{"id":3865,"date":"2023-05-17T23:36:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/the-easy-martha-stewart-trick-for-smashing-a-potato\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T23:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:36:24","slug":"the-easy-martha-stewart-trick-for-smashing-a-potato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=3865","title":{"rendered":"The Easy Martha Stewart Trick for Smashing a Potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <span class=\"drop-cap__first text-dropcap \">I<\/span>f I could choose anyone in the world to host me for a dinner party, it would be Martha Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>She is, after all, one of the world\u2019s premiere domestic entertainers, so there\u2019s no question the event would be epic. And while this exact experience will probably forever remain a pipe dream, I actually came pretty darn close to living it when I was invited to join Stewart for a chat at her Las Vegas restaurant, <a href=\"https:\/\/marketeammenuthebedford.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/marketeammenuthebedford.com\/\">The Bedford<\/a>. During our brief but fruitful sit down, I managed to snag some major entertaining tips from the iconic lifestyle guru\u2014including her favorite low-cost, low-lift way to zhuzh up a seated dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart&#8217;s unexpected dinner party trick involves, of all things, a humble potato. More specifically, it involves picking up a fresh-out-of-the-oven baked \u2018tater with a hot glove and smashing it down onto a cutting board. \u201cI\u2019ve smashed potatoes tableside at home since I bought my house in Maine about 18 years ago,\u201d says Stewart. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple, actually scientific thing to do. It breaks up the fiber.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bedford\u2019s menu, Stewart tells me, is inspired by things she serves at home, so it had to feature her signature smashed potato. The restaurant\u2019s version is a jumbo oven-roasted Yukon Gold potato finished with butter, salt and pepper, and served with creme fraiche, chives, and bacon lardons. For the truly decadent, Golden Osetra Caviar is also added. \u201cIt&#8217;s utterly delicious,\u201d Stewart tells me. \u201cThe fact that nobody&#8217;s ever done it in a restaurant before is weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s utterly delicious. The fact that nobody&#8217;s ever done it in a restaurant before is weird.\u201d \u2014Martha Stewart<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This<em> smashing <\/em>presentation is not the only tableside event featured at The Bedford, either, and Stewart tells me the others are fair game for copycatting at home, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content \" style=\"\" data-module-init=\"related-content\" data-module-immediate=\"\" v-cloak=\"\">\n<div class=\"related-content__wrapper \" v-cloak=\"\" :class=\"{'is-loaded':isLoaded}\">\n<p> <span class=\"inline pr-6 text-seafoam-dark\">Related Stories<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <related-content class=\"related-content__links\" parent-article-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/martha-stewart-trick\/\" current-title=\"Martha Stewart\u2019s Simple Trick for Wowing Dinner Party Guests Entails Smashing a Potato With Her Own Hand (Yes, Tableside)\" current-image=\"GettyImages-1352586565-425x285.jpg\" v-on:parsely-posts-loaded=\"onPostsLoaded\" start-date=\"2022-11-17\" tag=\"div\" inline-template=\"\" url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/martha-stewart-trick\/\" secret=\"w5ztterVB03LGZJLfXS0hf3EvQBuFFIWew9hmVQxthU\" apikey=\"wellandgood.com\" limit=\"3\"> <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"related-content__card mb-[10px] sm:mb-[20px]\" :class=\"{'related-content__card--full':posts.length === 1}\" v-for=\"(post, key) in posts\"> <a v-on:click.prevent=\"trackLinkGA($event, key)\" :href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/martha-stewart-trick\/post.url\" data-url-source=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content__link\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"related-content__card--image bg-tan\" :style=\"{ backgroundImage: 'url(' + post.image_url + ')' }\"> <img :src=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/martha-stewart-trick\/post.image_url\" :alt=\"post.title\"\/> <\/div>\n<p> <\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <\/related-content> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The roast chicken, for example, is carved tableside. But even just serving The Bedford\u2019s version sans fanfare would be enough to impress your guests\u2014it\u2019s seriously the most delicious chicken I\u2019ve ever tasted. While the restaurant isn\u2019t willing to part with the proprietary recipe used by its chef, they tell me the preparation is a two-day process, starting with a salt rub and finishing with an herb stuffing under the skin and a butter coating to roast. The finished bird is then served with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/312849\/herb-roasted-chicken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/312849\/herb-roasted-chicken\">herb-roasted chicken jus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart tells me you can grab her favorite cocktail shaker and copy The Bedford\u2019s tableside <em>Martha-tini<\/em> in your own home, too. \u201cIt&#8217;s fun to see somebody shake and shake a martini, and then make fun of Tom Cruise\u2014remember <em>Risky Business<\/em>?\u2014doing the bartending,\u201d she says. (Sadly, I <em>am<\/em> actually old enough to remember that movie, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/martha-stewart-healthy-aging\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-vars-event=\"body text\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/martha-stewart-healthy-aging\/\">Stewart tells me not to worry, because age isn\u2019t *a thing<\/a>*.) Tableside bartending is, of course, something she does at her own home\u2014of which the restaurant\u2019s dining room is a near-exact replica of.<\/p>\n<p>All this talk of Stewart\u2019s party-throwing prowess, coupled with my adoration of absolutely every word that comes out of her mouth, has me more desperate than ever to be invited over to hers. Of course, I\u2019m far from alone in this desire, and Stewart\u2019s depth of experience playing hostess is why she\u2019s so confident in the continued success of The Bedford. \u201cI thought, \u2018This is probably a good way to entertain the public\u2019,\u201d she says. \u201cBecause everybody loves coming to my house for dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018This is probably a good way to entertain the public\u2019,\u201d Stewart says. \u201cBecause everybody loves coming to my house for dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I bet they do, Martha. I. Bet. They. Do.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If I could choose anyone in the world to host me for a dinner party, it would be Martha Stewart. 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