Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood, Gwen Yearwood (With), Beth Yearwood Bernard (With)

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She's adored by fans as one of country music's top stars, but among family and friends, Trisha Yearwood is best known for another talent: cooking.

Throughout her life -- from her humble roots in Georgia to her triumphant recording years in Nashville and a fulfilling married life with husband Garth Brooks in Oklahoma -- Trisha has always enjoyed feeding those she loves. Now she dishes up a collection of more than 120 of her go-to recipes in a tribute to both home-grown cooking and family traditions.

Trisha believes a recipe always tastes better when it has a memory attached to it. Here, she teams up with her mother and sister to share their family’s best-loved recipes. This is the kind of classic comfort food you’ll want at the heart of your own family’s mealtime memories. Inside is a full menu of Southern fare with a contemporary twist. But you don’t have to be a Southerner to enjoy Yearwood family favorites such as:

• Trisha’s Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Gwen’s Fried Chicken with Milk Gravy
• Stuffed Pork Chops
• Breakfast Sausage Casserole
• Blackberry Cobbler
• Banana Pudding

Publishers Weekly

Grammy Award-winning country singer Trisha Yearwood throws her hat into the celebrity cookbook ring with this cheerful if uninspired collection of home-style Southern recipes. Among family and friends, Yearwood is known for her cooking, she writes, and a foreword by her husband and fellow singer, Garth Brooks, explains that Yearwood's secret is that she cooks with love, a technique not fully explored in this book. Aimed at the kitchen beginner, the book presents a list of necessary equipment and hints on substitutions, like making confectioner's sugar from granulated sugar, and is sprinkled throughout with helpful notes from Yearwood and her mother and sister-both of whom are co-writers. International stardom clearly hasn't dampened Yearwood's enthusiasm for down-home treats like Pimento Cheese Spread, Hashbrown Casserole, and Cranberry Salad with Cool Whip, Cream Cheese and Gelatin. Her family members make frequent appearances in the many color photographs and in the form of favorite dishes like Jack's Brunswick Stew and Gwen's Fried Chicken with Milk Gravy. Yearwood is an advocate for no-fuss, simple cooking with plenty of supermarket shortcuts, and this volume will most appeal to fans who want to get a little closer to Yearwood and Brooks (like a chance to recreate the celebs' wedding cake at home). (Apr.)

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Award-winning country-music star Yearwood grew up in Georgia and now lives in Oklahoma with her husband, Garth Brooks, and children. Several years ago, her mother, Gwen, and sister, Beth, put together a notebook of favorite family recipes for Trisha's birthday, which in turn inspired this compilation. All the recipes are simple and range from community-cookbook standards like Chicken Baked in Cornflake Crumbs and Pink [Gelatin] Salad to Southern classics such as Garlic Grits Casserole. There are color photographs throughout, along with personal anecdotes from the three Yearwood women. Buy for demand.

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