The Backyard Entertaining Show
Photo: Rob Tannenbaum
Martha learns how to play ladder golf and other classic lawn games in our studio turned backyard! Plus, turn a basic hurricane vase into a rustic knotted hanging decoration, and make crowd-pleasing ice pops.
We're celebrating with lots of fun decor ideas and festive recipes for any occasion, including these "cheeseburger" cupcakes that are perfect for a kid's birthday party. Plus, learn how to make simple, no-sew washcloth favors for a baby shower.
Take your small business to the next level with our show of successful women entrepreneurs. Kathleen King, founder and owner of Tate's Bake Shop, chats about her growing cookie company, plus meet inspiring, up-and-coming businesswomen.
Our egg-cellent celebration includes fun, whimsical decorating ideas, fresh seasonal recipes, and festive how-tos, including beautifully etched eggs.
It's a show bursting with bright colors and bold flavors -- from savory chicken tagine with cranberry-curry couscous to fun fashions. Plus, find out how to make flower arrangements pop.
Chef Emeril Lagasse shares his secrets to making the ultimate steak during this hour for the man in your life! Plus, get a primer on beer with Dogfish Head Brewery founder Sam Calagione, and advice on the perfect suit with Bob Mitchell.
Join Martha for a show dedicated to conserving, protecting, and appreciating our essential resource: water. Craft a charming shell keepsake box to showcase ocean treasures, and use sustainable seafood to make roasted oysters and warm crab fondue.
Don't adjust your TV! We're broadcasting the beauty of black and white with decadent black-and-white butter cookies dipped in chocolate. Plus, a menagerie of adorable black-and-white animals visit the studio.
Master cast-iron cooking with recipes for sausage, arugula, and parsley pizza and a pineapple upside-down cake from Lucinda Scala Quinn of "Mad Hungry." Plus, pan-roasted pork chops and sweet-sour baked beans with chef Hugh Acheson.
Spring's in full bloom in our studio with fresh and bright ideas for the warmer season, including a whimsical terrarium-style butterfly arrangement, a flavorful passion-fruit cheesecake tart recipe, and a scenic mountain painting how-to.
Be inspired to make a difference by meeting a group of ambitious teens and Nancy Lublin, CEO of Do Something, an organization helping young people create social change. Plus, learn pet adoption tips from animal advocate Pia Salk.
We're throwing a Dr. Seuss-inspired birthday party with a colorful recipe for green eggs and ham, a fun fish game how-to, and a visit from The Lorax!
Our studio's popping with the color purple thanks to festive kids' party ideas, favors, and invitations from ultimate party planner Darcy Miller. Plus, actress Ali Wentworth joins Martha to make fun tie-dye T-shirts, and learn how to bake delicious chocolate whoopie pies with violet-hued filling.
We're in a weekend state of mind with a sweet and savory biscuit buffet, a coffee-brewing lesson, and a classic French toast recipe.
Our TV kitchen staff compete in a meal-making challenge, and show how to transform everyday ingredients into fresh recipes for spiced chicken with lentils, beef Stroganoff, gnocchi with sausage, and panko-crusted chicken for less than $20.
An audience of mommies-to-be join Martha for an hour filled with baby gift and decorating ideas. Plus, one expectant mother finds out her baby's gender live on the show!
Snuggle up with homemade orange and raisin scones and a perfectly brewed cup of tea. Plus, learn how to make a fringed scarf.
Meet the Best in Show winner of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, and get essential bathing tips for your pet from animal expert Marc Morrone. Plus, Martha's Chow Chow Ghenghis Khan visits the studio.
Former NFL star Deion Sanders kicks things off with classic chicken-and-dumpling soup, then Martha makes tomato-based Manhattan clam chowder with a pair of New York Giants superfans. Plus, get a Philly cheesesteak-inspired soup recipe.
We're prepping for the big game with a hearty recipe for kale, sausage, and mushroom dip. Plus, chef Floyd Cardoz, 2011 winner of "Top Chef Masters," serves savory steak tacos and crowd-pleasing caramelized onion dip.
Martha opens up her bag of cooking and crafting tricks! Create an affordable and reusable version of the classic lunch sack, fill your grocery bag to make a hearty vegetarian recipe for cauliflower "steaks" with roasted pepper and tomato salad, and discover five must-have satchels and totes.
Martha learns a new way to tone with Bulgarian bag routines from Olympic wrestling coach Ivan Ivanov and fitness specialist Stephen Nave. Plus get an indoor surfing lesson, and master easy yoga techniques.
We're paying tribute to the ever-popular sandwich. Get recipes for the classic French dip and an authentic Italian porchetta sandwich, and learn a twist on the ham and cheese.
Sit back and relax as we share our guide to throwing a spa-themed party, including a bath fizzies party favor how-to, skin-care tips, and a light and easy caesar salad recipe.
We're snowed in with fun and creative ideas! Make comforting, family-friendly macaroni and cheese, and create cute polar-bear decorations. Plus, concoct homemade science experiments with Professor Figgy, our resident mad scientist.
Discover smart ways to manage your money with "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer, and get discount tips from Joanie Demer of the Krazy Coupon Lady.
Randy Fenoli of "Say Yes to the Dress" offers expert dress advice, while Darcy Miller of Martha Stewart Weddings shares fun, DIY ideas. Plus, a delicious dessert buffet how-to.
Master making homemade pasta with tricks of the trade and recipes for gnocchi marinara, spaghetti with garlic, and fresh ricotta raviolini with cherry tomatoes.
Join Martha for a show dedicated to chicken, cupcakes, and baby shower ideas -- all top searches on MarthaStewart.com!
We celebrate the season's best and craziest Christmas sweaters with a fashion show of festive, fun looks! Plus, get into the spirit of the season with hearty recipes for rib roast and Yorkshire pudding.
It's happy hour in our studio! Learn how to set up a bar at home and mix classic cocktails like a pro.
Meet the most adorable pets and learn new ways to feed, clothe, and care for them. Plus, discover the latest in canine couture with Martha's fashion show of dressed-to-the-nines dogs.
It's a celebration of all things sticky with recipes for finger-licking barbecue spareribs, sticky rice, and gooey toffee pudding.
Step into the world of household fatherhood with dad-friendly recipes and an audience full of stay-at-home dads.
Walk on the wild side with an hour full of exotic and adorable animals! Meet and learn about the cutest baby camels and zebras. Plus, a look at penguins and African ravens.
Discover a wonderland of cocoa creations with a show of tantalizing chocolate recipes, including delicious peppermint bark and easy cream-filled sandwich cookies, Plus, a chocolate candy-covered tabletop tree craft.
Join Martha for a Halloween frightfest filled with thrilling and chilling party ideas, and learn how to transform your garage into a haunted house. Plus, actor Justin Long drops by for some wicked fun!
Explore Mexico City's rich heritage with Martha on a tour of its cultural and culinary landmarks.
Wake up with Martha and MSNBC's Willie Geist to learn recipes for cheesy baked eggs and roe-topped scrambled eggs in eggshell cups. Plus, breakfast-inspired "cereal milk" and cornflake-crunch cookies from Momofuku Milk Bar pastry chef Christina Tosi.
Plan your most stylish party ever with a little help from Martha and her team of entertaining experts, and get a look at classic and contemporary party ideas from "Martha's Entertaining" book.
Join Martha for a special show dedicated to breast cancer prevention, with the latest research and healthy lifestyle advice from a dream team of cancer experts.
Watch our TV crafters flex their creative muscles as they attempt to make the best Halloween costumes using just $15 worth of dollar-store products.
Weddings editorial director and ultimate party planner Darcy Miller threw Martha's birthday party, with every detail reflecting Martha's personal interests, like this Scrabble-inspired banner. Get inspired by her ideas and create a birthday bash for someone special.
Martha and chef Emeril Lagasse use freshly grown vegetables from our audience of farmers and Greenmarket vendors. Here, Keha McAlwaine (left) and Leah Rutherford from the Queens County Farm Museum in Floral Park, New York, display their napa cabbage, squash, and kohlrabi.
Sibling bakers Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne of Georgetown Cupcake prepare mini versions of hummingbird cake, a traditional Southern treat made with bananas, pecans, and pineapple, on a show dedicated to sisterhood. "The relationship you have with your sister is like no other relationship.... You can bicker and fight in the worst way, but your bond is unbreakable," says Sophie.
Puppy-loving people of all ages joined Martha, "Petkeeping" host Marc Morrone, and Wedding's editorial director Darcy Miller for a show full of creative, easy-to-make decoration, favor, and activity ideas inspired by our furry friends. Here, some four-legged members of our studio audience (and their owners) enjoy an animal-friendly birthday "pawty."
Martha dishes the dirt in the kitchen with a vegetable salad from GILT chef Justin Bogle whose modern presentation resembles a spring garden. The down-and-dirty activities continue with a lesson in seed starting and a guide to homemade compost.
Martha, long a fan of healthy citrus, has been growing the refreshing fruit in her greenhouse for years. Her gardener, Shaun Kass, shares the surprisingly simple secrets to growing the juiciest, most abundant fruit on your citrus trees.
Martha shows Twitter co-founder Biz Stone how to make a hearty, meatless bourguignon and fresh parsley-leaf salad during an episode dedicated to the vegan lifestyle. Biz takes a break from cooking to answer questions received from Twitter throughout the show.
"Parks and Recreation" actor and talented woodworking hobbyist Nick Offerman teaches Martha how to carve a canoe paddle on our woodworking show. Martha was inspired to learn about woodworking from her brother, Eric Scott, who first began practicing the artisanal craft with their father years ago.
In an hour of sweet, smooch-worthy ideas, Martha and guests honor all things related to the kiss with lipstick tips and a mod red-vinyl lips pillow craft. Comedian Kevin Nealon shares the story of his first kiss before joining Martha in the kitchen to make lip-shaped ice cream sandwiches.
Family-friendly meatballs are made with savory ricotta filling, spicy chicken, and classic tomato sauce during the show. These tasty lamb meatballs are baked instead of fried for a more tender and juicy result.
Martha and her team of talented crafters share the top tools they couldn't live without on an episode dedicated to the handmade. Our set was decorated for the occasion with colorful tissue paper pom-poms, one of the most popular projects on our website.
Studies show that solving puzzles can help improve cognitive abilities. Here, New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz shares tips for solving crosswords. Mathematical KenKen, mechanical, jigsaw, and dot-to-dot puzzles are also included in the mind-sharpening show.
Members of our studio audience travel from around the country to enter our first Pie Contest. Expert judges narrow down the selection to include only their favorite pies, and Martha samples each of them to determine which is crowned champion.
Pastry chef Alain Roby bakes the tallest cake in "Martha" history on our tall show. Every guest and member of our studio audience was 6 feet tall or taller in their stockinged feet.
Our set is dressed with playful pom-poms and sweet treats in every shade of pink for a show full of rose-colored food, fashion, and flowers. The color pink is said to encourage friendliness while discourage aggression and ill will.
More people are discovering how easy and rewarding it can be to raise chickens in their own backyards. Martha, always ahead of the curve, has been keeping chickens for more than 30 years.
Martha has double the fun cooking with twin chefs Fabrizio and Nicola Carro on our special twins show. The brothers are challenged with a "twin" set of ingredients, and each must come up with a different dish.
Americans consume about 20 billion hot dogs each year -- that's 634 hot dogs per second! Martha kicks off our hot dog show with a 15-foot-long hot dog modeled after the world's longest, a 197-foot, 10-inch-long creation made in Tokyo, Japan.
Martha and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon cook two delicious one-pot meals on our hilarious pot show, which also features petkeeper Marc Morrone with some potbellied pigs and Guy Wolff with a lesson in making garden pots. "Remember, no matter what kind of pot you purchase, it should always make you feel good," says Martha.
Martha tries out some fun ways to get fit -- like the S Factor pole-dancing workout -- on our exercise show. S Factor combines ballet, yoga, and striptease to sculpt and tone the entire body.
Randy Fenoli, the Kleinfeld fashion director featured on TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress," hosts a fashion show of gorgeous gowns and elegant suits on a show celebrating 15 years of Martha Stewart Weddings. When it comes to dressing brides, "the real trouble is when their vision is for a pile of glop -- not a dress," jokes Randy.
Everyone's favorite handheld treat, cupcakes, take center stage in a show tailor-made for your sweet tooth. Marlo Scott, owner of Manhattan bakery Sweet Revenge, caught Martha's attention with her elegant cupcake presentation.
Experts from Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo!, and more demystify the latest forms of communication on our tech show. Martha, a dedicated Twitterer, introduces Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in less than 140 characters.
Martha uses a virtual makeover studio to try out some new hairstyles, like this blond and braided look, in honor of our beauty show. "It's like the aging starlet look ... I don't know about that!" says Martha, opting to stay with her current color and cut.
Martha was inspired by the dominant calico Persian cats featured in a photo spread in Vogue magazine of the model Karen Elson dressed as Grace Coddington, the creative director of Vogue. More than 50 wonderfully well-behaved felines mingled in our studio during the cat show.
Martha starts off the yoga show in an inversion pose, with the help of her instructor James Murphy. Martha and James practice iyengar style yoga; ashtanga, vinyasa, and warrior yoga are also demonstrated throughout the show.
Vacation inspiration abounds on our travel show. Martha shares stories from some of her most memorable adventures, including her trips to Egypt, the Galapogos Islands, Russia, and Mexico.
New York Jets football player Kerry gives a sportscaster-esque play-by-play as Martha makes crowd-pleasing nachos, and our studio audience full of men get ready for game day with football-friendly snacks, sandwiches, and cocktails.
From hats to purses to postcards, everything is made out of yarn on this special show. Here, Franscesca and Sharkey join in on the fun modeling handmade sweaters.
Our audience full of moms-to-be get ready for baby with a bird mobile craft, maternity fashion show, and adorable one-piece cookie recipe. Then, from bottles to strollers to nursing pillows, our producers share their ultimate baby must-haves -- and a little mom-to-mom advice.
When it comes to selecting cheeses, Liz Thorpe of Murray's Cheeses advises Martha to choose "something old, something new, something stinky, something blue." Handcrafted artisanal cheeses are used in cheese plates, fondue, stuffed olives, and more during the show.
The first meal of the day gets the star treatment on a show full of delicious ways to rise and shine. Balthazar chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr join a pajama-clad Martha to make french toast and crepes.
Martha hosts an audience full of her employees' children on Take Your Kids to Work Day. Among the "lessons" learned in this day off from school: baking cookies, crafting bottle-cap magnets, and planting tomatoes.
Nothing is what it seems on our faux show. Martha convinces actor Jeff Daniels to sample some styrofoam carrots and take a bite out of our faux-bois cookie table. "It's the best wood I've ever eaten," he laughs.
Our studio was full of sweet-smelling flowers, cakes, and crafts for the fragrance show. Martha demonstrates how to make a lovely lavender sachet using old pieces of linen.
Our studio audience dresses in colorful Lily Pulitzer clothing to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of this classic American fashion house. The designer's vibrant prints inspire Martha and guests to make a lime cocktail, vintage straw flower craft, and brightly monochromatic flower arrangements.
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