Dolly Parton loved to cook. Here are her best tricks for fluffier eggs, better cornbread, and more.

Dolly Parton shared many of her cooking tips with Business Insider over the years.

Miller Mobley/NBC via Getty Images I got to interview Dolly Parton multiple times, and we mostly spoke about food.

Parton shared her tip for making the best mac and cheese and scrambled eggs.

She also revealed what she loved cooking for her husband and ordering from Taco Bell.

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 My version of Dolly Parton's cornbread.

Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider Parton told me that she loved whipping up "mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and a big ol' hunk of cornbread" for her goddaughter Miley Cyrus , so I asked if she had any tips for making cornbread at home.

Her secret: bacon grease.

"When I make my things from scratch at home, I put a little bit of salt and pepper and bacon grease in the dough," she said.

"That is very Southern." Parton also surprised me when she revealed that she made her mac and cheese with fried apples dusted with cinnamon.