Ann Marie " Ree " Drummond (nÃÆ' Â © e Smith , born January 6, 1969) is an American blogger, writers, food writers, cooks, photographers, and television figures who live on a farm outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In February 2010, he was listed as No. 22 on Top 25 Web Celebrities Forbes. His blog, The Pioneer Woman , which documents Drummond's daily life as his wife and mother farm, named Weblog of the Year 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Annual Weblog Awards (The Bloggies).
Utilizing the success of his blog, Drummond is currently a star in his own television program, also titled The Pioneer Woman on The Food Network which began in 2011. He also appeared on Good Morning America , Today Events , Views , The Chew and The Bonnie Hunt Show . She has been featured in Ladies' Home Journal , Woman's Day , People and South Life . The first cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from Incumbent Rural Girl , was published in October 2009. The second cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier , published in March 2012.
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Ann Marie, nicknamed Ree, was raised in a house overlooking the base of a village club in the oil city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with her two brothers, Doug and Mike, and a younger sister, Betsy. He graduated from Bartlesville High School in 1987 after he left Oklahoma to study in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1991, after first studying journalism before turning to gerontology. After graduation he hopes to attend law school in Chicago, but his plans change unexpectedly when he meets and marries her husband, Ladd Drummond.
His father, William Dale Smith, an orthopedic surgeon, and his mother, Gerre Schwert, divorced. "Bill" Smith, as he is better known, then married his current wife, Patsy.
Ree grew up Episcopalian. She is an alumnus of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women.
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Blog (ThePioneerWoman.com)
Drummond started blogging in May 2006, initially using a subdomain pioneerwoman.typepad.com in the Typepad blog service. He registered his own domain - thepioneerwoman.com - on October 18, 2006.
The Drummond Blog, titled The Pioneer Woman , was originally titled Confessions of a Pioneer Woman . The latter is now the section title within the site. This site is hosted by Rackspace.
Drummond writes on topics like farm life and homeschooling. About a year after launching his blog, he posted his first recipe and a tutorial on "How to Cook Steak". This tutorial is accompanied by 20 photos explaining the cooking process in what he calls "stupid detail". Her stories of her husband, family, and village life, and her step-by-step cooking instructions and her elaborate food photography, proved to be popular among readers. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman won an award at the Weblog Awards (also known as Bloggies) in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. In 2009 and 2010, she took the grand prize as Weblog of the Year.
In September 2009, Drummond's blog reportedly received 13 million page views per month. On May 9, 2011, the popularity of blogs has increased to approximately 23.3 million page views per month and 4.4 million unique visitors. According to an article in The New Yorker , "This is roughly the same number of people who read The Daily Beast". An article in Toronto Globe and Mail describes it as "[s] lickly photographed with legions of fans... arguably the mother of all girls farm blogs." Blogs have been referenced in the Los Angeles Times , The New York Times , and BusinessWeek . In 2009 TIME Magazine named Drummond Confessions of a Pioneer Woman one of the "25 Best Blogs" in the world. Her estimated site earnings indicate that she earns a million dollars or more per year from display revenue (advertising) only.
The Drummond blog is especially well known for its descriptive visual recipes and high quality photography.
Food and beverages (TastyKitchen.com)
In April 2008, Drummond held a giveaway contest in the cooking section of his blog The Pioneer Woman where he asked readers to share one of their favorite recipes. Her response was 5000 unexpected recipes in less than 24 hours. He realized that he not only developed a loyal reader community but also a food lovers community. He immediately searched for a way to create a recipe catalog and make it searchable for all.
Approximately a year later, on July 14, 2009, Drummond announced the launch of TastyKitchen.com - a simple, free online community website with the Favorite Kitchen Favorite Favorite Recipes tag line! This site is built for readers who love food as a place where they can easily contribute, find and print recipes. In addition to sharing recipes, users can create personal membership profiles and communicate with each other via posts and direct messages. Users also have the ability to rate and review recipes.
Tasty Kitchen quickly became a favorite among food bloggers who can link their recipes back to posts on their own websites, thus exposing themselves to a wider audience.
Books
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from Incumbent Rural Girl
Drummond's first cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipe from an Unintentional Village Girl , was published in October 2009 after reaching the top spot on Amazon.com's pre-order list for thick cover books. A New York Times reviewer described Drummond as "funny, enthusiastic and self-deprecating", and commented: "Vegetarians and gourmands will not find much to cook here, but as real American family portraits. kitchen, it works. "
Black Shoes for Tractor Wheels
In 2007, Drummond began writing a series on his blog titled From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels . In this series, he records his personal love story detailing how, in the process of relocating from Los Angeles to Chicago, he eventually settled with a cowboy at a cattle ranch in rural Oklahoma. In February 2011, the series was compiled into a book and published by William Morrow, a printout of HarperCollins. Quickly climb to No. 2 on both the Best Sellers list for hardcover nonfiction and the list of The Wall Street Journal.
Charlie the Ranch Dog
In April 2011, Drummond published a children's book titled Charlie the Ranch Dog , featuring Basset Hound's beloved family Charlie . According to the Publishers Weekly , "Adult readers will recognize in Charlie's low humorous voice that has made Drummond's blog so successful; children must find it unbearable." The book is illustrated by Diane deGroat, an illustrator of more than 120 children's books.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier
Drummond's second cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier , was released in March 2012 and is a New York Times # 1 Bestseller.
Charlie and Kitty Christmas Site Diane deGroat again illustrates these children's books about the family Basset Hound. Released in December 2012.
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Holiday Year: 140 Step-by-Step Recipes for Simple, Delicious Celebrations
A cookbook for year-round vacations. Released October 29, 2013.
Charlie and New Baby
Another children's book about the family basset dog, illustrated by Diane deGroat. Released in April 2014.
Television
Drummond made his television debut in an episode of Throwdown! With Bobby Flay when celebrity chefs are challenged by him (in a change from the normal format of the show) into a special Thanksgiving holiday. Flay went to his ranch in Oklahoma for the event. This episode aired on the Food Network on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Drummond's home cooking beat Flay's gourmet style spread in a tight contest. Music artist and fellow Oklahoma citizen, Trisha Yearwood is one of the judges.
In April 2011, the Food Network announced that Drummond would host a television series later in the day on the network. The Pioneer Woman aired on Saturday, August 27, 2011.
Movies
On March 19, 2010, Drummond confirmed media reports that Columbia Pictures had acquired the film rights for his book From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels . The production company is reportedly in talks with Reese Witherspoon to star as Ree in a movie based on the book.
Personal life
On September 21, 1996, Drummond married Ladd Drummond, a fourth-generation member of a prominent Osage County cattle ranch family whom he calls the "Marlboro Man" in his books and blogs. They spend their honeymoon in Australia. They live on a remote cattle ranch about 8 miles west of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, with their four children - Alex, Paige, Bryce and Todd. Alex is currently a student at Texas A & amp; M University while Drummond homeschool their younger children.
By the end of 2016, Drummond opened The Mercantile, a restaurant and retail store located in the 100-year-old Pawhuska town center building they bought and began to be renovated in 2012.
According to the 100th Annual Land Report, Ree Drummond and husband Ladd are the 23rd largest landowners in the country. The Drummonds has 433,000 acres in Oklahoma.
Awards
Seventh Tahunan Weblog Awards - Blog 2007 2007 Best Kept Secret Weblog - Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (won)
Eighth Annual Blog Award - Bloggies 2008 2008 The Best Food Weblog - The Pioneer Woman Cooks (won) | 2008 Best Writing from Weblog - Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (won) |
Nine Year Annual Blog Awards - Bloggies 2009
2009 Weblog of the Year - Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (won) | 2009 Best Designed Weblog - Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (won) | 2009 Best Photography from Weblog - Pioneer Woman Photography (won) | 2009 Best Food Weblog - The Pioneer Woman Cooks (nominated)
2009 Most Humorous Weblog - Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (nominated)
2009 Best Writing from Weblog - Confessions of a Pioneer Woman (nominated)
Tenth Annual Weblog Awards - Bloggies 2010
2010 Weblog of the Year - The Pioneer Woman (win) | 2010 Best Writing from Weblog - The Pioneer Woman (won) | 2010 Best Designed Weblog - The Pioneer Woman (won) |
Bibliography
- Drummond, Ree (2009). The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from Incumbent Rural Girl . HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0-06-165819-8. Ã, Quotes are available on Google Books.
- Drummond, Ree (2011). The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels for Tractor Wheels - A Love Story . HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0-06-199716-7. Ã, Quotes available in Google Books.
- Drummond, Ree (2011). Charlie the Ranch Dog . HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-199655-9.
- Drummond, Ree (2012). The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from My Frontier . HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-199718-1.
References
External links
- The Pioneer Woman Blog
- A delicious Kitchen cooking community
- Pioneer Cooking Events at Food Network
- Ree Drummond on Twitter
- Ree Drummond on Facebook
- Ree Drummond on Flickr
- Videos on Vimeo
- Ree Drummond on IMDb
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