Y'all Eat Yet?: Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin' Kitchen (2024)

I had to read this for work and it’s honestly a really great book! I don’t know much about Miranda but I leaned so much about her + her childhood and am now dying to try out some of the recipes!

Enjoyed this book bout her life & the people she loved. How important the ones you love shape you regardless of how much have or don’t. Being from the south- loved - simple fun recipes. Reminded me of simpler times that we tend to take for granted.

Loved the biography.

Eh...if you think this is a cookbook by her, you're wrong. This is an autobiography with a couple of handfuls of other people's recipes. Don't waste your money unless that's your thing.

I would say this is a memoir with recipes, not as much a cookbook (significantly so) which is probably why I loved it so much. Miranda pulls back the curtain and shares stories about her Grandmother and her best friends, and then her mother and all of her besties. Their own stories woven into hers, their signature recipes, and the way the women shaped and influenced Miss RandyRand herself. The way she portrays her childhood and the beautiful life her family created on a shoestring budget is heartwarming. Even despite being the Queen of country, Miranda’s humility shines through on these pages. A really fun summer read with some easy and yummy looking recipes throughout.

I love Miranda’s grit and style. I enjoyed reading her stories of her childhood and how family and friendship
bonds are tied in with food and music. Food is healing, therapeutic, romance, love, etc., etc. and is best shared with others. I can’t wait to try out these recipes.

Recipes are terrible but the stories are great!!!

This book is a cookbook and a look into Miranda’s life. This is a very personal cookbook. The French toast casserole looks good.

Ya’ll Eat Yet? Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin’ Kitchen by Miranda Lambert (Dey St. 2023) (641.59764) (3927).

Miranda Lambert is a pretty country singer from an extended East Texas family of outdoor partiers and campfire sitters and singers. In other words, they sound like a lot of fun!

This is a collection of simple, quick, and easy go-to recipes to whip up when one finds himself unexpectedly hosting and feeding a hungry crowd.

Don’t expect to find haute cuisine in this book. Very few of these recipes are original creations. Many (if not most) of these recipes were lifted straight from the packaging that the ingredients came in (e.g. the banana pudding recipe from the back of the Nilla Vanilla Wafers box).

I couldn’t help but think that the author and her buddies probably had a blast creating this book. I imagined them all sitting around and day-drinking while brainstorming about tasty and easily-assembled crowd-feeding concoctions to include in this book. I’m pretty sure that the author and her pals sat around and howled with laughter as they got drunk and spurred each other into hysterics as they jogged one another’s memories of multi-day parties and everyday get-togethers.

Each chapter features pages of the author’s favorite party reminiscences and stories as well.

The book is light reading, and these recipes are mostly familiar Southern food prep shortcuts and hacks when a host is pressed for time. As long as the reader understands the book’s parameters, it is a pleasant and undemanding little volume.

My rating: 7/10, finished 4/6/24 (3927).

“There’s something about what happens when everyone sits down together. You’re grateful for what you have; you talk about what happened that day; you even talk about what you’re hoping will happen tomorrow. There’s no substitute for that. Why would you want one?”

Disclaimer: I don’t really enjoy country music. But I love food. I LOVE it. And I also love stories about the food people make, which this book is full of. I think I would classify this one as a food-oir - Part memoir part cookbook (I made that up.) I also absolutely love reading the stories about how people became who they are. I’ve always liked Miranda Lambert’s songs and personality. I couldn’t name a single song title of hers, but I know I could sing along to a few of them. I have a lot more respect for her after reading about the food and people that built her. What a touching tribute to the people closest to her.

I really appreciated the simplicity of her recipes made with the things we have on hand most of the time. There were no fancy ingredients…just really good food. This book was also filled with some very beautiful photography. Food photography is a huge favorite of mine (*missed career opportunity there. Thanks, High School Guidance Counselor*) and the pictures in this book are absolutely gorgeous. I’m excited to try some of these recipes.

I'm really on the fence about this book.

It's not really a cookbook, as I thought it was going to be.

It was about her family and friends who have this incredible bound around food. The stories that were told were fun to read but there was a lot of repetitiveness within the stories. I mean, I know she loves these women but at times it felted dragged out and the same thing over and over.

There are not any earth shattering recipes in here but also there aren't many recipes to pick from. I mean most of us don't make complicated recipes unless we get a new cookbook and want to try something but for most of us, it's the simple recipes that we make or that our family made over the years are the ones we want, crave and think about not 15 ingredient ones unless your family has a chef. My point is these the very few recipes shared are simple and they are ones her family makes on repeat just like the ones your family makes on repeat.

There's not a ton of recipes in this cookbook, but there's some good ones, and a lot of stories from Miranda that are fun to read. She talks about the people close to her, how they formed her, and the food they ate at parties and get togethers which she shares in the book. Her get togethers sound fun, and she stresses simple over fancy. Kinda makes you want to have a party, which is the whole point.

I would not label this as a cookbook ! It is a memoir with a few recipes added for good luck, I guess.
The memoir with stories about Miranda Lambert is interesting and the recipes are mediocre but definitely not earth shattering !
Family photos were very nice touch and I enjoyed the stories she included about her childhood, but none of the recipes appealed to me and I won't be trying any of them any time soon !

This is properly speaking much more a set of memoirs with recipes interspersed. And perhaps should have been marketed as such.

Neicy's Gumbo
Creamy Bacon Brussels Sprouts
Roasted Root Vegetable Winter Salad
Honey-Glazed Carrots
Rum Balls
Peanut Butter Pie
French Toast Casserole
Miss Ohio

How to properly season cast iron by Rick Lambert pages 58-61 is an excellent guide for the uninitiated.

A cookbook "written" as if Cool Whip is one of the 5 major food groups. Self-described "white-trash ho" who brags about fightin', drinkin' and tattooin'. Part biography (I guess?) and the other part is some recipes from people in her family. If you're looking for a cookbook of southern food, this kitchen is mostly just bitchin'. Oh girly, please.

This compilation of family, stories, and recipes reminds me of Reese Witherspoon's Whiskey in a Teacup. I enjoyed the stories shared of the women Miranda grew up with and surrounded by that lifted her up and helped mold her into the successful person she is. It's very uplifting and positive. The recipes are very simple and great for beginning cooks who may be intimidated by more complex recipes.

I’m critical of cookbooks I guess. If the point of your cookbook was first to tell stories and second to share recipes, you should’ve just written a memoir. Sorry not sorry, but this is not the first cookbook I’ve borrowed that was written for the wrong purpose. I marked 7 recipes out of the huge book and that’s it.

I always knew we could be friends

I've always felt a connection to Miranda Lambert and her music. The love comes through in her stories and even the recipes she shares. I feel like she's made a Bluebird and we've spent a few hours catching up on each other's lives

Oh! And she shares recipes too! LOL

Y'all Eat Yet? is a book of family, food, and fun. Miranda Lambert discusses her childhood and the strong women who raised her. She also shares some of her family's recipes for you to try.

This is a wonderful memoir and cookbook in one.

Thank you to #goodreads, #MirandaLambert, and #WilliamMorrow for a copy of this book.

Who doesn't want to have a kick-ass group of great friends to share great food with?
I loved all the stories about each member of the squad and memories of Miranda's nan.
The recipes all look great and easy to prepare.

This is like an autobiography/ cookbook.There's a dash of recipes thrown in but they are pretty basic and ones you can't eat daily especially with a family. They're more for holidays and parties (desserts and snack foods). I was able to snag this on sale but I wouldn't pay full price.

I would love to be a part of Miranda's family! They sound like so much fun and down to earth. The recipes all sound delicious and not so complicated. Her stories that go along are enduring and relateable.

Have Fun with Your People

My favorite line from the book. More than recipes. It’s a reminder of how to live, have fun and enjoy your people. Share laughter, sadness and food. Use your good china and silver and crystal. Really live and don’t be afraid to have fun.

❤️ A Texas gal

Some great recipes and a wonderful look into Miranda's life. Thank you for sharing and God Bless! I can't wait to whip up a big ol batch of bluebirds...and enjoy your music with my girls!!

It’s not much of a cookbook. It’s more a biography with writer Holly Gleason responsible for the content. The recipes are very simple and nothing you haven’t seen in other books. If you’re a Miranda Lambert, you might enjoy this. It just feels like a “celebrity cookbook” cash grab.

I’m not much of a fan of Miranda Lambert, but hers was a great southern cookbook with good pictures. I found there were quite a few recipes that I would love to make. Some recipes had a lot of ingredients while some were pretty simple. I am looking forward to trying these out.

My library had this with the cookbooks. As a cookbook it is only 2 stars. One recipe was to make boxed pudding and then layer it with bananas, nilla wafers, and top with cool whip. It’s more a lifestyle/memoir type book. Nice pictures and if you like Miranda Lambert you’ll likely enjoy this.

Eh, I wish I would have realized it was more of an autobiography with a few recipes sprinkled in- don't get me wrong, I enjoyed reading about her upbringing and connections between food and those around her, but I was realllly excited for some yummy dishes that remind me of home.

I flat out loved this book! I picked it up for the recipes but ended up reading it for the stories! I really enjoyed 'listening' to Miranda talk about growing up, her family, her music, her friends, her 'tribe' :) it was a blast! Oh and the recipes were nice too :)

If you like cookbooks with ALOT of background information about family, you will love this book. If you want more recipes and far less chatter, skip this one. Some basic recipes (potato salad, green bean casserole) but nothing noteworthy.