Hannah Dasher Celebrates Classic Country Music, Waffle House & Southern Cooking With New EP & “Stand By Your Pan” Cookbook

Never knew country music could make me so hungry.

If you’re not familiar with Hannah Dasher, the spitfire Georgia native has made a name for herself not only with her classic country sound and thoughtful songwriting, but also for her chops in the kitchen.

Hannah blew up on TikTok a few years ago with her “Stand By Your Pan” cooking videos, set in her kitchen that’s straight out of the ‘70s, which showed off not only her cooking skills but also her magnetic personality and trademark southern wit.

Since then, Hannah’s turned heads with her music, including her debut EP The Half Record and the aptly-titled follow up, The Other Damn Half.

Songs like “Cryin’ All the Way To the Bank” and “That Thing You Like” showcase her ability to write witty yet relatable lyrics, while singles like “Ugly Houses” and “Go To Bed Early,” which was written by Hannah and originally recorded by Brad Paisley, prove that behind the southern charm is a masterful wordsmith.

Well Hannah’s been busy over the past few months with not one but two major projects, both combining her love for country music and good southern cooking.

Hannah recently dropped her latest Scattered, Smothered and Covered EP, which features covers of country classics like Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man,” “Holding Her and Loving You” by Earl Thomas Conley, and Hank Williams Jr.’s “Outlaw Women.”

And it also contains a new track, “Waffle House,” a powerful anthem in the vein of Loretta Lynn’s “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” that finds Hannah reminding her man that unlike the 24-hour southern diner, she’s not just a place to get a warm meal after he’s had a few drinks. And naturally she does it with her own signature wit:

“Well, go find someone else to make your patty melt
I been there and done that, well, you and your flappy jack
Ain’t gonna butter up my double-D Dixie cups
Until you figure out I ain’t no Waffle House”

Not gonna lie, that “flappy jack” line is brutal.

But along with her new EP, Hannah is also busy promoting another new project: Her very first cookbook, naturally titled Stand By Your Pan.

The cookbook features a ton of her viral recipes, like her “Getchyo’ Man Macaroni Cheese,” “Busy Girl Bow Tie Salad,” and her classic southern biscuits and gravy that I’ve been wanting to try for myself for a long time now. But it also features recipes inspired by some country legends, like Naomi Judd’s Possum Pie, and even a recipe from NASCAR legend Richard Petty’s wife Lynda Petty.

Stand By Your Pan is exactly what you’d want in a southern cookbook: Family recipes passed down through generations, plenty of tips, wisdom and folksy stories along the way, and most importantly, just good southern cooking.

Whether you’re wanting to make fried chicken, pot roast, black eyed peas, or just need some new side dishes because you’re always the one bringing ice to the cookout, there’s plenty in the cookbook that even someone like me who can’t cook for shit can figure out.

With the new EP and cookbook, Hannah Dasher is proving yet again what a force she is – both in country music and the kitchen. I’ve long said she’s one of Nashville’s best kept secrets: Her fiddle and steel-soaked sound and masterful songwriting is sure to appeal to traditional country fans who grew up listening to names like Hank Williams Jr., Loretta Lynn and Waylon Jennings.

And her cookbook? Well that should appeal to everybody. If they don’t like good southern cooking, I don’t trust ‘em anyway.