Martha's Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations Hardcover – October 25, 2011

Its my favourite bok to browse with afternoon tea. I find the pictures soothing, inspiring and make me want to bake and cook LOL! WIsh Martha will publish more books on entertaining.

What care was taken in shipping! My book was wrapped as if a present, then carefully and tightly boxed for no damage. A note included with inspirational quotes and kind words sure made my day. The Entertaining book full of great pictures and recipes. Thank you seller

I saw this book in a bookstore just after it was published. I leafed through it & then saw the price ($75!). That was too rich for my pocketbook, too rich even as a Christmas or birthday gift. I was given the original Entertaining book when it was first published back in the 80's & immediately fell in love with all things Martha. I have subscribed to her magazine since its launch. I own most of her books. I was in serious withdrawl when her television show went off the air. I had a better opportunity to actually read through the new Entertaining book when I borrowed it from the library. It is truly a sumptuous volume. The only other book I can compare it to is one about Valentino, which was also in my library. With at least 4 homes & a yacht to his credit he outdoes even Martha. That said, I enjoyed Martha's Entertaining so much when I actually read it that I bought a copy for myself. Thanks to Amazon's Used Books section I was able to snap up a copy in very good condition for under $15!! I may not be able to replicate her lifestyle, but I found many interesting ideas for doing things in new ways when it comes to entertaining. The storylines & photos are what one would expect from Martha & Co. - seemingly effortless & spectacularly tasteful. I would dearly love to go through her cupboards! The text is well written & the recipes, while not abundant are elegant and doable. While I would never have spent full price to have this book, I am very happy to have my own copy. Well done Martha & very well done Amazon!

So heavy. Big. Really nice, but so heavy. Hard to move around.

This is a luscious book! Compiled over a 3 year period, it contains a series of events that Martha has put on showing wonderful photos of each. Photos are primarily of the food, table settings, locales, flowers, etc. Whatever you think of Martha, she does publish books to perfection. The photos are lush and inviting. Paper quality is superb. Although I purchased this book used it is worth every penny full price. Also, all recipes are contained at the back of the book vs. within the pages of each event. I liked that because you didn't feel distracted from viewing the photos by having recipes interspersed within each event. If you keep a library of food/recipe books, this one should be a mandatory addition. It's a book that - I believe - one can go back to again-and-again and will be enjoyed for years to come.

I will say, I feel that MS puts out some of the best cookbooks I have seen and I have plenty! Her Entertaining book is beautiful. One thing I don't like is the recipes in a separte area (back of the book). The photos are beautiful makes me want to get "things" for entertaining! How do I compare it to her first one, second for sure. I still like the orginal best. Why? I'm into holidays and I give a lot of gifts at that time of year and I'm always going back to it and her Christmas book (if you don't have it, get it!). One thing I would like to see MS put out is another holiday book. I feel it's time! Being a Christmas one fabulous. I guess it's a wait and see for me. So I would say, get it! It's big and beautiful and very good.

Love every bit of this book had to offer. I am an avid subscriber of her Living magazine and follower of her blog but I still find this book extremely entertaining. It inspires anyone to grasp the concept of "entertaining" through the beautiful coffeetable type photos and well described pages. It does not even attempt to dictate the reader that the only place possible to lavishly celebrate life is to live in Maine. It teaches us to embrace the beauty of what you have, where you live and add a bit more passion to it. I would definitely consider this as a perfect gift to guests during the holidays.

I was skeptic al to order a used book but I took the chance and received a book listed as very good and it was definitely all that and more. I am so pleased to own this coffee table book. It's a very big and beautiful book but it's all fabulous because it's Martha. I'd use this company again and as always I felt safe because I ordered thru Amazon.