Ladies and gents, family and friends: The time has come to announce our plan for 2011’s challenge. We’re calling it Cucina Fresca, which translates to “Fresh Kitchen” in Italian. The votes have been tallied, and a vast majority of you …

Dear Pioneer Woman, We’ve spent the last year calling you by name almost daily, believing that you are our distant aunt, cousin, sister, friend, confidante. We have loved your book with the intensity of a favorite novel; pages are splattered …

We made you an index, because we’re VERY nice and we’d like you all to check back and remember the Pioneer Woman challenge any time you want… Angel Sugar Cookies Basic Breakfast potatoes BBQ Jalapeno poppers Beans Braised Beef Brisket …

Last weekend, we came two steps closer to completing the Pioneer Woman Challenge and spent a full day cooking up the braised beef brisket (about 4 hours) and burgundy mushrooms (9 hours). Step 1. Mix up a delicious marinade, and …

Pioneer Woman’s Roasted Beef Tenderloin and Olive Cheese Bread – completed 11.19.2010 Start with some meat. Sear it a little. Mix up some herbs, some oil and some bacon grease to rub on the meat. Comme ca. Cook for a …

We’ve only got 8 recipes left folks! We’re in the home stretch, now! This Saturday, we’ll knock out two more by making The Pioneer Woman’s braised beef brisket and the burgundy mushrooms. Both recipes will require an entire day of …

On Halloween, because we don’t know how to relax, we decided to cap off a weekend of craft nights, cross-town moves, and costume parties by inviting a couple (or four) friends over for some Pioneer Woman breakfast recipes. On the …

Well folks, since it’s nearly May, and we’re 4 months in, I thought it best to give a PW Challenge update. As of today, we are 18 recipes in. That’s about 28 %. Which is more than 25%. Which is …

We trust the PW. Always. And so, we made her baked lemon pasta, as a prep to our cooking all the recipes in her lovely cookbook. But, of course, we decided to add mushrooms. Mushrooms to put in some wine. …

While those mushrooms were going, there were potatoes in the oven, rolls rising, green beans boiling, and most importantly, steaks to prepare. These need some salt, pepper, oregano, and maybe a little A1 sauce. There… That’s better… Grill just a …