Trisha Yearwood, the country music and Food Network star, opens up about how cooking gives her mental clarity. “It's almost like taking a walk. You didn't know you needed a walk, but after a walk, now something that you didn't even know you needed to think about has fixed itself,” she said on “Salon Talks.” Yearwood also shares how she took advantage of her time at home during quarantine and wrote a new cookbook, “Trisha’s Kitchen: Easy Comfort Food for Friends and Family.” Yearwood describes crafting her signature Southern comfort food recipes based on family meals made by her grandparents.

Watch the full “Salon Talks” conversation to hear about frying catfish with Maya Angelou, how Yearwood got husband Garth Brooks to eat grits, and the therapeutic nature of her cooking process.