For Miranda Lambert, who added New York Times best-selling author to her impressive list of accolades with “Y’ALL EAT YET? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen,” her lifestyle book became as much an homage to multi-generational female friendship, the power of food and laughter to carry you through hard times and the will to chase impossible dreams as it was a collection of anyone-can-make-them recipes. Unconventional in its lane, like its groundbreaking, multiple GRAMMY-winning author, “Y’All Eat Yet?” – co-written with journalist Holly Gleason – is making its mark in unprecedented ways.
Most recently, it is among the nominees for Best Book, Non-Fiction at the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards. It joins Jon Burlingame’s “Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring,” Gerrick Kennedy’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All: In Defense of Whitney Houston,” Mark Kernes’ “Preachers Vs. Porn: Exposing Christianity’s War on Sexxx” and Alessandra Mattanza’s “Street Art Is Female” in a very competitive and eclectic category.
“I knew when I started working on this book, I wanted it to be something that shared more than how many cups of flour,” Lambert says. “I was raised by such strong, smart women – my mother and her friends and my Nonny and her friends – that I wanted to celebrate them as much I wanted to make these ladies actually write down their recipes. We live in a world where it’s easy to forget how powerful having that kind of force in your life can be...
“It never occurred to me when we were writing that it was anything more than just talking about where I came from. I am so honored and surprised to be nominated for this award. I promise that the last thing on my mind when we finally finished and got it out was getting nominated for anything, let alone something like this with such an impressive group of books.”
With Texas Monthly raving “it’s a Texan’s dream” and Forbes calling it a “celebration,” Lambert’s book arrived to multiple kudos. Shondaland opined, “Miranda Lambert’s Secret Ingredient is Sisterhood;” Rolling Stone offered it “sees the singer opening up her heart and home in more intimate ways than ever before;” Eating Well concurred, “Reading her new cookbook will make you feel like you’re part of her family;” and Southern culture monthly Garden & Gun celebrated the book as “dedicated to her tight-knit clan of women and the laughter, comfort and good food they fill spaces with.” Even trade Publishers Weekly assessed, “Lambert uses stories of food to celebrate friendship, good times, and the importance of kinship,” while Booklist boiled it down to the fact that the book “quite simply, will enchant.”
“Y’ALL EAT YET? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen” is available at retailers and stores across the country including Walmart, Target, Buc-ee’s, Cracker Barrel, Kroger and Whole Foods, Nashville’s Parnassus Books, plus online via Amazon and HERE.
You Can Go Home Again: Miranda Lambert Returns to Lindale, Texas for Y'ALL EAT YET? Book Signing
Final Book-Signing for No. 3 New York Times Best Seller Y’ALL EAT YET?
Draws Lines Around the Block, Multi-Generations + the Original YaYas
All Captured, Plus Home Take with Mom Bev for ABC’s “Good Morning America”
Airing This Thursday, May 11
They started lining up at the Pink Pistol boutique well before dawn, even though online tickets were gone in less than a minute. Little kids, girls’ trippers, mothers and teenage daughters, elders and men of varying ages were gathered in a line that ran down the block and across Miranda Lambert Way. They were all there hoping to get inside the store to buy a copy of hometown girl Miranda Lambert’s Y’ALL EAT YET? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen.
Fresh from the news she that she is now a New York Times best-selling author, with Y’ALL EAT YET? landing at No. 3 behind multiple-year top 10 title Atomic Habits and Rick Rubin’s multiple-week No. 1 The Creative Act, Lambert returned to her hometown to sign copies of her first book. Joining her for the trip was anchor Rhiannon Ally of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” who interviewed her and mother Beverly at the Lamberts’ home for a feature that runs this Thursday, May 11 during the 8 a.m. hour.
“All those faces, all the smiles and some of the young women who I see myself in when I was their age…” Lambert mused. “After a week of being in New York City and L.A., coming back to Lindale was the perfect way to wrap up this amazing run. We brought this book back to the very place its stories came from, and I got to share the celebration with the people who were so much a part of it.”
In addition to Lambert and her mom, Y’ALL EAT YET’s featured YaYas Vicki Plaxico, Denise (Neicy) Watson and Heidi Prather, plus co-author Holly Gleason were also on hand and signing books at various stations in the Pink Pistol. With the Chamber of Commerce, chief of police, the Junk Gypsies and other local notables on hand, it was a homecoming for a local girl once again made good; conversations about tubing the Guadalupe, people having seen Lambert play as a young teen, the Dallas Rodeo, favorite songs and the drive in from North Dakota floated through the air.
“The people here live every word in this book, all these recipes and places, so it was extra important to get that right. I wanted this book to be about my mom, her friends and my Nonny and her friends, all the love and strength they gave me. But it’s also about how the people where I’m from live and come together.”
After signing the memoir/cookbook – a celebration of how those relationships empower people, especially during the good times, but also when the going gets tough – Lambert got to meet up with her Nonny’s besties, the original YaYas, for a private signing. With her father Rick on hand, the family vibe defined the day – and everyone present marveled at how personal the stories told were, all about their own traditions, moments and memories.
With Texas Monthly raving “it’s a Texan’s dream” and Forbes declaring it a “celebration,” Lambert – the reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year – heads to Frisco, Texas for the ACM Awards, streaming live on Prime Video this Thursday, April 11. For the woman who’s taken Las Vegas by storm with her Velvet Rodeoresidency, her performance and five nominations create a musical end to a week which also included an appearance at Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90.
Remaining the No. 1 Country Music Book on Amazon, Lambert continues receiving kudos. Shondaland wrote, “Miranda Lambert’s Secret Ingredient is Sisterhood,” Rolling Stone offered that the book “sees the singer opening up her heart and home in more intimate ways than ever before,” and Southern culture monthly Garden & Gun wrote that it is “dedicated to her tight-knit clan of women and the laughter, comfort and good food they fill spaces with.”
Y’ALL EAT YET: Welcome to The Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen is available at retailers and stores across the country including Walmart, Target, Buc-ee’s, Cracker Barrel, Kroger and Whole Foods, Nashville’s Parnassus Books, plus online HERE.
Y'ALL EAT YET?: Miranda Lambert Book Arrives 4/25 Feeding Fans + Critics
WELCOME TO THE PRETTY B*TCHIN’ KITCHEN
Miranda Lambert’s Y’all Eat Yet? Earns Acclaim Ahead of Release Today, April 25
Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, People, Shondaland, Publishers Weekly and More
Family, Friendship, Chasing the Dream, Texas and Home-Cooking
She’s won three GRAMMYs, been named to the TIME100 list honoring the world’s most influential people, founded her MuttNation Foundation to give shelter animals a chance, topped charts, has a Las Vegas residency, a successful home goods line called Wanda June, her clothing line Idyllwind and is the Academy of Country Music’s most-awarded artist and current Entertainer of the Year. Now, add best-selling author to Miranda Lambert’s list of impressive accomplishments as Y’all Eat Yet: Welcome to The Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen arrives tomorrow, April 25, at retailers and stores across the country including Walmart, Target, Buc-ee’s, Cracker Barrel, Kroger and Whole Foods, Nashville’s Parnassus Books, plus online HERE.
With Texas Monthly declaring it’s “not your typical Southern cookbook. Part memoir and part cookbook, this is really an ode to the women Lambert grew up with,” Rolling Stone raving, “Y’all Eat Yet? sees the singer opening up her heart and home in more intimate ways than ever before” and Shondaland proclaiming, “Miranda Lambert’s Secret Ingredient Is Sisterhood,” the songwriter/fiery entertainer from Texas delivers her first book in the straight-up, real life way she’s made music, toured the country and built an audience hungry for from-the-heart candor.
“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 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, stories and the recognition that, as People wrote, “cooking is a way for Lambert to bring back memories of those she loves most.” As Texas Monthly noted, “Miranda Lambert’s cookbook is a Texan’s dream,” and Y’all Eat Yet is a perfect gift for everything from Mother’s Day to a bridal shower or graduation.
“Good food nourishes the heart and the soul as much as the body,” Lambert explains. “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!”
Variously topping Southern U.S. Cooking, Food and Wine, Celebrity and TV Show Cookbooks, Burger & Sandwich Recipes and other lists, previews of Y’all Eat Yet have already connected with readers, eaters and people who love Lambert’s take on living, music and facing the world. Yes, everything in Y’all Eat Yet is delicious, but it also represents larger truths – whether facing tough news over breakfast, being traditional on Thanksgiving, or grabbing a Locomotive to celebrate – for family, friends and anyone who drops in.
Publishers Weekly concurs, “Lambert uses stories of food to celebrate friendship, good times, and the importance of kinship.” Acclaimed Vanity Fair alum Jesse Kornbluth praises via HeadButler, “Miranda Lambert may have achieved superstardom, but in her book, she is as down-home authentic as her recipe for Paw Paw Sauce,” and Booklist boils it down to the fact that the book, “quite simply, will enchant.”
Lambert will share the acclaimed book with fans during signing events at the 5th Avenue Barnes & Noble store in New York City on April 25 at 12 p.m. ET, at The Grove Barnes & Noble store in Los Angeles on April 28 at 11 a.m. PT and in her hometown of Lindale, Texas – where many of the book’s stories were born – at her own Pink Pistol store on May 9 at 12 p.m. CT, ahead of the ACM Awards in nearby Dallas on May 11 where she is nominated in five categories: Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year (as both artist and producer), Female Artist of the Year and Artist-Songwriter of the Year.
For those not lucky enough to get a ticket to one of her signings, Lambert can be seen on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers tonight (April 24), plus CBS Mornings, ABC’s Live with Kelly & Mark and Tamron Hall tomorrow (April 25), on BRAVO’s Watch What Happens Live on May 1 and on HBO Max/CNN’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace on May 5.
Miranda Lambert Announces Three Book Signings for "Y'ALL EAT YET? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin' Kitchen," Out 4/25
MIRANDA LAMBERT ANNOUNCES 3 BOOK SIGNINGS AHEAD OF 4/25 RELEASE: "Y'ALL EAT YET? WELCOME TO THE PRETTY B*TCHIN' KITCHEN"
April 25: 5th Ave Barnes & Noble, New York City
April 28: The Grove Barnes & Noble, Los Angeles
May 9: The Pink Pistol, Lindale, TX
Limited Tickets Available via YallEatYetBook.com at 11 a.m. Local Time Tomorrow, March 21
As reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year Miranda Lambert prepares for the April 25 release of her first book, “Y’all Eat Yet? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen,” written together with Holly Gleason, she announces a trio of book signing events to bring the recipes she was raised on and stories of intergenerational female friendship to fans nationwide.
Kicking off in New York City on release day, Lambert will visit the 5th Avenue Barnes & Noble store April 25 at 12 p.m. ET before appearing at The Grove Barnes & Noble store in Los Angeles on April 28 at 11 a.m. PT. She will also return to her hometown of Lindale, Texas – where many of the book’s stories were born – for a signing at her own Pink Pistol store on May 9 at 12 p.m. CT ahead of the ACM Awards in nearby Dallas later that week. Limited tickets priced at $38.11 plus an Eventbrite fee of $4 (which include one book each) will be available via YallEatYetBook.com at 11 a.m. local time tomorrow, March 21.
With “Y’all Eat Yet?” (Dey Street Books), the most awarded artist in ACM history takes readers deeper into her life off stage, on her farm and on the road, as well as sharing her beloved Airstream trailers, her signature fashion sense and decorating style. Lambert grew up surrounded by her mother and grandmother, and also by her mother’s tight-knit pack of girlfriends. With them, she learned the power of female friendship and the bonds that women share – and the way good food and drink is the perfect reason for any gathering of your girlfriends.
“Watching my mom and her friends, I saw the way pitching in, working together, loving music and being there for each other is the greatest gift you can have in life. I think my mom inherited that gift from her mom, because they both attracted the most awesome group of girlfriends,” says Lambert.
These colorful women knew how to have too much fun, come through in a jam, celebrate, cry when necessary and really, really cook – and it’s to these women that Lambert credits her own inviting, come-on-in personality. Each and every recipe in “Y’all Eat Yet?” has been handed down from her mom, grandma and those cherished friends, including Nonny’s Banana Pudding, The Loaf (aka “the meal that will get the ring”), Dutch Oven (Coffee Can) Campfire Cobbler, Stacked Enchilada Bake, Jalapeño Pimento Cheese, Roasted Root Vegetable Winter Salad, Whiskey Cupcakes and more.
For everything from porch parties to road trips, the holidays and celebratory gatherings, “Y’all Eat Yet?” is true to Lambert’s roots growing up in Texas. It showcases easy to prepare, hearty and delicious meals meant to be shared with those you love. Full of the moments most people never get to see in the life of one of country music’s most important female superstars – along with gorgeous fare and 50 recipes – “Y’all Eat Yet?” was created to fill your belly and feed your soul.
Promo Assets Available HERE
Hardcover ISBN: 9780063087781; $35.00
eBook ISBN: 9780063087798; $16.99
Digital Audio ISBN: 9780063087804; $27.99
About Miranda Lambert
Palomino, the eighth solo album from superstar Miranda Lambert, arrived in April 2022 as the largest female Country album debut of the year and earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album. Named among the best of the year by the New York Times, TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, People and many more, it marks the latest installment in a storied career that has spanned seven previous No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, more than 70 prestigious awards and countless sales certifications, earning the reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year praise from NPR as “the most riveting country star of her generation.”
With her headlining Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas residency extended through late 2023 at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Zappos Theater, the top streaming female Country artist of 2022 was also named to the 2022 TIME100 list honoring the world’s most influential people, with Pitchfork declaring that she “manages the hat-trick of both timelessness and timely activism.” Whether challenging conventional gender notions in her recent Top 10 hit “If I Was A Cowboy” or using her voice to write and record the inclusive “Y’All Means All” anthem for the latest season of Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” the Texas native continues to expand the tent of the Country genre via her music.
In addition to Palomino, the celebrated singer/songwriter’s lauded discography includes Wildcard (2019), The Weight of These Wings (2016), Platinum (2014), Four The Record (2011), Revolution (2009), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007) and Kerosene (2005). She has also released three albums with her trio, the Pistol Annies, as well as 2021’s GRAMMY-nominated The Marfa Tapes, a raw and intimate recording with collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall.
The most decorated artist in the history of the Academy of Country Music, Lambert has earned 38 ACM Awards (including a record-setting nine consecutive Female Artist of the Year Awards), 14 CMA Awards, three GRAMMY Awards, the Nashville Symphony Harmony Award, the Texas Medal of Arts Award, ACM Gene Weed Milestone Award and ACM Song of the Decade Award, plus was named 2019’s RIAA Artist of the Year and was the youngest artist ever to serve as the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s Artist in Residence.
Idyllwind, her clothing and cowboy boot collection, is an exclusive brand sold at all Boot Barn stores nationwide, while her home goods collection, Wanda June Home, is available exclusively at Walmart and her debut book, “Y’all Eat Yet,” is set for release on April 25. She is also the first female artist to have her own venue on Broadway in Nashville with her Casa Rosa Tex-Mex cantina. An avid animal lover, Lambert’s MuttNation pet product line is available exclusively at Tractor Supply Co. with proceeds benefitting her MuttNation Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that has raised over $7 million since its inception in 2009. The Foundation’s mission is to promote the adoption of rescue pets, support animal shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.
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Miranda Lambert's Book of Recipes and Family Stories Available April 25; "Y'ALL EAT YET?
— ON SALE APRIL 25, 2023 —
Country music’s singular Miranda Lambert delivers a gorgeous cookbook sharing both the recipes she was raised on, as well as the power of the incredible multi-generational women who helped make Miranda who she is today.
Dey Street Books is thrilled to announce the first book from multiple GRAMMY-winning, reigning Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year and record-setting Country Music Association Female Vocalist Miranda Lambert: Y’ALL EAT YET? Welcome to The Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen (on-sale: April 25, 2023; Hardcover; $32.50).
Growing up watching her father play guitar, it wasn’t long until she started writing songs and making her way through Texas’ vibrant music scene as a teenager. Chasing the dream, making her own CD and staying focused on the integrity of her music, it was only a matter of time until she garnered a major Nashville record deal. Known for the passion and swagger she brings to her music, Miranda’s albums and concerts create a place for women who live by their own rules to come together as a tribe. She’s won three GRAMMYs, 38 Academy of Country Music Awards (more than any other artist in the organization’s history) and 14 Country Music Association Awards, among countless other accolades and honors.
Recognized as having “talent and charisma on par with Dolly Parton” by The New Yorker, as well as being named to the TIME100 List of the World’s Most Influential People, NPR best captures the full force-of- nature musician by offering, “Over the course of her two-decade career, Lambert has established her own American iconography.”
That iconography and hard truth-telling is what sets Lambert apart. Fans of the East Texas artist know her heart and her life from listening to her albums, starting with Kerosene through the deeply personal double album The Weight of These Wings and 2022’s adventurous Palomino. With Y’ALL EAT YET? she takes readers deeper into her life off stage, on her farm and on the road, as well as sharing her beloved Airstream trailers, her signature fashion sense and decorating style. Lambert grew up surrounded by her mother and grandmother, and also by her mother’s tight-knit pack of girlfriends. With them, she learned the power of female friendship and the bonds that women share — and the way good food and drink is the perfect reason for any gathering of your girlfriends.
“Watching my mom and her friends, I saw the way pitching in, working together, loving music and being there for each other is the greatest gift you can have in life. I think my mom inherited that gift from her mom, because they both attracted the most awesome group of girlfriends,” says Lambert.
These colorful women knew how to have too much fun, come through in a jam, celebrate, cry when necessary and really, really cook. And it’s to these women that Miranda credits her own inviting, come- on-in personality. Each and every recipe in Y’ALL EAT YET? has been handed down from her mom, grandma and those cherished friends and include:
Nonny’s Banana Pudding
Paw Paw’s Bar-B-Que Sauce
The LOAF, a.k.a. “the meal that will get the ring”
Dutch Oven (Coffee Can) Campfire Cobbler
Stacked Enchilada Bake
Jalapeño Pimento Cheese
Roasted Root Vegetable Winter Salad
Whiskey Cupcakes
For everything from porch parties to road trips, the holidays and celebratory gatherings, Y’ALL EAT YET? is true to Miranda’s roots growing up in Texas. It showcases easy to prepare, hearty and delicious meals meant to be shared with those you love. Full of the moments most people never get to see in the life of one of country music’s most important female superstars—along with gorgeous fare and 50 recipes— Y’ALL EAT YET? was created to fill your belly and feed your soul.
Promo Assets Available HERE
Hardcover ISBN: 9780063087781; $32.50
eBook ISBN: 9780063087798; $16.99
Digital Audio ISBN: 9780063087804; $27.99
More About The Author
Palomino, the eighth solo album from Vanner Records/RCA Nashville superstar Miranda Lambert, was the largest female Country album debut of 2022. Already named among the best albums of the year by TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum and more, it is the latest installment in a storied career that includes seven No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1 radio singles, over 70 prestigious awards and countless sales certifications. The reigning ACM Entertainer of the Year, Lambert has been hailed by NPR as “the most riveting country star of her generation.”
With her Velvet Rodeo Las Vegas residency now underway at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino’s Zappos Theater, the top streaming female Country artist of 2022 was also named to the 2022 TIME100 list honoring the world’s most influential people, with Pitchfork declaring that she “manages the hat-trick of both timelessness and timely activaism” as the Texas native continues to expand the tent of the Country genre via her music.
In addition to Palomino, the celebrated singer/songwriter’s lauded discography includes Wildcard (2019), The Weight of These Wings (2016), Platinum (2014), Four The Record (2011), Revolution (2009), Crazy Ex- Girlfriend (2007) and Kerosene (2005). She has also released three albums with her trio, the Pistol Annies, as well as 2021’s GRAMMY-nominated The Marfa Tapes, a raw and intimate recording with collaborators Jack Ingram and Jon Randall.
The most decorated artist in the history of the Academy of Country Music, Lambert has earned 38 ACM Awards (including a record-setting nine consecutive Female Artist of the Year Awards), 14 CMA Awards, three GRAMMY Awards, the Nashville Symphony Harmony Award, ACM Gene Weed Milestone Award and ACM Song of the Decade Award, plus was named 2019’s RIAA Artist of the Year and was the youngest artist ever to serve as the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s Artist in Residence.
Idyllwind, her clothing and cowboy boot collection, is an exclusive brand sold at all Boot Barn stores nationwide, while her home goods collection, Wanda June, is available exclusively at Walmart.com. An avid animal lover, Lambert’s MuttNation pet product line is available exclusively at Tractor Supply Co. with proceeds benefitting her MuttNation Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that has raised over $6 million since its inception in 2009. The Foundation’s mission is to promote the adoption of rescue pets, support animal shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.
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