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Title: Parties and Projects for the Holidays: Christmas With Martha Stewart Living by Amy Conway, Martha Stewart Living Magazine ISBN: 0-609-80593-2 Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another Martha Classic!
Comment: Here's another Martha book for the collection! With all the ideas and beautiful pictures, it's a book that sure to inspire most to creating beautiful tables and decorations for your own spectacular party!
Rating: 2
Summary: Mediocre for Martha
Comment: In this month's (Nov. 2000) issue of ************************, Martha's traditional opening letter proudly describes the way she gave a presentation to potential stockholders about "spreading our costs of creating fresh and timely and evergreen content." What that means for us, Martha's consumptive public, is increasingly recycled content, which is unfortunately the case in this book.
While previous Holiday books have also consisted of compilations of recipes and projects from the magazine, they were richly useful and well-organized. This book doesn't even bother to reformat the original content. The book is divided into three parts - "The Parties," "The Projects," and "The Recipes." So, "The Parties," are basically reprinted articles from the magazine in their original "story" form, whose recipes are inconveniently clustered at the back. Of course, the quality of the recipes is high - included in this book are my favorite cookie recipe ever (Torie's Oatmeal cookies), and you'll be interested in the menus if you're thinking of making crown roast or roast goose this year. "Party plan" timelines are also included. However, I see no real reason to buy this book if you've subscribed to the magazine for a few years, or what advantage this book has over the newly released compilation of MSL recipes.
"The Projects" section's obvious intended highlight is the creation of the candy decorations featured on the cover. People with children might be interested in this, as there is a menu devoted to accompany a "Candy Craft Party with Kids," with the quintessentially traditional peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches, mac and cheese, little pigs-in-blankets, and cocoa with candy canes. Other projects, like ideas for giveaways, are skimpily represented.
On the whole, I am a great fan of Martha's, but I find previous Holiday books, such as "Christmas with Martha Stewart Living," or "Handmade Christmas" more charming.
Rating: 4
Summary: It's About Time!!
Comment: After searching for several years for a Christmas craft book that is simple enough for the average person to follow, Martha Stewarts "Parties and Projects for the Holidays" hit the spot. She does an excellent job of illustrating the instructions to make them easy to follow. She also included some great crafts for children of all ages in this book. Not only are there these beautiful crafts for us to try, but just as many good recipes. A definate and all around great buy!!
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Title: Crafts and Keepsakes for the Holidays: Christmas With Martha Stewart Living by Martha Stewart ISBN: 0609804405 Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Decorating for the Holidays: Christmas With Martha Stewart Living by Martha Stewart ISBN: 0609803360 Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA) Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Martha Stewart's Christmas: Entertaining, Decorating and Giving by Christopher Baker ISBN: 0517881020 Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Holidays: Recipes, Gifts and Decorations : Thanksgiving & Christmas by Martha Stewart ISBN: 051788271X Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Classic Crafts and Recipes Inspired by the Songs of Christmas: Christmas With Martha Stewart Living by Martha Stewart ISBN: 0609809377 Publisher: Clarkson N Potter Publishers Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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