, you can make being together special without much fuss. That’s how I was raised and try to live!”
Miranda Lambert's new book is available at Parnassus Books, plus retailers and stores across the country including Walmart, Target, Buc-ee’s, Cracker Barrel, Kroger, and Whole Foods, as well as online.