An article in the Toronto newspaper The Globe and Mail described it as "lickly photographed with legions of fans. According to an article in The New Yorker, "This is roughly the same number of people who read The Daily Beast". On May 9, 2011, the blog's popularity had risen to approximately 23.3 million page views per month and 4.4 million unique visitors. Īs of September 2009, Drummond's blog reportedly received 13 million page views per month.
In 20 it took the top prize as Weblog of the Year. Confessions of a Pioneer Woman won honors at the Weblog Awards (also known as the Bloggies) in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Her stories about her husband, family, and country living, and her step-by-step cooking instructions and elaborate food photography, proved highly popular with readers. The tutorial was accompanied by 20 photos explaining the cooking process in what she calls "ridiculous detail". About a year after launching her blog, she posted her first recipe and a tutorial on "How to Cook a Steak". The site is hosted by Rackspace.ĭrummond writes about topics such as ranch life and homeschooling. The latter is now the title of a section within the site. Drummond's blog, The Pioneer Woman, was originally titled Confessions of a Pioneer Woman. She registered her own domain on October 18, 2006. Blog at ĭrummond began blogging in May 2006, initially using the subdomain within the Typepad blogging service. She is an alumna of Pi Beta Phi sorority. "Bill" Smith, as he is more commonly known, later married his current wife, Patsy. Her father, William Dale Smith, an orthopedic surgeon, and her mother Gerre Schwert are divorced. After graduation she hoped to attend law school in Chicago, but her plans changed unexpectedly when she met and married her husband, Ladd Drummond. She graduated from the University of Southern California in 1991, having first studied journalism before switching to gerontology. She graduated from Bartlesville High School in 1987 after which she left Oklahoma to attend college in Los Angeles, California. Īnne Marie, nicknamed Ree, grew up in a home overlooking the grounds of a country club in the oil town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with two brothers, Doug and Mike, and a younger sister, Betsy. Cookware, cutlery, appliances, clothing and outdoor living products are currently marketed under the brand name The Pioneer Woman.
In 2015, Drummond launched a “homey lifestyle” product line that has become very popular with the public. She has also written numerous cookbooks, a children's book, and an autobiography. She has been featured in Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Day, People and Southern Living. She has also appeared on Good Morning America, Today Show, The View, The Chew and The Bonnie Hunt Show. Her blog, The Pioneer Woman, which documents Drummond's daily life as a ranch wife and mother, was named Weblog of the Year 2009, 20 at the Annual Weblog Awards (The Bloggies).Ĭapitalizing on the success of her blog, Drummond stars in her own television program, also entitled The Pioneer Woman, on The Food Network which began in 2011. Don't tell anyone.Įntry you'll never see: Yesterday, I bought a cute little black dress at Bloomingdale's and then treated myself to a pedicure.Anne Marie " Ree" Drummond (née Smith, born January 6, 1969) is an American blogger, author, food writer, photographer and television personality who lives on a working ranch outside of Pawhuska, Oklahoma with her husband. Sample Confessions of a Pioneer Woman post: I have no idea how I got here.but you know what? I love it. Like Green Acres, this is the place to be for farm living. (When she makes ranch-style chicken, it's the real deal.) The blog also features periodic "Give That Photo a Name" contests, with the winners receiving real prizes.
Drummond's blog is no hayseed effort it's a slick-looking site that posts her photography, home remodeling tips, poetry, and recipes of dishes she's whipped up in her own kitchen. Her blog is a chronicle of her fitful transition from a spoiled city girl to a homey ranch wife, sort of a digital age version of "Green Acres." There are posts about chipping dried cow poop from boots, frying calf nuts and a running "wild tale of romance and cow manure," recounting how she met her rancher husband and became a pioneer wife. A decade ago, Ree Drummond moved from Los Angeles, where she wore black pumps to work everyday, to live on a dusty cattle ranch in the Midwest.
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