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The Sporkful

Patti LaBelle Says She Cooks Better Than She Sings (Reheat)

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Patti LaBelle is not just a music icon, she’s also a food icon. She’s written best-selling cookbooks, hosted a food TV show, and even cooked for Elton John, The Rolling Stones, and Prince. She talks with Dan about touring the segregated South in the ‘60s, the viral video that made her sweet potato pie a Walmart sensation, and the one recipe in her cookbook that’s perfect for women going through menopause.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Serious XM Podcasts.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, it's Dan here, and during the holiday season, I have sweet potato pie on the brain.

0:17.7

And when I think about sweet potato pie, there is only one person I think about. It is the one

0:23.1

and only, Patty LaBelle. Her Walmart sweet potato pie became a culinary sensation when it first hit

0:30.3

the scene. So we talk about her favorite sweet treats, her viral line of pies, and why, even when

0:35.6

she's out on the road being the incredible singer and

0:37.8

performer that she is she'd rather cook than order room service she travels with her own pots

0:42.1

and pans and while of course the episode focuses on food it's got plenty of great music of course

0:47.6

it's patty as always if there's a sporkful episode you want us to pull out of the deep freezer

0:51.9

and reheat send us an email or voice memo to hello

0:55.0

at sporkful.com. Tell me your name, location, what classic episode you want to hear and why.

1:01.4

Thanks so much and enjoy.

1:05.2

And my family, everybody made the best peach cover. There was no competition because, you know,

1:10.5

if you tasted hers and hers and hers, all of them would be delightful.

1:14.6

Let's get a little detailed here, Patty. Okay. What temperature? Do you like the peach cobbler, like, still warm out of the oven? You like at room temperature?

1:22.1

It has to be hot. And then, for those who love the melted ice cream on top, that's cute. Who wants a cold peach cobbler? So you like hot peach cobbler with the ice cream on top? Yes, when I can sneak a bite. It's so good. And would you put the ice cream right on top? Right on top. So you like who you want that ice cream to melt?, so it to melt. And I prefer melted ice cream when I can have it.

1:46.9

You know, like I even sit it on a heater or something because I love the soft sides.

1:51.7

Yes.

1:52.0

Ooh, I wish I had something down.

1:57.2

Yeah.

2:00.0

Yeah.

2:00.6

Yeah. This is the sporkful. It's for foodies. It's for eaters. I'm Dan Pashman. Each week on our show, we obsess about food to learn more about people.

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