The Martha Stewart Living Christmas Cookbook

Represents more than a decade's worth of original recipes that celebrate the Christmas season, and a selection of favorite holiday menus, from relaxed breakfasts to formal dinners.

Recipes in this book represent more than a decade's worth of developing, testing, retesting, writing, and editing.

A collection of traditional holiday crafts and recipes offers seasonal drinks and desserts, Christmas decorations, design tips, gift suggestions, cash projects, and other festive items featuring a variety of materials.

Offers advice on planning menus and table setting for different types of parties, including Texas barbecues, skating parties, and country picnics.

A collection of holiday ideas from "Martha Stewart Living" magazine encompasses craft projects, party recipes, decorations, gifts, and ornaments

52 seasonal menus for nearly every occasion.

A year-round collection of holiday and special occasion recipes is culled from Martha Stewart's magazine and includes tips on decorating and preparation

This enhanced edition of Martha Stewart’s Cooking School includes 31 instructional step-by-step videos and hundreds of color photographs that demonstrate the fundamental cooking techniques that every home cook should know. Imagine having Martha Stewart at your side in the kitchen, teaching 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. In Martha Stewart’s Cooking School, you get just that: a culinary master class from Martha herself, with lessons for home cooks of all levels. Never before has Martha written a book quite like this one. Arranged by cooking technique, it’s aimed at teaching you how to cook, not simply what to cook. Delve in and soon you’ll be roasting, broiling, braising, stewing, sautéing, steaming, and poaching with confidence and competence. In addition to the techniques, you’ll find more than 200 sumptuous, all-new recipes that put the lessons to work, along with invaluable step-by-step photographs to take the guesswork out of cooking. You’ll also gain valuable insight into equipment, ingredients, and every other aspect of the kitchen to round out your culinary education. Featuring more than 500 gorgeous color photographs, Martha Stewart’s Cooking School is the new gold standard for everyone who truly wants to know his or her way around the kitchen.