661428 Thu Oct 22 07:00:29 -0700 2009 8 33 Food Media and News 0 5122303 I thought you might like to see one of my favorite food bloggers -- the Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond -- on her upcoming cookbook tour: http://thepioneerwoman.com/the_pioneer_woman_cooks_book_trip/ Please add DC to your trip, Ree!!! Here's where you can see Ree: Tulsa, OK Oklahoma City Pawhuska, OK Denver, CO Salt Lake City, UT Phoenix/Tempe, AZ Little Rock, AR Kansas City (two events): Overland Park, KS; Kansas City, MO 64112 Saint Louis, MO Chicago – Skokie, IL Minneapolis/Bloomington, MN Dallas, TX Austin, TX Houston, TX Atlanta, GA Nashville, TN West Chester, PA NEW YORK CITY! Thu Oct 22 07:00:29 -0700 2009 105717 alkapal 1 5132940 Looks like a good book! Thanks, it just went to my Amazon wish list and I'll be buying it soon. Mon Oct 26 16:33:43 -0700 2009 5122303 1081227 DishDelish 1 5132995 Wow, Minneapolis/Bloomington? Now St. Paul ranks behind Bloomington? Sad, sad day. Still, I'll check into it! ~TDQ Mon Oct 26 16:58:19 -0700 2009 5122303 12005 The Dairy Queen 2 5133496 I think it's just listed that way because she's going to be at MOA. St. Paul still rocks! :) Mon Oct 26 20:30:12 -0700 2009 5132995 265047 puddin head 1 5157654 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/dining/04book.html?em Interesting NYT article on the seasons new cookbook authors, including PW. Thu Nov 05 06:38:55 -0800 2009 5122303 36312 HillJ 1 5171975 An acquaintence and I were talking about her cookbook; she asked me if I had cooked anything from it (most of recipes were past blog posts). I replied that most of the recipes were things I already cooked using more healthy ingredients. Her schtick is He-man Cookin' for ranch hands. I have found a few recipes that are very good, if rich. Special occasion stuff, not everyday cooking. I'd even hesitate to give or recommend it to younger cooks looking for the kind of encouragement she offers. Just too much sat fat and full fat dairy. If you look at the photos of her book signings, the gals are mostly young 20's 30's. That seems to be her target audience, but I wish she'd lay off the rich foods as if they could be eaten every day and concentrate more on the basic techniques which young cooks need to learn if they want to be able to cook without recipes some day. THAT she does very well. I think it's her self-depricating storyline schtick that endears her to readers, her recipes are not all that unusual. Tue Nov 10 23:24:12 -0800 2009 5122303 11234 toodie jane 2 5172001 toodie jane, there is a thread about the cookbook itself, just in case you hadn't seen it. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/663095 Wed Nov 11 00:01:49 -0800 2009 5171975 105717 alkapal 3 5177625 Yes! I browsed it and found that I'd made quite the contradictory comment to mine above--my fickle sensability! So I guess I'm not waiting breathlessly till she comes to Nipomo...oh, wait, we don't have a bookstore! Thu Nov 12 20:26:28 -0800 2009 5172001 11234 toodie jane 4 5178457 never you mind about consistency -- i have a chow crush on eric ripert on one thread (which is true), but find him "too effeminate" to be my top chef on tv. Fri Nov 13 07:43:00 -0800 2009 5177625 105717 alkapal