-"Newlywed Kitchen."
I guess I'm four years in now to my marriage.
Does this still work for me?
-Oh, boy. The recipes are so good.
-That's great. What's difference --
What's the difference between recipes for newlyweds
and people who have been married for like 20 years?
-[ Chuckles ] Not much. -Okay, gotcha.
-Not much.
-There's just a little more enthusiasm.
You probably go into it together and say,
"We should cook together."
-Smaller amounts. -Okay.
-And it's when you really do want to cook together.
And actually there's so many great recipes in this book,
and it's beautiful.
-Yeah, well, it's a Martha Stewart book.
-I don't think -- I'm cooking from it.
-Are you really? -And I'm not a newlywed.
-This is interesting that it's Game Day Chili,
because I think one half of newlyweds don't love that.
-[ Laughs ] -But that's all right. Maybe --
-They don't like game day, you mean? Yeah, right.
-So let me ask you about this.
You were up at 5:00 a.m. this morning.
-Ugh! -You went to your
granddaughter's school to make cookies.
-I did. I did. -How'd it go?
-Well, I had to bake the cookies.
Because they -- I was --
My job was to teach them how to decorate gingerbread.
-Oh. Got it.
-So not a gingerbread house, but gingerbread men.
Gingerbread trees. Gingerbread gnomes.
And they had the greatest time.
-That is -- Just be jealous
for not having a school that --
There you go. That's a better way of showing that.
-That's better.
-I mean, that looks like an assembly line.
-And that's my little granddaughter right over there.
-Oh, that's fantastic. -And she's like a little Martha.
We call her Little Martha.
-Yeah, there you guys are, hard at work.
That's fantastic.
-And she loves to help and do all those things.
-Gotcha. And are -- are kids in that -- at that age
intimidated when Martha Stewart comes in?
-No. They couldn't wait to get to those cookies.
They couldn't wait to get the pastry bags
and the tips and the spatulas and everything.
-How did they do? Be honest. How did they do?
-Most of them were very artistic, actually.
-Oh, that's good. -And -- And I have --
I'm gonna post some of their pictures on my Instagram.
But they were very good cookies. -All right.
-Yeah. And some were a little sloppy.
And the mess! The mess afterward.
Oh, yoy yoy. But it was --
But it was my fault because I made the frosting
a little too thin. -Oh, okay.
Well I think it's a big step forward
that you're finally taking blame for mistakes like that.
-I am. [ Laughs ] I'm working on it.
-I feel like that's good. -I'm working on it.
-So you -- This is -- there's no blame to be had here.
You hosted a holiday party. -You didn't come.
-I didn't come, but I -- -I invited you.
-Well, here's the thing. I didn't know --
I wanted to see photos of this year's
before I decided about next year.
-[ Laughs ] -I mean, this is --
Is this actually the kitchen during your holiday party?
-That's my kitchen. -I mean, look at that.
-We had four different kinds of hams.
-Four different -- What are the four kinds of ham?
-We had an ibérico ham.
We had a La Quercia ham from the Midwest that --
They eat only acorns, the pigs. -Oh, wow.
-And it's such a delicious ham.
And we had a country ham
from the Loveless Motel down in Nashville.
-Oh, my God. -Have you ever had that?
-No. -Ah, the best.
-And we had a Pat LaFrieda ham. -That's fantastic.
-And they were all cooked differently.
And they were all gone. I don't even have a ham bone.
I don't know who took the bones.
-You didn't -- -I want the bones!
-Those ungrateful S.O.B.'s
didn't even leave you the ham bone?!
-How many -- How many cookies were at your party?
-We did -- I think -- My granddaughter told me
it was 1,001 cookies that we made.
-Wow. -And look how cute they are.
-They're really nice. -Yeah, they're really cute.
-Now be honest. Would you have had
the fifth-grade cookies here at this?
-No. -Yeah, okay, good.
-Jude's maybe. Jude's. -Okay. Gotcha.
So, a couple questions about holiday parties.
Some Martha Stewart rules.
If you're going to a holiday party, are you supposed to
bring something and what's a good thing to bring?
-Well, you don't have to take anything.
But -- Because my house --
I mean, you should see my front hall.
-Yeah.
-It's like -- like -- so many presents.
And I'm kind of embarrassed because I don't need anything.
-Yeah. Well, that's the thing. I would --
I would feel so much pressure trying to think of,
what does Martha Stewart need
that she didn't go out and get herself?
-No, no. I don't get things. I'm not like that.
I'm not -- I'm not -- I don't have to get things.
-Yeah, they just show up. -Yeah. [ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
-But I don't want to say that you're just sitting here
being inactive and things are showing up.
Because you did something
that I would not do and I am so impressed.
You plow your own driveway.
-I do. I have a four-mile driveway.
-Yeah. -I mean really, truly --
I live on a farm, so there's four miles of roads.
And I actually love -- It's like flying an airplane.
When you get into a truck with a plow,
you can't think of anything else
'cause, you know, can't go off the road.
You'll hit the stakes.
And you don't want to hit anything.
-So you're dialed in. -I'm dialed in.
And I just plow for like --
Four hours it takes to do -- -No! Four hours?
-It does. Because you have to go one way
and then you have to come back the other way.
-So two hours each way. -Yes.
-But you got stuck. This is an Instagram.
You said, "I went to plow, and I got stuck."
-Then I had to get pulled out by the Kawasaki or whatever we had.
-Now, yeah, so, are you embarrassed when you --
Does panic set in?
-No! No, it's natural.
-Yeah. -It's one of those things.
-It's not natural.
-[ Laughs ] -This is a manmade machine.
That's not -- -No, it's natural to get stuck.
-Yeah, it is natural to get stuck.
-I mean, my plow guys, they don't get stuck.
-Right. How do your plow guys feel
about the fact that you're doing it by yourself?
-They're happy, probably, because they're inside
drinking hot coffee while I'm out
plowing in the freezing cold.
-What's your -- What's -- We're gonna make some drinks,
some holiday drinks just in a second.
-Oh, I can't wait. I can't wait. -Do you have a favorite?
-Well, let's -- We'll wait and talk about --
-One of the drinks has cachaca, which is my favorite.
-Cachaca? What's cachaca?
-It's that Brazilian cane liqueur.
-You have a favorite liquor that's a Brazilian cane liquor?
-Yep. -You are living the best life.