This debut cookbook from Ree Drummond, an L.A. gal-turned-ranch wife and food blogger, is a collection of simple, comfort-food recipes with Midwestern and Tex-Mex influences and mouthwatering, step-by-step photos. Anecdotes about her family, Midwestern ranch living and life before babies, cows and her "Marlboro Man" husband add a personal touch, making the book both a wonderful cooking resource and an entertaining read. —Katie Machol, CL food editor