Martha Stewart, 100 books later, is still unapologetically herself
Live MintStewart fills “Martha: The Cookbook," her 100th title, with American classics, as she has always done. That has propelled the success of titles such as Kiano Moju’s “AfriCali: Recipes from My Jikoni," Eric Kim’s “Korean American: Food that Tastes Like Home," and Frankie Gaw’s “First Generation: Recipes from My Taiwanese-American Home." Stewart catapulted onto the national stage more than 40 years ago, with the 1982 publication of “Entertaining," complete with 500 color photographs, 300 recipes and special-occasion menus. In a recent Netflix documentary, “Martha," the viewer gets glimpses of Stewart’s exacting standards for garden layouts, how her bangs hung over her forehead, as well as her biting take on former romantic partners. “Part of me is relieved that Martha isn’t offering her version of Pad Thai," said Amanda Whitt, a sales associate at the Kitchen Arts & Letters bookstore in New York City.