Martha Stewart Living (1-year auto-renewal)

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Martha Stewart brings her strong background of cooking and decorating to the magazine world with Martha Stewart Living magazine. Designed by Stewart herself, each issue features unique ideas that are similar to those found on her hit television shows and in her books. With tips from the professional homemaker herself, each issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine contains hundreds of ideas and tips for cooking, decorating, and craft projects.

Originally launched in the 1990s, the early issues complemented the television show, highlighting some of the projects that Stewart completed on the program. Since the end of the television series, the magazine has devoted itself to providing readers with the same tips and projects that Stewart does in her spare time. In a special Ask Martha section, readers can write questions that Stewart herself will answer about cleaning, craft supplies, and similar topics.

Martha Stewart Living magazine divides itself into sections devoted to decorating and cooking. The recipes change according to the seasons, because Stewart believes on using the freshest produce available. Many issues of Martha Stewart Living magazine cover topics related to upcoming events and holidays, including holiday issues with more than fifty cookie recipes inside and Halloween issues with tips on decorating your home for the season or decorating for a party. Each issue also includes a few simple craft projects and ideas for storing items and organizing your home.

A subscription to Martha Stewart Living magazine gives you all the tips that you need to turn your home into a place where Martha would proudly live.

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Martha Stewart Living is for discerning, quality-conscious readers. It celebrates the simple things people do in their everyday lives: gardening, entertaining, renovating, cooking, collecting and creating. We encourage our readers to dream, then show them how to realize their dreams.

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• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Martha Stewart Living
• ASIN: B002PXW0EO
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #4 in Magazines > Food & Gourmet > Quick & Easy
  • #7 in Magazines > Food & Gourmet > Recipes & Techniques
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58 of 60 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as out-of-touch as she's made out to be March 3, 2002

By A Customer

Subscription Term Name:1 year

Many people find themselves either daunted or turned off by the mention of "Martha Stewart." I find many aspects of the magazine surprisingly accessible, however. For example, I taught myself how to make jam several years ago based on step-by-step instructions in one of her magazines--something I'd never seen anywhere else. Now you may be thinking, "Right--like when do I have time to make jam?" I don't have time to make jam anymore either--but although there are certainly "snobby" aspects to the Martha Stewart empire, I credit her for actually being more down-to-earth than most people give her credit for. Making jam, for example, wasn't as difficult and out-of-reach as I'd made it out to be in my mind. Her recipes aren't that outlandish--as, for example, you're likely to find in Gourmet or Food and Wine. Certainly, one can be cynical and criticize Martha for sentimentalizing the idea of the Home--but on another level, I find that she reminds me to slow down and invest energy in this place I call my Home. No, I can't tackle all her projects--but they aren't as ridiculous as they've been parodied to be. Her step-by-step instructions are excellent.

54 of 60 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars style for the masses July 17, 2004

By Alejandra Vernon HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Subscription Term Name:1 year

This is a fine magazine with truly scrumptious recipes if you're into the kitchen/food thing, home ideas that one can actually use (or that will inspire one to do something similar), and exquisite photography, usually quite stark and simple, of ways to enhance the aesthetic beauty of one's life.
One can serve a plain meal of soup and bread, and make it look like a feast, if you get into Martha's way of looking at things, and it does not take a spending spree to have a "Martha Look". Her basic table settings tend to be white china (one can use mix and match white plates from the local thrift store), clear glass, and colorful fabric...add some well shaped twigs in a glass vase for a centerpiece, and voila ! you have a table that could be shown in this lovely magazine; a rule for "The Look" seems to be the absence of clutter.

Of the regular monthly articles, I like "Ask Martha", which solves problems posed by readers, from health issues to how best to clean your eyeglasses, to "How can I get the coating on my chicken to stay in place when I am frying it ?".
"Clip-Art Craft" is another I appreciate, where in the August '04 edition for example, there are attractive templates for postcards, which one can copy onto card stock, glue a 4 x 6 photo to, and send to your friends. It's another grand idea from Martha !
You'll find articles on antiques, pets, gardening, seasonal fruits and vegetables, and much more, and on the last page, the yummy "Cookie of the Month".

Martha Stewart has brought style and good merchandise at affordable prices for those of us who are budget conscious, but like nice things.... I have bought her bedding, and her bathroom accessories have graceful shapes and are an excellent value, and this magazine is one of my favorite aspects of the "Martha industry". The Patricians I know are not usually kind to Martha, but Proles & Plebes like me tend to greatly appreciate her.
Martha, we're going to stick by you through thick and thin ! Read more ›

88 of 105 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars What happened Martha? March 22, 2002

By h

Subscription Term Name:1 year

I have been subscribing to Martha Stewart for ages. I love her TV show...and while I think she is a mildly obsessed person to take on all her tasks, I have learned many valuable tips from her magazines. I consider myself a pretty crafty person and I owe alot of great ideas to the Great One.

These past two years however, I have noticed a huge change in the quality of her magazine subscription. In the beginning, she devoted many pages to crafting and collecting, a few pages to great recipes and gardening...but now all I see anymore are expensive ads. Literally, her magazine has grown into a very hefty 40% ad content. I give her credit for choosing elegant and high style ads as sponsers, but as I flip through the pages ALL I notice now are designer, perfume, clothing, and bedding ads. I sometimes wonder if amidst all the new crafty and quickly blooming Martha-style versions of her own creation, if she needs more and more money from these sponsers to support the turn-out of her subscriptions. And yes, I have begun to leaf through some of these new "good things" take-offs. Many are great and do not have all the clutter of unwanted ads. I think, for myself, this might be my last year with Martha...it's time to try something new(and a lot less expensive). As a true fan though, I still highly recommend her fabulous TV show and her published books on cooking, gardening, and crafting. You will find no annoying fillers in her beautiful, harcover books.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars She's an inspiration December 20, 2001

By A Customer

Subscription Term Name:1 year

I've bought all her magazines since 1997 from Living to Weddings to Baby to Kids to all her Special Issues and I love them all. I've kept every single issue. Martha is a teacher. I've learnt how to make bridal bouquets with her awesome step-by-step instructions (Summer 2000, page 128) How to clean hard-wood floors (Sept '01, page 130) annual gardening issues (March). Articles featuring various types of tomatoes, squash, eggplants, peppercorns, mustard ... the list is endless. Her 101 articles is awesome too, e.g. pumpkin pie 101, fried chicken 101. I enjoy cooking from her recipes (and also Julia Child's 'Way to Cook' - whom I admire tremendously as well). Cooking, gardening, house-keeping ... it's all a passion, it's how well you want to do it. I wasn't happy just slapping dinner down on the table, each time I cook something, I want it to be even better than the first time I did it. Martha shows you how and she truly loves to teach, when you read the magazine from cover to cover, you will realise that. You will learn many things. Read about a 97 year old gentleman hybridzing at least 150 Siberian Iris, how he did it etc. (March '99) you will be amazed at the colors and his energy. I look forward to seeing it at the news-stands every month. I hope you do too.