BOOK REVIEW

Celebrating with REE

Ree Drummond is something of a 21st-century inspire confidence. Jewel-toned “Resolution curiosity. The daughter of an orthopedic Smoothies” are tantalizing beverages for Rose surgeon, she was raised a country club, city Parade watching on New Year’s Day, while girl in . After attending college in Spicy Whiskey BBQ Sliders are sure to entice where she eventually got a job and football fans across the country. This recipe “wore black pumps to work every day,” she collection covers basics (how to cook and carve met a real live cowboy and married him. Now a turkey), but also offers instruction for the 17 years and four children later, Drummond more adventurous chefs out there; many of is an award-winning blogger who started her cookie and dessert creations look like they writing about life on the ranch as somewhat were whipped up by a pastry chef. The book of an exercise in catharsis. She has millions of also offers a handful of exquisite “leftover” fans who regularly follow her and tune recipes, which don’t look like leftovers at all. in to her Food Network television show, “The This is serious comfort food and just looking at Pioneer Woman.” In addition to a best-selling it will have you longing for a holiday. memoir, she’s written a series of children’s books based upon her real-life basset hound, APPS Charlie, and has also just released a third Drummond’s new —a holiday food guide that is More inspiration for foodies: certain to be a best-seller like the first two. cookbook off ers festive The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of recipes for holidays Holidays is exactly what you might expect. Every Day is a Food Holiday (Free) Presented in chronological order, the book This calendar-based app from Food.com throughout the year. offers festive recipes for 12 holidays: New Year’s offers themed recipes that correspond Day, football season (yes, football’s a holiday with holidays like “Comfort Food Day,” By Laura Jenkins in the South), Valentine’s Day, Easter, Cinco de “Slow Cooking Month” and “Oatmeal Mayo, Mother’s/Father’s Day, Independence Cookie Day.” Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Each section begins with a personal reflection and features photos of Evernote Food (Free) Drummond’s family, both immediate and Explore recipes, create a personalized extended. Other than that, it’s all about the cookbook, find restaurants or plan food—140 recipes in all. Tantalizing photos meals with this app designed to help document every step of the cooking process foodies remember what they love. (Drummond is also a photographer who shoots her own images). She offers a prep list on some of the more overwhelming holidays, so that Perfect Produce ($1.99) chefs can knock out part of the groundwork Learn the best way to buy, store and and spend a decent amount of time actually prepare fresh fruits and veggies. enjoying the holiday. Includes thousands of recipes and Of course, people always wonder if a database that’s searchable by they can duplicate the creations of nutritional content. chefs, but Drummond’s visual tutorials

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