Trisha Yearwood - Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood: Stories and Recipes to Share with Family and Friends

Copyright 2010 by Trisha Yearwood Photographs copyright 2010 by Ben Fink Al rights reserved. Published in the United States by Clarkson Pot er/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com www.clarksonpot er.com CLARKSON POTTER is a trademark and POTTER with colophon is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc. Al photographs are by Ben Fink with the exception of those appearing on the front jacket (by Russ Harrington); BP01 and BP02 (by Bev Parker); HB01, HB02, HB03, and HB04 (by Hope Baldwin). Photos AU01 (bot om left), AU02, AU03, AU04, AU05, AU06, AU06, AU07, AU08, AU09, AU010, AU11, AU12, and AU13 are from the authors col ection. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Yearwood, Trisha.

Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood / Trisha Yearwood. 1st ed. p. cm. Includes index. 1.

Cookery, AmericanSouthern style. I. Title. TX715.2.S68Y43 2010 641.5975dc22 2009025693 eISBN: 978-0-307-98497-5 v3.1

Il smile knowing that Miss Bet y got to sign a few autographs along the way because of the success of her recipes in the first cookbook. And always, there is my daddy, humbly apologizing for some of the best meals I ever tasted, yet I know he feels proud seeing the people he loves the most represented in these pages. This book is dedicated to al those we love who arent with us anymore but whose lives, stories, laughter, and good food are represented here. We love you, always. Gwen, Beth, and Patricia contents foreword

As an artist, you enjoy this experience so much. There is nothing in music that could please you more until you see it happen to your spouse. Talk about pride! To see peoples faces light up as they are tel ing Trisha how a song moved them to become more than what they were, to take chances, to take responsibility to take control. That is what communicating and communicating wel is al about. Now take that one step further. I cannot count the times I have seen someone approach Trisha with his or her cookbook in hand to either share a story or ask a questionand they always ask Trisha for her signature inside the cover.

I have watched her tirelessly sign, exchange recipe tips, laugh, and swap stories over the first cookbook. If you have ever met Miss Yearwood and talked to her about family traditions and meals, then you wil understand what I am about to say. I cant tel which one she enjoys more: cooking or singing! She does both with a love unequaled. As her husband, I am very proud of al of her accomplishments, and I am very happy for her success. But I find myself being even happier for her because she loves what she does. And I think that is the secret to her success in music and in cooking.

The greatest compliment you can give a cook is to ask for more, and that is al I hear as I stand by and listen to people talk to Trisha. For those people and for myself, I am very happy to introduce a second helping of heartfelt recipes from our family to yours. Garth Brooks

For instance, it was from those family members and friends that we found my grandmother Elizabeth Yearwoods infamous Coconut Cake with Coconut Lemon Glaze recipe, which she used to make for my daddy. Since weve received a lot of recipes that are traditions in our extended family but are new to us, weve been doing a lot of testing. We didnt want to include anything in this book that we hadnt made ourselves and didnt absolutely love. This has worked out wel for our family members and friends, who have real y benefited from our testingand gained a few pounds to boot! Some of these newer recipes already feel like old favorites. I make things like Crockpot Macaroni and Cheese, Baked Bean Casserole, and Asparagus Bundles so often now that they feel like dishes Ive been making al my life. The Key Lime Cake recipe that I got from family friend Angela Spivey has become the new dessert hit at my house.

One of the best things about put ing together this col ection has been discovering new recipes. We al tend to stick to what we know, and Im usual y a bit wary about trying out something new on my family, but this cookbook has made me brave! Its a real treat for me to get to introduce some new old recipes to my family, like my grandma Lizzie Paulks Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake, and fresh ideas for breakfast, such as Apple Dumplings and Country Quiche. I have always associated real y good food with real y good company. If youre with people you love, and youre having fun and loving life, great food is almost like another guest at the table. You laugh, talk, and savor a good appetizer together. Or you assign your friends the job of chopping up the vegetables while you fire up the gril .

Its real y al about being together, and enjoying life surrounded by people you love and food you can share! Anyone can cook at home, but that doesnt necessarily make it home cooking. Theres a lot of love in these pages that comes from generations of Yearwoods, Paulks, Bernards, Brookses, and beyond. Thats home cooking. Im proud to share this col ection of recipes and stories with you.