The Pioneer Woman

I started watching the Pioneer Woman by accident and haven't stopped watching ever since. I found the whole series being as cooking for a Southern American Ranching family for all situations perfect as my antidote to life's stresses especially after a hard day at work and returning to an empty home. Ree comes across as a very warm person, available and motherly always smiling even when cooking multiple meals. Similarly her family, her house any invited persons all come across as affable. I know that this is fairy tale like to the actual circumstances, but hey I buy this, preferring it to some police/violent or scandal driven drama as presented daily on tv. Personally I wouldn't try half the recipes as presented by Ree as these are laden with fats or sugar. I do remember the episode when she was trying to lure back her husband from taking his breakfast, by frying a fatty breakfast and cooking cinnamon buns in loads of butter and sugar. It was so wrong from a healthy point of view but so sweet of her in her intentions. The way she repeatedly voices her concerns and they way she would solve them through her baking makes me feel so soothed. There is something magical about her programmes Ree is actually selling a make believe lifestyle that some of us dream of. I like this gal :)

Everything about this show is phony. The "ranch" is a multi-million-dollar operation replete with rambling mansion. They also own most of the nearby town.

The recipes, and yes I've tried a few, are hideous. She can't make anything without dousing it with sugar.

The entire concept of the show, with it's fake field workers and all, is really insulting.

This show and host is so warm and inviting. You get to see first hand her kitchen, ranch and family. Being from Texas and now living in LA, this makes me miss the South and the good cooking. It is great to see such a close knit family that instills work ethics and spending quality time with your family. My mouth waters at just about everything she cooks. It makes me feel like I am right there with Ree Drummond (the host) and have a personal invitation to visit her loving home.

To reviewers here who brag about Ree's profits: so what?

Phillip Morris is worth billions. That doesn't make the product a good thing.

Her recipes are Junior League cookbook knockoffs, and that has a certain appeal to a swath of America unconcerned with obesity and its effects.

It really is that straightforward.

It seems to me that there is nothing but hatefulness and spite in many of these reviews. Ree never said she, her show or her cooking style was anything other than what it is so why all the bashing? Everyone is entitled to an opinion but if you truly want to be taken seriously then give a serious opinion and why you feel that way without the hatefulness. If she isn't for you and your taste and cooking style then that is fine. What isn't right is that you bash her and her cooking style because it doesn't match yours. Is her cooking many times on the simplistic side? Yes, it is. If you prefer something different then just don't watch. There are plenty of other shows out there that might better meet what you are looking for in a cooking show. As for the ingredients she uses such as processed, sugar, fat, etc., then, again, there are plenty of other shows out there that will offer a more "healthy" style of cooking if that is what you are looking for. I come from a farming family where bacon and eggs were eaten almost every morning and everyone lived to a ripe old age. Processed foods were not incorporated much but the use of sugar and natural fats were. Everyone worked hard and did not have a problem with these things because of it. From all appearances, Ree's family is also one that works and plays hard and I doubt that anyone on here can say with any real knowledge that they are unhealthy. There is enough hatefulness in this world, why add to it?