I’m always on the hunt for a great book in the summer, so I figured I’d start sharing when I find one.
Personally, I love a great memoir or autobiography (side
note: Rob Lowe’s “Stories I Only Tell my Friends” was one of the best books I’ve
ever read). It’s like getting all of
the juicy details right from the source.
I became a Ree Drummond fan in sort of a backwards
fashion. She was a highly successful blogger
and morning talk show personality before hitting it big with her Food Network
show, The Pioneer Woman Cooks. That’s
how I discovered her, then her blog, and then this book. Ree’s
cooking (we’re on a first name basis) speaks for itself. She’s all about classic, unintimidating comfort
food that can feed a crowd (or hungry cowboys as she says), but always with a
creative gourmet twist.
What I love about “Black Heels to Tractor Wheels” is
that it gives you this amazing back story of a woman who met her husband by
chance and completely derailed her law school plans to be with him. She went from her comfortable, daughter of an
orthopedic surgeon, living on a golf course life, and completely uprooted to a
working cattle farm to start her life with Ladd, whom she affectionately calls
the “Marlboro Man”. This was truly one
of the most charming love stories I’ve ever read and I promise you’ll be
hanging on to every last word.
I recommend you mix up one of Ree’s Mango Margaritas, pull
up a lounge chair and get reading!
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