Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living [Paperback]

Editors of Martha Stewart Living (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 20, 1994

Here are hundreds of the best ideas for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year's, collected from the pages of Martha Stewart Living, one of America's hottest and fastest growing magazines. Includes party recipes, entertainment ideas, table settings, decorations, gifts, wrappings, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Nobody knows the holidays like Martha Stewart, and here she gives you all the information you need to have a spectacular Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. Martha and her crew provide you with a hearty Thanksgiving feast featuring Quail with Brussels Sprouts and Shallots, Garlic Roast Potatoes, and Roast Fennel. Later she offers up a tasty but simple family breakfast for Christmas morning and a sumptuous Christmas dinner centered around a Loin of Venison with Red-Currant Bordelaise and Roast Capon with Wild Rice Sourdough Stuffing. The lower-key New Year's Eve dinner of five dishes may be more appealing to kitchen novices.

Even if you're not planning a huge party, you'll still find the book useful for more simple ideas--chapters on homemade gifts, gift-wrapping, and wreaths and garlands provide easy-to-follow directions and lots of advice. The chapter on cookies features 23 different classics, and another chapter offers recipes for six pies plus tips on their assembly and even a list of "our favorite baking apples." Throughout the book you'll find interesting sidebars and beautiful photographs to tempt and inspire you. Maybe you're a new convert, maybe you missed one of the fabled Martha Stewart Living holiday issues, or maybe your copies are too dog-eared to read anymore--Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living will help you make your holidays spectacular. --C.B. Delaney

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Here are hundreds of the best ideas for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year's, collected from the pages of Martha Stewart Living, one of America's hottest and fastest growing magazines. Includes party recipes, entertainment ideas, table settings, decorations, gifts, wrappings, and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House (September 20, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 051788271X
• ISBN-13: 978-0517882719
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.4 x 11 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #587,153 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Expert Advice > Martha Stewart

More About the Author

Martha Stewart is the author of dozens of bestselling books on cooking, entertaining, homekeeping, gardening, weddings, and decorating. She is the host of The Martha Stewart Show, the Emmy-winning daily syndicated television program, and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, which publishes several magazines, including Martha Stewart Living; produces Martha Stewart Living Radio; and provides a wealth of ideas and information on her website.

Customer Reviews

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Looking for a way to make your holidays more elegant?, December 9, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living (Paperback)

This offering from Martha Stewart provides a new, more elegant way to celebrate the holidays. The menus she presents are a refreshing departure from the traditional "turkey and dressing". Her decorating ideas are absolutely exquisite (a fact that did not go unnoticed by our guests). My friends and I enjoyed making the decorations and preparing the meal as much as our guests enjoyed looking at the decorations and eating! I only wish she had provided more decorating ideas.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cookie Recipes are Perfect, December 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Holidays: The Best of Martha Stewart Living (Paperback)

My wife and I use the recipes in this magazine every Christmas. They come out perfect every time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A little creative umph, December 11, 2009

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Sometimes I just need a little creative umph, and Martha Stewart always gives it to me, with class and a fun style that I can call my own. Some of her projects are a little too time consuming, but there are always great ideas I can use.