Over the past year-and-a half (ish), I’ve been working on a cookbook that includes twelve of my favorite holidays throughout the year. Holidays from New Year’s Day all the way down to New Year’s Eve are covered in yummy step-by-step detail.
There are recipes, musings, family photos, and…um…photos of Charlie dressed up in holiday garb.
But please don’t let that alarm you.
I also provided Do-Ahead Gameplans for many of the major meals in the book so you can start prepping early, be on top of everything, and not pull your hair out on the day of the event.
And I made sure the recipes were varied and flexible so you can use the cookbook for regular ol’ days throughout the year. Not every day is a holiday, man! I sure hope that grammar was correct.
I hope you love reading it and using it as much as I loved writing it.
I’ve been on the treadmill a lot lately…both literally and figuratively!
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays will be released on October 29, and I’ll be traveling to lots of beautiful places in this great land of ours. I tried to spread out my stops so I could cover as much ground as possible, though there are definitely still some missing areas I want to add to the trip.
Here’s the schedule as it stands right now. Check here for updates over the next few weeks, as I’ll add a handful of stops in the week or two before Christmas. In addition, I’ll likely head out again in the springtime and will have a chance to cover some more states that I really want to visit!
Holiday Cookbook Tour Schedule
Would love to meet you on the road!
Ree Drummond is the founder of The Pioneer Woman and a lover of butter, basset hounds and life on the ranch! Ree started her blog in 2006, and now millions visit ThePioneerWoman.com every month for her trusted recipes and fun family stories. Here’s what she has been up to since it all began:
New York Times Bestselling Author
Ree has written two memoirs (Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, and Frontier Follies) plus nine bestselling cookbooks:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl (2009)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier (2012)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays (2013)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime (2015)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! (2017)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier (2019)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Super Easy (2021)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinner’s Ready! (2023)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes (2025)
Food Network Host
Since 2011, Ree has been sharing simple, family-friendly recipes—and the occasional kitchen prank!—on her award-winning show The Pioneer Woman, filmed right on Drummond Ranch. Ree is also a regular judge on Food Network competitions, including Christmas Cookie Challenge.
Founder, The Pioneer Woman Collection
Ree has been creating and selling kitchen and home products at Walmart since 2015 and she’s involved in designing every piece and pattern. The line now includes best-selling appliances (you have to see the floral blender!), plus hundreds of pieces of cookware, tableware, and more. Ree doesn’t like to play favorites but the Agatha print has a special place in her heart.
Restaurant and Hotel Owner
Together with her husband Ladd, Ree has opened several bustling businesses in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, including The Pioneer Woman Mercantile—a bakery, restaurant, and general store that draws visitors from across the country (many come for the biscuits alone!), P-Town Pizza, Charlie’s Ice Cream Shop, and The Boarding House, a charming hotel with eight different rooms decorated by Ree and Ladd.
Media Personality
Ree appears regularly on national TV shows like Today, Good Morning America and more—all while managing to keep flour off her shirt.
Wife, Mom and…Grandma!
Ree’s kids (daughters Alex and Paige and sons Bryce and Todd) are all grown up, and as of December 2024, Ree is the proud grandma of the cutest baby ever, Sofia Scott, born to Alex and her husband Mauricio. Ree still cooks for Ladd (and the kids when they’re home), and she also looks after a few mischievous ranch dogs.
