Drummond's little blog on the prairie a hit

Ree Drummond traded Los Angeles, law school and lattes for life with her very own Marlboro Man, a fourth-generation cattle rancher from her native Oklahoma. Today she loves rural life, surrounded by 4,000 head of cattle and a herd of wild mustangs. She laughingly calls herself a "desperate housewife" and home-schools her four kids, ages 12, 10, 7 and 5. In 2006, she launched a blog, thepioneerwoman.com, to chronicle daily life on the ranch. Last year, the popular blog received three Bloggies and was named among the top 25 blogs by Time magazine. She also wrote and took all the photos for her first cookbook, "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes From an Accidental Country Girl" (William Morrow, $27.50). It has remained in Amazon.com's top 10 since publication in October. She recently answered a few questions...read more