Southern Cuisine

I guess being a top country music star wasn't enough for Yearwood. She began talking to publishers about doing a book. She wasn't keen on doing her autobiography (perhaps down the road), but she did toss out the idea of a cookbook. Cookbook deals are hard to get these days, but when you're a star . . .

Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours came out last month and is listed number three on the New York Times Best Sellers list. That's pretty darn amazing for a cookbook.

Freep.com reports that Trisha said, "If you'd asked me if I thought "New York Times best-seller" would ever be on the bio, I'd be like: 'I don't think so.'"

Country music fans will know that Trisha is married to Garth Brooks. He's her third husband and certainly the most famous.

The Yearwood cookbook angle is kind of odd. She says that Georgia (where she grew up) and Oklahoma (where Garth grew up and where they now live) cooking are pretty much the same except for the barbecue and that folks from Oklahoma don't eat grits. We're a North Carolina/Oklahoma family, and I'd say the differences run deeper.

Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen features rather basic recipes. You can learn to fry chicken, make a casserole, and banana pudding.

This star cookbook is probably most appealing to Yearwood fans and is being sold as a combo package with her new CD "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" on her fan site.