Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

pgpaulagay 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?

DFerg7223 I actually enjoy the show and watch it faithfully each day. I've even tried a few of her recipes. Ree's bright smile and bubbly personality are adorable and a breath of fresh air. She uses a lot more sugar than I do, but it's a fun show to watch. My only comment would be this.....please start making the family wash their hands before diving into the food! E-coli (and other deadly bacteria) is alive and well. They are out fiddling around with cattle, horses and "cow patties" , playing in the field, even cleaning out an old dark shed for a 'man cave' for the kids and Ree shows up with food (some of it, sandwiches held in the hands) and not a sani-wipe in site! They come in off the 'prairie' and go straight for the food without stopping at the sink to wash. And the filthy cowboy hats at the diningroom tables are nauseating! If I spent the afternoon cooking a nice meal the hats would be left in the mudroom and my dinner table would be treated with respect. Just my 2 cents :-) Otherwise, love ya Ree!!!

quinnt-68525 These recipes are obesity inducing buttery nastiness. Please stop lady, no one should ever make these recipes. This is the most scripted show on the food network and it just leaves me in shock that anyone might make this for their kids. It disgusts me that anyone would nourishes their children with this foul filth. Her jokes and so poorly done my dead neighbour makes jokes that are more funny and he's dead. Her annoying voice talking about her "perfect family" makes me almost as sick as her recipes do. We all know that its just a cover, for what's really going on. Jesus lady your husband is a grown man he doesn't want a "mango pop" give him some respect.

di t I have dipped in and out to read some of the Pioneer Woman's blog and found a couple of her recipes enticing and enjoyed the whimsical writing style dotted between her photo breakdowns. As a result, I was keen to see this low-key humour and some insights into southern-ish cooking reflected in her "cooking show". What a let down. Whatever sparkle exists in her writing is devoid, and her presenting style (I don't know if this is scripted: if it isn't, it's time to pay someone) is inane, patronisingly repetitive and utterly uninspiring to anyone interested in learning to cook or broadening their repertoire through the show. But presenting style isn't everything, and we all know cooking show formats are contrived. What saddens/irks me the most that the food network has given a show to someone who doesn't appear to appreciate food or show skill in preparing it. I like the occasional shortcut recipe (I'd never make my own puff pastry and prefer shop bought hummus to homemade) but this show seems to provide a cavalcade of the sort concoctions the toddler puts together when he is left home alone or students when they first leave home and have no idea what they are doing and ultimately end up eating baked beans out of a tin. Take for example the recently demonstrated dump cake (or excrement cake, if we are translating British idiom_. This cake mixed cherry pie filling (the one ingredient which Nigella, who is open to a shortcut or two, begs viewers not to stoop to) and tinned pineapple, covered in a cake mix and sliced butter. If she wants to follow this route and be "one of the people" Drummond's time might have been better spent demystifying cake mixes into flour and baking powder and showing viewers how easily they can make their own mixes. That might have been slightly resembling of a cooking related topic.Other recipes included opening "pork n bean" tins and baking them with bacon on top. This 2am drunkenly thrown together student food is about as revolting as I could imagine, even without thinking about the quality of the sausages. The throw into a bunch of butter, stir and occasionally bake method is pretty the much as taxing as it gets from cakes to casseroles. "Great!" I hear folks cry, "We don't have time for anything more difficult". Here's the thing. Eat the way this woman cooks, and you won't need time. You'll be being happily squashed into your own coffin, wondering why it didn't taste better on the way.Hey, even Ina has the occasional episode where she makes one dish and and shows us how to shop for three others, but they are an anomaly, and a useful tip in combining flavours. She experiments, she highlights freshness and flavour and buying the best your budget allows. Her recipes are both homely and sophisticated. She even likes butter. She does not however, drown every item on the plate in butter, because she knows it would detract from flavour by overkill. Here we have cheese, bacon, beans and butter on an turntable of anagrammatic recipes. Undoubtedly these are tasty ingredients in the hands of an experienced home cook or chef, but no cook worth their salt never ventures outside their comfort zone pyramid of four main recipes. Especially not those with shows on Food Network. I love cooking shows, and will pretty much sit through any cooking show, or have it on in the background as a source of inspiration and comfort, but for the first time on food network, I have to switch off when I see this starting. So there you go, toddlers and clueless teens, this one's for you. Foodies, walk on by.