Cooking Up A Concert

It’s been five years since Trisha Yearwood was on tour. But the country singer is making up for lost time with Every Girl On Tour, which comes to the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. 

The 55-year-old, who writes on her website that music “is more like a calling than a choice,” just dropped her new album, “Every Girl.” 

“The theme of the album is it’s OK to be who you are no matter what. Sometimes, you’re playful. Sometimes, you’re frustrated. Sometimes, you’re sad. Sometimes, you’re happy. It’s OK. The record gave me permission to be all of those things,” she writes on her website. “I’d love for people to be as moved by the songs as I was when I recorded them.” 

But this musician – who’s married to fellow country megastar Garth Brooks – can cook up more than a No. 1 hit. She stars in the Food Network’s Emmy-winning show “Trisha’s Southern Kitchen”; has penned three New York Times best-selling cookbooks; and designs cookware, furniture and home accessories. 

The show not only fueled the Grammy winner’s love of cooking; it soothed her soul.

“Right before I started the cooking show, my mom passed away,” she says on her website. “The show was like therapy, especially because my mom and dad were really good cooks. Cooking those recipes and telling our stories helped my sister Beth and I keep their memories alive.” O

For more information, call 954-462-0222 or visit parkerplayhouse.com.