Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes of an Accidental Country Girl

Have you heard of Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman?

Have you had internet access the last few years?

In terms of bloggers, Ree seems to be the do no wrong, all powerful mega blogger that everyone seems to adore. She gets tens of thousands of comments on posts, hosts fabulous giveaways and earns reported millions of dollars from her franchise.

One of the things she is known for is how she posts recipes. Not the creativity, most of her recipes are quite common. But she posts a zillion beautiful pictures of her food as she explains how to cook everything from steak to chocolate cake.

A disclaimer: I've recently started becoming disallusioned with her blog. There are so many blogs out there that have better photographers, recipes, are better written. I don't understand why everyone flocks to her blog. Is it the mixer giveaways?

Either way, I purchased her book The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl when it was on sale on Amazon and I needed to add something to the order to get free shipping.

First impression: It's a visually beautiful book. Lots of colourful pictures. Cute little side stories.

Recipes: Well I'm pretty sure I could find most of them on the internet. And the amount of pictures makes it hard to perform steps that are not pictured. I kid you not. I became so reliant on the pictures that I had a hard time understanding what to do when I didn't have them.

The first recipe I made was a complete disaster. Not only was it full of butter. But it didn't even taste good. Maybe I screwed something up?

I do love the pictures. It's the main reason I buy recipe books. I like looking at pictures of inspirations.

Why read this book:

• You love all things Pioneer Woman and you post comments on anything she has ever written.
• You like VERY visual cookbooks.