The Pioneer Woman

To reviewers here who brag about Ree's profits: so what?

Phillip Morris is worth billions. That doesn't make the product a good thing.

Her recipes are Junior League cookbook knockoffs, and that has a certain appeal to a swath of America unconcerned with obesity and its effects.

It really is that straightforward.

The camera person needs to spend less time on the host and more time actually filming the food and the cooking/preparing process.

I started watching the Pioneer Woman by accident and haven't stopped watching ever since. I found the whole series being as cooking for a Southern American Ranching family for all situations perfect as my antidote to life's stresses especially after a hard day at work and returning to an empty home. Ree comes across as a very warm person, available and motherly always smiling even when cooking multiple meals. Similarly her family, her house any invited persons all come across as affable. I know that this is fairy tale like to the actual circumstances, but hey I buy this, preferring it to some police/violent or scandal driven drama as presented daily on tv. Personally I wouldn't try half the recipes as presented by Ree as these are laden with fats or sugar. I do remember the episode when she was trying to lure back her husband from taking his breakfast, by frying a fatty breakfast and cooking cinnamon buns in loads of butter and sugar. It was so wrong from a healthy point of view but so sweet of her in her intentions. The way she repeatedly voices her concerns and they way she would solve them through her baking makes me feel so soothed. There is something magical about her programmes Ree is actually selling a make believe lifestyle that some of us dream of. I like this gal :)

I watched an episode today. I can only surmise that the overly sugary- sweet presenting style has come from all the literal sugar she adds to everything. She even said at one point, something like "sugar ALWAYS makes everything better." Uh, no it doesn't. It was almost as if she was addressing her critics by saying this.

How can she feed her kids all that unhealthy stuff? Does she eat all this stuff herself?

As for the person who wrote a previous review quoting how many hits her blog has etc etc, nice try bigging her up, whoever you are (Ree).

This show and host is so warm and inviting. You get to see first hand her kitchen, ranch and family. Being from Texas and now living in LA, this makes me miss the South and the good cooking. It is great to see such a close knit family that instills work ethics and spending quality time with your family. My mouth waters at just about everything she cooks. It makes me feel like I am right there with Ree Drummond (the host) and have a personal invitation to visit her loving home.