Ree Drummond -- known to Food Network followers and her legion of fans as the Pioneer Woman -- came to Off Square Books on Monday, September 23, and close to 300 people waited to meet her and get books signed. Many brought children and babies, as the Pioneer Woman is all about family and children, especially, and there was a lot of picture taking and happy visiting going on.
The Pioneer Woman has a new children's book about Charlie the Ranch Dog, Charlie Goes to School, and she spent the morning at Lafayette Elementary, where the children and the teachers really took to her. But her "bread and butter" are the books in the Pioneer Woman Cooks series -- Recipes From an Accidental Country Girl and Food From My Frontier. We did not have enough books to get signed extra stock, but we think we may have some signed bookplates for her new book, out October 29, Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays.
Ree really seemed to like Oxford and the Ole Miss
campus, and we hope to see her again soon. A mother of triplets brought
us a delicious pound cake to thank us for the event. Now that's the kind of author we love, and a happy ending to a very nice event. RH
