"dolly parton" news and stories

That's right! You're looking at a pasta mosaic of Rachael Ray created by artist Jason Mecier. Last Wednesday, the blog Entertainmentwise posted a story about the artist's most recent mosaics, including one of Mariah Carey made using "only beauty essentials like lipstick and eyeliner." We're so used to seeing food sculptures, like those cheese ones from last year. But, an actual portrait...

Pasta is not the only material Mecier uses in his mosaics. The gallery on his website reveals candy mosaics of celebrities, such as Dolly Parton and the Spice Girls. Then, there's the unforgettable portrait of Martha Stewart made with veggies! Check out his wacky gallery and let us know which ones are your favorites.

The buxom country-singing beauty is putting together a new cookbook, Dolly's Dixie Fixin's. The 125-recipe book will include Dolly's own recipes for things like banana pudding, recipes from her mother and mother-in-law, from her Dixie Stampede and other restaurants at her Dollywood amusement parks, and from things she has eaten while during her 40 years of concert touring.

Proceeds from the sale of the cookbook will go toward the Imagination Library via her Dollywood Foundation. The Imagination Library provides books to children. The books can only be purchased from Dollywood or the Dixie Stampede restaurants, and on several select websites. Purchases before Septemeber 1, 2006 are qualified to win a backyard barbecue and bluegrass festival with Dolly as the guest star.