Anne Marie "Ree" Drummond (née Smith,[1] born January 6, 1969)[2] is an American blogger, author,[3] food writer, and television personality.

Capitalizing on the success of her blog, Drummond stars in her own television program, also titled The Pioneer Woman, on The Food Network which began in 2011.

[5] Drummond, nicknamed "Ree", grew up in a home overlooking the grounds of a country club in the oil town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma,[6] with two brothers and a sister.

[7] She graduated from Bartlesville High School in 1987,[8] after which she left Oklahoma to attend college in Los Angeles, California.

[10] After graduation, she hoped to attend law school in Chicago,[10] but her plans changed unexpectedly when she met and married her husband, Ladd Drummond.

[14] An article in the Toronto newspaper The Globe and Mail described it as "[s]lickly photographed with legions of fans ... arguably the mother of all farm girl blogs.

According to Publishers Weekly, "Adult readers will recognize in Charlie's voice the understated humor that has made Drummond's blog so successful; kids should find it irresistible.

The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays: 140 Step-by-Step Recipes for Simple, Scrumptious Celebrations Released October 29, 2013.

[38] On March 19, 2010, Drummond confirmed media reports that Columbia Pictures had acquired the film rights to her book From Black Heels to Tractor Wheels.

[39] The production company was reported to be in talks with Reese Witherspoon to star as Drummond in a motion picture based on the book.

[42][43] They spent their honeymoon in Australia and live on a remote working cattle ranch approximately 8 miles west of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.

[44] In late 2016, the Drummonds opened The Mercantile, a restaurant retail store located in a 100-year-old downtown Pawhuska building that they bought and began renovating in 2012.

[45] In 2018, the Drummonds opened a bed and breakfast in downtown Pawhuska, "The Boarding House", as well as a pizzeria, "P-Town Pizza".