Martha Stewart Re-releases "Entertaining"

[Smithy]

Martha Stewart has elicited commentary here for years, both on the pro- and con (heh) side. Whether you like her or not, you must admit that she's been a prolific cookbook writer. 101 cookbooks! Who knew? I certainly didn't.

 

The Washington Post recently published an article stating that she's going to re-release her very first book, Entertaining, long after it's been out of print. The idea is that the 20-somethings now might get as much enjoyment and inspiration from it as those who were 20-something when it first came out in 1982.

 

I have admired the photos of spreads she's put on, and in my copy of The Cake Bible (Rose Levy Berenbaum) there is an admirable wedding cake designed and executed by Ms. Stewart. Nonetheless I've never aspired to be her or to emulate her. Heck...I look around at my house at this moment and wonder whether I'll manage to get the floors vacuumed before my best friend arrives for a visit tomorrow!

 

I therefore found this article in the Washington Post quite entertaining. 

 

After 101 books, Martha Stewart is re-pitching her first one to Gen Z by Jura Koncius

 

I've posted the link as a gift article, but some of you have indicated in other posts that the paywall is insurmountable. With that in mind, I've copied and here pasted the paragraph I found especially entertaining, about Ms. Koncius's first party. She had settled on a menu titled "Cocktails for 25". She wrote:

 

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The menu suggested eight canapés, including the now-famous Snow Peas With St. Andre. The day of the gathering, I assembled my 60 “tender young snow peas” and a half pound of Boursin cheese. First, I slit the slippery pea slivers. It was like wrestling a sardine. Then came the messy job of cramming the cheese into a sliced pea opening the size of an eyelid. In the end, I ditched the garnish of “a small leaf of mint just poking out of the snow pea.” Four hours left until party time. Seven hors d’oeuvres to go.

 

I can see myself all too clearly in that incident. Anyone else going to look into the book? Or do you already have the original?

[ElsieD]

I had the original but no longer have it.  There was a recipe I used to make out of that book but I can't remember what it was.  It certainly wasn't the snow peas.

 

PS I had no trouble accessing the article.

Edited 6 hours ago by ElsieD
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