Kelly Clarkson Tries Recipes Etched On Gravestones and Gives Her Honest Reaction
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Erin ClementsOctober 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Kelly Clarkson tried recipes from Rosie Grant's new cookbook, To Die For, on her show Monday, Oct. 27
The book features recipes that Grant found etched on real gravestones
Clarkson sampled a cookie recipe that was taken to the grave, a Texas funeral cake and a ranch dip from a man whose nicknamed was "Dr. Death"
Kelly Clarkson tried a few treats with an unusual twist.
TikToker Rosie Grant visited The Kelly Clarkson Show in the episode that aired Monday, Oct. 27, and shared recipes she found etched on real gravestones that are featured in her new cookbook, To Die For.
The pair first sampled spritz cookies from a recipe Grand found on Naomi Odessa Miller Dawson's grave in New York's Greenwood Cemetery.
“It was a secret recipe,” Grant explained. “She literally took it to the grave, like literally. Basically, her son had this idea of taking her secret recipe that people would ask for throughout her life. And she never gave it out.”
“It was on her death bed that they did pre-planning and he said, ‘Mom, can we have your recipe? And not only that, can we share it with everyone?’” Grant added. “And she gave her blessing, but she only put the ingredients. There’s no instructions, so it’s still a little bit of a nod to the secret.”
Rosie Grant and Kelly Clarkson
Clarkson was a fan of the confection, proclaiming, “It’s so good. Oh, my God.”
The following dish was a ranch dip from a late dentist and dad of two from Spokane, Wash., whose family nickname was “Dr. Death.”
Grant revealed that the ingredients included buttermilk, garlic, paprika and black pepper.
“During the Super Bowl, I make this and it’s the first thing to go,” she noted.
“I would hide this bowl from everyone at that party so they didn’t eat it all,” Clarkson replied.
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Dr. Death's Ranch recipe
Next up was a Texas sheet cake that was made by a woman named Helen who “showed love through food,” according to her family.
“It is a traditional funeral food,” Grant said, to which Clarkson responded, “This just keeps getting sad and kind of dark.”
“It’s so good,” Clarkson added.
“I’m not supposed to have sugar right now,” she admitted, before assuring Grant, “I’m doing it for the cause.”
In June, Grant told PEOPLE how she began making recipes from gravestones and documenting them on social media.
Rosie Grant and Kelly Clarkson
She was pursuing her Master's of Library Science at the University of Maryland when she secured an internship at the Congressional Cemetery archives in Washington, D.C.
At the suggestion of a professor, Grant set up a TikTok account to share information about her work. She also began learning more about the various ways people choose to be memorialized and was surprised when she discovered Dawson's gravestone with the spritz cookie recipe.
Grant said her culinary journey has been a "humbling one."
"I like cooking, but I like eating more," she said. "Almost every single one of these recipes I made incorrectly the first time, and I would make it as I was reading it on a gravestone. People will then tell me what I might be doing wrong."
"So I'll cook it again and again and crowdsource it from people who are telling me how to cook something properly, which is helpful. I've learned a lot," she says.
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