Martha Stewart

24 p. : 24 cm

"[A] handbook for living your healthiest life after 40, with expertise from doctors and specialists on eating, exercising, wellness, and organizing, as well as caring for others"--P. of cover.

Martha shares her expertise in home maintenance and care. Graced with charts, sidebars, illustrated techniques, and personal anecdotes from Martha's decades of experience caring for her homes, this is more than just a compendium of ways to keep your house clean. It covers everything from properly executing a living room floor plan to setting a formal table; from choosing HEPA filters to sealing soapstone countertops; from organizing your home office to polishing your silver and caring for family heirlooms.--From publisher description.

In this love letter to American food, Martha Stewart, who has so significantly influenced the American table, collects her most favorite national dishes, as well as the stories and traditions behind them. These are recipes that will delight you with nostalgia, inspire you, and teach you about our nation by way of its regions and their distinctive flavors. Above all, these are time-honored recipes that you will turn to again and again. Organized geographically, the 200 recipes in "Martha's American Food" include main dishes such as comforting Chicken Pot Pies, easy Grilled Fish Tacos, irresistible Barbecued Ribs, and hearty New England Clam Chowder. Here, too, are thoroughly modern starters, sides, and one-dish meals that harness the bounty of each region's seasons and landscape: Hot Crab Dip, Tequila-Grilled Shrimp, Indiana Succotash, Chicken and Andouille Gumbo, Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Whitefish, and Whole-Wheat Spaghetti with Meyer Lemon, Arugula, and Pistachios. And you will want to leave room for dessert, with dozens of treats such as Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie, New York Cheesecake, and Peach and Berry Cobbler. Through sidebars about the flavors that define each region and stunning photography that brings the foods--and the places with which we identify them--to life, Martha celebrates the unique character of each part of the country. With all the dishes that inspire pride in our national cuisine, "Martha's American Food "gathers, in one place, the recipes that will surely please your family and friends for generations to come.

Culinary master Martha Stewart teaches you how to hold a chef's knife, select the very best ingredients, truss a chicken, make a perfect pot roast, prepare every vegetable, bake a flawless pie crust, and much more. Includes 200 all-new recipes with step-by-step photographs.

A collection of 150 recipes for pies and tarts that contains step-by-step instructions, photographs, and make-ahead tips and tricks.

Etchings and descriptions depict such holidays as Christmas, Halloween, and Thanksgiving.

52 seasonal menus for nearly every occasion.