Martha travels to Stissing House in upstate New York to see how chef and restaurateur Clare de Boer does a beautiful and decadent Christmas dinner in a wood-burning oven.
Martha's friend, Chef Eric Ripert shares his take on a Christmas Eve seafood dinner. From tuna carpaccio to filleting flatfish, Eric's expertise will make Christmas Eve dinner unforgettable!
The holidays are all about entertaining, decorating, and giving! Martha and her friend Kevin are celebrating Christmas with eggnog, holiday crafts for a beautiful centerpiece and personalized gifts.
Martha and her friend and food stylist Jason Schreiber detail all the steps to make incredible gingerbread houses from start to finish including the perfect gingerbread recipe for sturdy construction.
Martha shares treasured Eastern European cookie recipes: a family favorite of Martha's, chrusciki, feather-light goose feet, jam-filled kolache, and spiced pryaniki
Martha bakes her favorite cookies: brown sugar chocolate chip, old-fashioned lemon-sugar, sables, chewy chocolate ginger-molasses, and glazed citrus doodles
Martha demonstrates how to make shortbread: traditional wedges, lemon bars with brown-butter crust, brown-sugar pecan cookies, and pumpkin tart with shortbread crust
Martha demonstrates how to make special occasion cookies: vanilla and chocolate shortbread swirls, embellished wreaths with sugared flowers, and cherry blossom cookies
Martha shares three renowned French cookies: papillons (elephant ears), French meringues in a rainbow of colors and flavors, and buttery Bretons
Martha makes three of her favorite Italian cookies: buccellati cookies (filled with pecans, figs, and raisins), wafer cookies (anise pizzelle), and diamond-shaped zaleti
Martha and her niece Sophie make Martha's favorite Christmas cookies together including Martha's mother's noel nut balls, classic sugar cookies, Viennese crescent cookies, and cookie press cookies.
Martha and her closest friends create the perfect homemade food gifts for the holidays from caramel popcorn and fancy nut mix to Martha's favorite homemade holiday cocktails.
Martha and Pierluigi Mazzella share their Christmas bread traditions by baking panettone bread and Kris Kringle bread pudding. Later, Kevin Sharkey constructs an easy yet elegant Christmas wreath.
Martha travels to Stissing House in upstate New York to see how chef and restaurateur Clare de Boer does a beautiful and decadent Christmas dinner in a wood-burning oven.
Martha's friend, Chef Eric Ripert shares his take on a Christmas Eve seafood dinner. From tuna carpaccio to filleting flatfish, Eric's expertise will make Christmas Eve dinner unforgettable!
American Decorates: Planting an Urn with Dwarf Conifers, American Decorates Montage (Field Trip), Felt Holly Napkin Rings, No-Sew Felt Tree Skirt, Braised Lamb Shoulder, Spaetzle
Martha shares three delicious Dutch cookie recipes: brown sugar and cinnamon speculaas, caramel-filled stroopwafels, and buttery arnhemse meisjes
Martha shares three authentic Greek cookie recipes: walnut and honey baklava, pine and anise-flavored kourabiedes, and paximadia (with orange, sesame seeds, and ouzo)
Martha explores cookies of the Middle East: geometrically patterned maamoul with dates, festive Iranian rice cookies, and tahini cookies
Martha bakes three classic cookies of Great Britain: traditional Scottish shortbread, Welsh bakestones, and Celtic knot cookies (known for their intricate trefoil pattern)