With 500 glorious full-color photographs, 300 original recipes, and hundreds of innovative ideas, Entertaining is the book that revolutioniz...
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Jun 23, 2009
Julie H.
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So I've seen this cookbook trashed elsewhere, and I should preface this review with the fact that I have a sign hanging in my kitchen that reads, "Martha Stewart doesn't live here." That said, I have made many many dishes from this book and have identified several items that I only make using these recipes (e.g., the potato salad with dill vinegraite and the sugar cookies with brandy [I subsitute cherry brandy:] are unbeatable). If you ignore the somewhat self-congratulatory tone, yo
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Nov 13, 2010
Monica
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I found this book among the piles my mother in law was going to throw away, so I snagged it. This is the 1982 version - nearly 30 years old, and what surprises me is how classic the lady's taste is. Not one thing was "trendy" for the time, or made me go "ewww - I'd never think of doing that now. How ugly." She's just kind of timeless in her perfection. And, of course, it's all "perfection" in this entertaining book, and something I am positive that I will never
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Feb 15, 2009
Sherry
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This was one of the first cookbooks I bought when I started entertaining. It's like all of her books - Playboy for the homemaker - you know your stuff will never look like this but you can't help vicariously staring at the gorgeous stuff in the photos and thinking "well maybe someday ..."
Dec 29, 2010
Shereese
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I actually own the initial edition of this book. It was a gift from my husband. I don't know where he found it. Martha had longer hair on the cover and seemed quite homely.
Sep 28, 2011
Pam
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Purchased this book by "the great one"!It did not disappoint_but some of the recipes,etc...would take years for me to complete!
Jul 29, 2011
Catherine
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very dated now, but it is the classic book, and when it came out, it made her a star
Nov 26, 2010
Ellen
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It's Martha's first book, and it's good just like everything else. She wrote it in the 80's so it is a little more out of touch with reality than usual.
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