Chicken cacciatore is a classic Italian dish typically made with chicken, mushrooms, onions, garlic and various spices including thyme, parsley, and oregano and served over pasta or rice. It’s referred to as a “hunters stew” and in the past has also been know to be made with rabbit.

Though not traditional, more modern preparations of the dish include chopped tomatoes which results in a sauce instead of the gravy that the chicken on its own produces.
Chicken Cacciatore
from Martha Stewart
1-1/2 3-pound chickens, cut into 12 pieces
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 pounds cremini mushrooms or white mushrooms, quartered
2 large onions, sliced 1/4 …read more

I love Martha Stewart. I don’t care what people say, I think she’s cool. Having said that, I don’t actually want to be like her. I just want to be able to do a few things that she could do in the kitchen, cooking, gardening, decorating, crafting, etc. My affinity for the woman made me laugh at the cute Martha Stewart Novelty cutting boards from Macy’s. I didn’t know she has things like these in her product list. But then again, why wouldn’t she?
This Martha Stewart Collection Mouse Novelty Cutting Board is on sale for $17.97. a buyer from Macy’s …read more

When I mentioned making your own bouquets, corsages, and floral arrangements for weddings and special events, Lynn of Celebrate Green, shares with us the lovely story of how she made the bouquet for her son and daughter-in-law’s wedding.  Such a lovely memory!
This post [Flowers for Weddings and Special Times] brought back memories. When our younger son got married, his wife was so busy she had no time to prepare for the wedding, so Chip took over. When we arrived, he had a two-page spread from a Martha Stewart wedding magazine ready for me. It outlined how to make a bouquet. He’d bought …read more

Martha Stewart will be awarded the ASPCA Presidential Service Award on April 23 at a black-tie gala in the Plaza Hotel in New York City. She’s being honored for her dedication to promoting compassion toward animals and her celebration of the human-animal bond.

In a recent news release from ASPCA, Martha Stewart said, “My life has been greatly enriched by the many pets I have cared for over the years. I am deeply committed to the values the ASPCA embraces, and am honored to be receiving this award.”
Did you realize Martha Stewart has such a soft spot for animals? She launched …read more

I am no Martha Stewart, but I like to entertain. I also am not much of a cook, but I love to spend hours in the kitchen working on a meal. For the most part, none of our dinner parties have been disasters. This weekend may have been our first exception.
To be honest, it wasn’t a total disaster. I just violated some common sense rules of hosting. Like, stay within your comfort zone. We hosted a couple we only barely knew. They had invited us to dinner at their house in December and it took us three months to return …read more

As a woman who does not have children, I find that I often find myself observing the antics of teenage girls and their relationships with their parents.
One of my favorite teenage stories is the one in which my neighbor’s daughter blurts out to her friends: “If my mother were Martha Stewart, I’d know how to cook.”
I really felt like running over there and saying:
“Wait, you mean to tell me you know how to text your girlfriends or get a video blog uploaded, but you don’t know how to look up one of Martha’s recipes and cook a meal??”
I know that …read more

Have you ever started the day, took a look around the house or office and said, “I’m in total Martha mode, I can do it.”
So here was the project that I wanted to tackle…simple really. I had a vase of white roses on the table that looked like they were on their way out…but maybe had a day or so left in them.
A Ha! Martha moment! I will remove the long stemmed roses from the vase, trim them and place them in the base of my white English teapot. Had the potential to appear in a Town and …read more

Everytime I think to myself that I just can’t take Martha Stewart anymore, she comes up with a neat idea. Check out her recipes for Halloween “Creepcakes”:
As with ALL of Martha’s projects, you have to be really organized AND live near great craft and baking supply stores:
RESOURCES
Black sanding sugar (#601344), $1.99 for 4 oz., from Sweet Celebrations, 800-328-6722 or www.sweetc.com. Candies from Dylan’s Candy Bar, 646-735-0078 or www.dylanscandybar.com.
DECORATING TECHNIQUES
To decorate, use marshmallows and candy-coated chocolates for whites of eyes; jelly beans or gumdrops for peepers with an eerie glow. For pupils, paint on melted chocolate (microwave 1/2 cup chocolate …read more

Seriously, whether you admire her or choose to make fun of her…there are times when one of Martha’s ideas truly “is a good thing.”
Recently, during my profoundly relaxing (or brain-cell-numbing) vacation, I caught some of Martha’s “Premier Week”! (I say that with all of the enthusiasm that peeling potatoes gives me.)
Doesn’t she sometimes look and sound like a 4th grade teacher from “back in the day” as Rachael Ray likes to say? (More on Rachael’s “Premier Week!” in a minute.)
Anyway, I love Hydrangeas — in fact, outside my office window is a gorgeous bush that has grown into a healthy …read more

Do you know the old “how many so & so’s does it take to screw in a light bulb” joke?
Well, in my case it takes a guy named Mark and his team of workers from myhandyman.com. Yard needs cleaning, it’s landscape guy. Faucet leaks, it’s plumber guy. Curtains hung, it window treatment guy…painting guy, electrical guy, lamp-post guy, power wash guy, deck-stain guy, gutter guy…and on and on and ON.
“Just call the guy” is a phrase uttered more frequently in our home than “dinner’s ready.”
Notice none of these examples end with “husband guy”? He’s in almost the same shape as …read more