Recipes to Make Based on Your Favorite Taylor Swift Album

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Taylor Swift fans, it’s your era! Although she started as a relatively unknown country singer when she debuted her eponymous first album in 2006 at just 16 years old, less than two decades later, Swift has now grown into the popstar of a generation. It seems like every tour stop, dinner date (have you tried her go-to French Blonde cocktail yet?), and fashion choice is headline fodder, and now, not only is Swift in the thick of an internet-breaking global tour, but she was also named TIME’s 2023 Person of the Year.

On the heels of the debut of her 11th original album, we couldn’t resist creating a guide Taylor-made (sorry) for the Swifties. We’re dishing up the recipe to make based on your favorite T. Swift album: Are you more nostalgic like folklore? Feeling fierce like Reputation? Maybe you’re enchanted by Speak Now? Based on which album speaks to you the most, there’s a recipe pairing for you, handpicked by culinary pros—who also happen to be superfans. 

Your Taylor Swift recipe pairing: Hot Honey Chicken and Waffles

We can pretty much guarantee that you won’t be leaving any teardrops on your guitar if you dish up this spiced-up comfort dish, reliving the memories of the early 2000s via humble country hits like “Tim McGraw” and “Our Song.”

“Taylor Swift’s debut album inspires classic Southern dishes that still have international appeal,” explains Chris Roache, director of restaurants at RMD Group in San Diego, California.

Featuring a cornbread-inspired waffle and buttermilk fried chicken all slathered with cream cheese-hot honey spread, this recipe will have you asking yourself to “play it again” and serve up a round of