If you go to my shop at Amazon right now, you'll see pieces from my first-ever kitchen electrics collection! The entire series includes a range of countertop essentials designed to make everyday cooking so much easier!
Yesterday, we celebrated the launch of my new kitchen electrics collection with our partners at Amazon and The Cookware Company, members of the media, area influencers, colleagues, and friends at New York City's Central Park Boathouse. The collection includes stand mixers, coffee/spice grinders, ovens, slow cookers, air fryers, rice cookers, blenders, toasters, waffle makers, milk frothers, and more - all available in a beautiful palette of neutral colors and finishes to match any décor. I am so excited to introduce you to these offerings - they combine practical features, modern design and most of all reliable, efficient performance.
Enjoy these photos.
This display shows pieces in a dark gray caviar color – they were some of the first appliances guests saw when they entered the Central Park Boathouse.
Guests walked into a welcoming and light filled space filled with my products and surrounded by food and refreshment stations showcasing what each piece could make.
The historic Central Park Boathouse is a charming venue in the heart of the park overlooking the lake. It was a chilly start to the day, but more than 100 guests attended the event.
At this station, staff showed my toasters and lots of toasted bagels and breads with a variety of spreads and toppings.
Among them, these smoked salmon tartines – or toasted bread with savory toppings.
Avocado toasts were also passed around.
Friendly wait staff passed around green juice – something I have every single day.
Everything served was made using my personal recipes from my 100th book, MARTHA: THE COOKBOOK. Do you have your copy?
In the center, items were displayed in various colors with prices to show their affordability.
Decorations reflected my own signature style. Vases of beautiful blooms and potted plants filled the space.
And light streamed in from the large floor to ceiling windows.
These fruit smoothies were made using my Martha Stewart Countertop Blenders. They could not be made fast enough.
My orange scented cream scones were a big hit – made using my Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo.
Mini blueberry muffins were also offered – and devoured.
The Air Fryer Toaster Oven Combo was also used to make delicious maple candied bacon.
Appliances were put to use at each station, so guests could see how easy they are to operate.
Mini buckwheat blinis were cooked perfectly on my 22-inch by 12-inch multi-purpose nonstick griddle.
I love these blinis topped with a dollop of crème fraîche and caviar!
Light, airy, and delicious Donn’s Waffles could be smelled across the venue. They were offered hot to order.
And made with my Martha Stewart Rotating Waffle Maker with a 180-degree flip iron for even cooking, a ready light, and drip tray – breakfast couldn’t be easier.
Here are products in my Honeydew color – a lovely spring-themed pastel.
This beautiful color, Indigo, will be available next month – look for it on Amazon.
Glasses of Mary’s Knees breakfast cocktails with fresh citrus were also available.
Bunches of spring flowers wrapped in natural colored parchment paper were available for guests to take and enjoy at home.
Each guest also received a toaster and a copy of my book, MARTHA:THE COOKBOOK.
It was a lovely event and perfect way to introduce this exciting collection. In my next blog – more about the products you can find right now at my shop at Amazon! Visit and shop!
Our spring gardening season is always extremely busy.
Among our annual tasks this time of year - potting up thousands of bare-root trees, shrubs, and other small seedlings. Yesterday, my outdoor grounds crew and gardeners potted up a large collection of boxwood from Musser Forests, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based company specializing in conifer and hardwood seedlings and transplants. The young evergreens are still too small to plant in the garden beds, so they are placed in an enclosure designated for these developing specimens, where they can be carefully maintained until they are large enough to transplant.
Here are some photos, enjoy.
I love boxwood, Buxus, and have hundreds of these bold green shrubs growing all over my farm. I take very special care of these specimens. In winter, they are covered in a layer of protective burlap. In summer, they are carefully pruned and groomed.
These boxwood hedges and shrubs are in my sunken Summer House garden. I grow several varieties of boxwood and plant them in formal garden beds, in allées, as borders or in large groupings.
When I can, I like to grow my boxwood shrubs from bare-root cuttings. This process takes time and patience, but seeing them mature is very rewarding. I recently ordered hundreds from Musser Forests, Inc.
Musser’s bare-root cuttings are healthy and ready to plant. I’ve bought many from Musser’s over the years and have always been very pleased with their specimens.
These bare-roots are all Winter Beauty Boxwood, Buxus sinica var. insularis ‘Winter Beauty’ – a variety of Korean boxwood with glossy, green leaves. It is slow growing and matures to two feet tall and four to six feet wide. Compared to other types, ‘Winter Beauty’ boxwood is more tolerant of sunlight.
We always pot bare-root cuttings in individual containers. Eventually, they will be transplanted in various locations around the farm. We save pots whenever we can – they always come in handy for projects like this, and I always encourage the crew to reuse supplies whenever possible.
The process of potting up all these bare-root cuttings is time-consuming, but my crew has devised an efficient system that starts with separating and lining up the pots for soil.
Meanwhile, Phurba gets a bunch of cuttings ready for potting.
Fertilizer is added and mixed with the composted soil made right here at my farm.
I use Organic All-Purpose Plant Food from Miracle-Gro.
Each cutting is carefully separated from the bunch. Boxwood plants have shallow, fibrous roots that spread widely near the soil surface. It’s important to get them planted and watered right away.
The bare-root specimen is placed straight in the center of the pot.
And then the pot is backfilled just to the bottom of the rim’s pot.
It is also tamped down lightly so there is good contact between the plant roots and the surrounding soil.
As Phurba pots it up, Cesar fills – all in a production line process.
Next, Fernando takes the potted boxwood to a waiting cart that will transport it to the designated nursery.
This space was once used for growing vegetables. It also served as a pumpkin patch. Now it is covered with weed cloth and used for nurturing my potted boxwood shrubs.
I have boxwood growing at different stages in this enclosure. These are all a few years old.
This section of boxwood was potted up last year.
And now Matthew is lining up this year’s potted bare-root boxwood cuttings.
It is important to keep them separated by cultivar and always properly marked.
Once all of them are lined up, they will get a good and thorough drink. I always look forward to watching these plants grow and then selecting where to place them in the gardens. I am confident these trees will thrive in these pots and be in excellent condition when it is time to plant them in their permanent locations around the farm.
I've gotten such a nice response to the Easter photos on my Instagram page @MarthaStewart48 - thanks for all the views and comments.
I've always enjoyed decorating for the holidays. For Easter this year, I decorated most of the rooms in my Winter House, filling them with lots of bunnies, chicks, and eggs in all different sizes and colors. One tip is to start several days early and make a list, so everything can be done timely and efficiently. Decorating is fun, and sharing what you've done with family and friends makes it all worthwhile.
Here are more photos of this year's Easter décor, enjoy.
My dear silver shaded Persian, Magnolia, didn’t want to miss out on any of the action. Here she is in my enclosed porch – in good Easter company.
Easter at my home always includes lots of festive decorations. The center table in my foyer is also decorated to welcome guests right from the start. Bunnies and birds surround the giant 19th century gilded copper falcon.
I love pulling out all my decorations finding new ways to use them. Decorations don’t have to be elaborate – use platters you already have and place eggs in them. This one also has a stuffed bunny in the center.
The dining table in my Brown Room was decorated with these larger than life-sized 36-inch faux chocolate bunny figurines carrying eggs.
These bunnies make such nice centerpieces. Find similar bunnies at my shop on Amazon.
There are bunnies and eggs on nearly every table and surface.
My dear friend, Kevin Sharkey, gifts me with a beautiful Easter basket every year. And I save every single one. This is a real rabbit taxidermy, which Kevin gave me several years ago. He appears very content displayed in this Japanese basket surrounded by eggs.
And yes, these are real daffodils – the first ones picked from the garden. The daffodils here at the farm are just starting to bloom now but my housekeeper, Enma Sandoval, was able to pick enough for the glass vase inside this paper maché chick.
This is an antique velvet bunny I love to take out every year. One can never have too many whimsical animals sitting around a room on Easter.
On this table, more bunnies and eggs and geese and ducks.
Starting with just a few themed accessories can make such a big impact. Display items with decorations already around the home, such as under a glass cloche.
I take out all the beautifully decorated eggs from years past – hundreds and hundreds, and display them wherever I can.
Every plate and platter was filled with beautiful eggs of all sizes.
Eggs can also be left as is, such as the small quail eggs mixed in with these decorated acorns.
If you can, use natural elements to add a bit of spring to your decorations. This grouping of glass, bunnies, and eggs looks so charming. This is my servery. I often serve beverages from this area whenever I entertain. It is a popular space for guests to gather.
Simple ceramic white bunnies are perfect to show off these colored eggs.
Place eggs on a cake stand under a glass dome and display on a counter.
Or place them in a basket – Enma and I try to make decorations look different every year.
Here are copper molds surrounded by eggs and bunnies. Colorful eggs can make any area stand out. Here are more blown out eggs saved from a previous year. If stored properly, they can last for years and years and years.
And doesn’t this make your mouth water? It’s a chocolate lover’s delight – a giant chocolate egg from French pastry chef and chocolatier, Jacques Torres. I hope you all enjoyed your Easter weekend. Happy Spring!
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