Cyndi Kane (also known widely as "Hyacinth, " Ree Drummond's best friend) has homeschooled her four children for nearly twenty years and has always had a side hustle of some sort-founder of a homeschool community, radio talk show host, entrepreneur. Her busy life necessitated a streamlined dinner regimen, so her expedited cooking methods were borne out of need (or desperation!). Cyndi's and Ree's families are "fifth-generation friends, " following in the footsteps of their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents-in-law; she is featured in Ree's book Little Ree: Best Friends Forever!, has appeared at least a dozen times on Ree's Food Network show The Pioneer Woman, and is frequently featured in The Pioneer Woman magazine on thepioneerwoman.com.
Cyndi also founded an e-commerce site www.houseofhyacinth.com, where she partners with influencers to design, manufacture, and sell kitchen and tabletop accessories. She lives in Pawhuska and Oklahoma City, where her husband, John, is a Supreme Court Justice for the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Ree Drummond is the author of seven #1 New York Times bestselling cookbooks in the Pioneer Woman Cooks series, the New York Times bestsellers Frontier Follies and The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, and many bestselling children's books.
Her award-winning website, The Pioneer Woman, was founded in 2006, and her top-rated cooking show, The Pioneer Woman, premiered on Food Network in 2011. In the years that followed, Ree launched The Pioneer Woman Magazine, a well-loved line of kitchen and home products at Walmart, and a restaurant, bakery, store, and other businesses in her hometown of Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She lives on a working ranch with her husband, Ladd, and has five adult kids who come home for family meals whenever they can!