After I interviewed Dolly Parton for the first time, I made her cornbread for my family. It was the first thing my dad mentioned when I shared the news that she had died on Tuesday.

“I remember her cornbread,” he replied. “Food brings back good memories with people.”

Maybe that’s why I’ve spent the last day thinking so much about the Dolly dishes I’ve made over the years, and all the things she taught me about cooking during our interviews.

It only seemed right to compile them all in one place in honor of the queen of country music.

Dolly Parton typically kept her recipes simple, but she loved to include a special ingredient

Parton told me that…