Ree Drummond started this site in 2006 as a blog about her life as a wife and mom on an Oklahoma cattle ranch, and over the past two decades she has turned it into one of the most trusted lifestyle brands in America. Today, millions of readers visit ThePioneerWoman.com every month for delicious recipes, fun family stories, and inspiration from Ree’s life.
About Ree
Ree is the heart of it all: She’s an award-winning Food Network host, New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur, plus a proud ranch wife, mom, and grandma. Her journey from small-town blogger to superstar is proof of her unique ability to connect with wide audiences through authenticity, humor, and good old-fashioned home cooking!
- Bestselling Author: Ree has written two memoirs and nine bestselling cookbooks, including The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes (2025), her definitive collection.
- Food Network Star: Since 2011, The Pioneer Woman TV show has invited viewers into Ree’s ranch kitchen with family-friendly recipes, pranks, and plenty of laughs.
- Entrepreneur: Ree has built a steady stream of successful businesses that celebrate her signature style, including a beloved line of cookware, tableware and accessories exclusive to Walmart (The Pioneer Woman Collection), plus a group of thriving shops and restaurants in her hometown of Pawhuska, Oklahoma: The Mercantile, P-Town Pizza, Charlie’s Ice Cream Shop, and The Boarding House hotel.
- Media Personality: Ree frequently appears on national shows, including Today and Good Morning America.
- Social Media Star: Ree’s loyal fans on Facebook (7 million followers) and Instagram (4 million followers) love getting daily updates about the Drummond family and Ree’s latest recipes.
- Trusted Home Cook: Ree has shared hundreds of foolproof recipes since she started The Pioneer Woman blog, and many of them have become household favorites across the country. Among the all-time most popular: Best-Ever Chocolate Sheet Cake, Chicken Pot Pie, Creamy Mashed Potatoes and her famous Chicken Spaghetti. And when Thanksgiving comes around, millions of fans turn to her go-to turkey brine!
- Wife, Mom, Grandma: Ree puts her family first, and along with her many other jobs, she still finds time to make and freeze meals for her son at college, whip up hearty cowboy breakfasts for Ladd and other ranch workers, and travel to Dallas to spend time with her first grandchild, Sofia Scott.
Our Mission
ThePioneerWoman.com brings you inside Ree Drummond’s world and reminds all of us to celebrate the little things: a homemade cinnamon roll, a pretty floral shirt, a genius beauty tip, a great blanket. Ree is one of America’s most beloved moms, and she has won the hearts of millions by sharing her stories. This site is filled with foolproof, crowd-pleasing recipes, along with fun family tales and girlfriend-style advice on fashion, beauty, home decorating and easy entertaining. Spending time here is like spending the day with Ree—you can’t help but share her enthusiasm for the simple joys in life.
Recipes Readers Trust
The Pioneer Woman kitchen team, based in Birmingham, Alabama, makes sure every dish on the site is foolproof, so it will turn out as perfectly in your home as it does on Ree’s ranch. Here’s why millions of readers choose The Pioneer Woman recipes:
• Rigorous testing: Every dish is tested multiple times before it’s published.
• Easy, clear steps: Recipes are written for cooks at any level, with super easy instructions.
• Step-by-step photos: Recipes on ThePioneerWoman.com include detailed photos to help you through every part of the process.
• Familiar ingredients: The Pioneer Woman recipes are made with simple ingredients that you can easily find at a local supermarket.
• Authentic videos: The Pioneer Woman recipe videos carefully guide you through each step, showing you techniques and tips along the way, without special effects or skipped steps. What you see is exactly what happens when you cook the dish. This commitment to honesty and transparency has been Ree’s philosophy from day one!
Join Ree's Thriving Community
The Pioneer Woman is about more than food and family: It’s about connecting with each other. Since the beginning, Ree has made the site feel like home to millions of fans and followers.
• Follow Ree on Facebook and Instagram and follow The Pioneer Woman Magazine here.
• Sign up for The Pioneer Woman newsletters to stay up to date on her latest recipes, family news and more.
• Check out Ree’s latest Walmart products.
• Ask Ree anything! Submit your questions and Ree will answer as many as she can in her magazine column, Talk to Me.
• Ask our test kitchen your cooking questions! Just email tpwkitchen@hearst.com.
Meet the Team
Behind Ree is a dedicated team of editors, writers, photographers, and designers who bring The Pioneer Woman to life across every platform.
Maile Carpenter
Editorial Director
Maile Carpenter is the founding editor in chief of The Pioneer Woman Magazine and Food Network Magazine. She has been a writer and editor since 1995 and has a degree from The French Culinary Institute. She launched her food career working the fryer at McDonald’s.
Deirdre Koribanick
Creative Director
Deirdre Koribanick oversees design for The Pioneer Woman site and magazine, along with Food Network Magazine and HGTV Magazine. She has been been a designer and creative director for 40 years and has worked closely with Ree since 2017.
Liz Sgroi
Executive Director
Liz Sgroi oversees the editorial content at The Pioneer Woman Magazine and Food Network Magazine, where she has worked since 2009. She is a longtime food and recipe editor who bakes blondies weekly and travels with flaky salt.
Robb Reidel
Executive Managing Editor
Robb Riedel has been helping lead The Pioneer Woman team since 2017. He has more than 25 years of experience in food and lifestyle media, plays ice hockey and will pickle just about anything.
Michelle Profis
Digital Director
Michelle Profis has more than 10 years of experience writing and editing lifestyle content, and she has been working closely with Ree since 2020. She has a weakness for cookie cakes and Ree’s chocolate sheet cake.
Alexandra Churchill
Deputy Editor
Allie joined The Pioneer Woman staff in 2021 and has become an expert on Ree's recipes, ranch life and all the Drummonds. She was a longtime editor at Martha Stewart Living and is an avid baker and cookie decorator.
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Kate Trombly O'Brien
Deputy Editor
Kate has been overseeing food content at The Pioneer Woman Magazine since 2018 and now works on both the magazine and the site. She loves baking with her two sons, but her favorite recipe of all is Ree’s classic lasagna.
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Libby Lang
Deputy Art Director
Since joining the team in 2022, Libby has developed a passion for home and style content and led the redesign of The Pioneer Woman site. The first recipe she made from Ree was her Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, an instant favorite.
Georgia Goode
Senior Food Writer and Editor
Georgia is a seasoned recipe editor who has spent years writing about the best bites in the South. Prior to her current role, she was the senior culinary editor of Taste of the South, Southern Cast Iron, and Louisiana Cookin’ at Hoffman Media.
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AnnMarie Mattila
Senior Editor
AnnMarie (who shares her birth name with Ree!) has an extensive background in both fashion and pastry. She joined the team in 2022 to focus on her two favorite topics: shopping and food. She is also admittedly obsessed with cats.
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Kelsey Hurwitz
Associate Features Editor
Kelsey has been on The Pioneer Woman staff since 2022 and has reported on lifestyle, entertainment and celebrities for multiple magazines including New York and Esquire. After work, she can be found knitting and watching old movies.
Macie Reynolds
Assistant Editor
Macie graduated from The University of Arkansas (like Ree's daughter Paige!) with a degree in English literature, and she has been covering lifestyle and entertainment for more than five years. In her downtime, she curls up with a good book and her cat, Binx.
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The Pioneer Woman Test Kitchen
Lygeia Grace
Food Director
Before joining The Pioneer Woman, Lygeia spent more than nine years as the culinary editorial director at Food Network, where she helped launch The Pioneer Woman Magazine. She also worked as a senior food editor at Real Simple and oversaw food coverage at O, The Oprah Magazine. She’ll always choose cake over pie.
Gordon Sawyer
Senior Video Producer and Visuals Editor
Gordon, who launched the recipe video series for The Pioneer Woman site, has a background in both commercial and editorial photography and was trained as a food stylist before transitioning to work behind the camera.
Sarah Holden
Deputy Food Director
Sarah Holden graduated from the Culinary Institute of America’s baking and pastry program and spent a decade at Food Network producing cooking videos before joining The Pioneer Woman in 2024. She’s happiest with a piping bag in hand, decorating cakes, and she thinks the best food in the world is a perfectly ripe peach.
Leah Perez
Senior Recipe Developer and Food Editor
Leah Perez joined The Pioneer Woman in 2023 and works out of the Birmingham test kitchen, where she combines her culinary expertise with a love of vintage recipes, iced coffee, and Ree’s perfect pot roast.
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Holli Dawkins
Test Kitchen and Food Styling Assistant
Holli Dawkins has been working in The Pioneer Woman's Birmingham test kitchen since 2023. She is hands-on in the kitchen, testing new recipes while preparing for video shoots. She stands by her philosophy that cake isn’t just for dessert—it can also be breakfast.
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