Ricky Lauren, Cuisine, Lifestyle, and Legend of the Double RL Ranch | 
| Author: Ricky Lauren
Publisher: Assouline
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 349104
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised & Revised
Pages: 279
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 9.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 2843238838
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9782843238833
ASIN: 2843238838
Publication Date: November 1, 2006
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Wonderful Lifestyle by Ricky Lauren March 25, 2008
Isis L. Primus (Scottsdale, AZ USA)
Ricky Lauren wife of Ralph Lauren has published a great book with allot of recipes and pictures of their Double RL Ranch. I just wish they would have chosen a better quality of paper for this wonderful book. For the price I feel that should have been done. But I am still happy with this purchase, I love their style Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Lauren are American Classics.
Isis Primus
Scottsdale, AZ
A BEAUTY OF A BOOK December 29, 2007
Gail Cooke (TX, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
And, yes, a beauty of a book is exactly what one expects from Ricky Lauren, wife of a preeminent arbiter of taste, Ralph Lauren. However, this satisfying volume is far from a glossy paged fashion journal, it's the narrative of a life well lived remembered through seasons of the year and meals shared.
The Laurens bought their Colorado ranch in early 1982. For Ricky, she says it was a dream come true because as a child she had watched Western movies and longed to be a cowgirl. Little did she know then that her childhood imagining would actually come true. In this richly illustrated coffee table book filled with thoughts and recipes she shares the fruition of her early dream.
Beginning with summer she describes the meadows that have come alive with flowers and the startling blue of the vast Colorado sky. She loves the natural beauty that surrounds them as is evident by her description of an early morning hike: "Here we are, the mesa, the meadows, the pines, the mountains, the flowers, and me, all bathed in the same glorious sunlight under the deep, rich Colorado blue sky." Glorious double page photos are testament to her words.
Fall at the ranch is another palette of colors and there is frost in the air. Meals are hearty with full breakfasts to start the day. A typical morning menu consists of Challah French Toast, Buckwheat Fruit Crepes, Lox, Eggs & Onions with Assorted Bagels, and Corn Muffins with Strawberry Preserves. (Recipes for all of the menu items are included.)
Winter brings snow and after a two-day snowfall the accumulation was two feet high in some places with drifts reaching to five feet. It's warm inside but the Lauren family can't resist saddling up to explore the white vastness or ride their snowmobiles. A lunch of Elk Draw Chicken Potpie or Deep Dish Pizza is welcome and warming.
Spring unfolds with a world of promise and as Ricky puts it " a life affirming energy."
Gorgeous photographs, bits of history, tempting recipes, and personal musings all in one lovely volume - enjoy!
Highly recommended.
- Gail Cooke
 east moves west October 11, 2007
P. R. Decker (Ridgway, Colorado)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
A lovely coffee-table book, with plenty of glossy photos of Lauren's glitzy ranch and his family in Ridgway, Colorado. For those of us who live in Ridgway, very few of recipe ingredients are available locally. Best to live in New York City close to Zabar's Deli to take full advantage of the "western" meals. The book also includes an inaccurate, but romantic, history of the area surrounding Lauren's atypical cattle ranch,a created nirvana where the western image is more evident and important than a authentic "working ranch."
 Thumbs up from Nantucket May 12, 2007
Ann W (Nantucket)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unique take on cuisine, this book is easy for anyone to follow. It is refreshing to see a cookbook that contains menus for everyone in the house. We are a family of vegetarians as well as carnivores so this cookbook was thumbs up for us. As a cookbook collector I am glad to say this book not only is a beautiful addition to my collection but it has taken center stage on the must use recipe shelf. The photos have capture the eyes of several house guest but the recipes made them order a copy for their own home. Thanks Ricky!
 Double RL Ranch by Ricky Lauren January 17, 2007
PointerSisterfan (Atlanta)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I thought that this book though very nice would have more photos from the region instead of so many recipes. My dad lives in the area, so I was interested in photographs of the area.
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