Miranda Lambert Shares the Inspiration Behind Her New Cookbook (Exclusive)

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Miranda Lambert is far from the first country singer to release her own cookbook — but she has a special reason why the two are so closely connected.«Country gal singers love them a cookbook,» the singer laughed with ET's Rachel Smith as the pair discussed Lambert's upcoming offering, . «Almost all of us have a moment that we talked about in the kitchen.

And I think that's because the songs are the truth with a melody and the food is the truth on a plate. And that's just how it goes hand in hand to me.»«If you think about it, your happiest moments on Earth are revolving around food — and your saddest,» she added. «I feel like there's a reason for that, because it's comfort.»Lambert said her cookbook is a testament to the generations of women she grew up around in Texas, adding that the recipes are all about hospitality and togetherness, with food that's fit to be served on both plastic plates and fine china. «A little classy, a little trashy,» the singer mused.'[I was] just so lucky to grow up with such strong women around me and really teaching me a lot about life and how to navigate what's coming at me," Lambert shared. «I learned so much from them.

And a lot of my first songs started with me sitting around the dinner table with these ladies or cooking together in the kitchen and sort of listening to their life stories and what was going on in their world.»«I wanted this book to be sort of timeless and something that can be generational, that you give your mom for Mother's Day and pass down,» she added. «It is all about spending time and not about being perfect and not about some Instagram moment.