Staff Picks: Martha

We're kicking off our birthday week with our first staff picks post by our fearless leader - Martha! Click here to see all of Martha's favorite products.

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Name:

Martha

What are your favorite meals to prepare?

• Sundried Tomato and Cayenne Pepper Angel Hair Pasta with Herbed Lemon Mustard Grilled Chicken
• Colerain (Eastern NC) Barbeque Chicken with Homemade Vinegar Slaw and Corbread
• Chicken Marbella - from Silver Palate Cookbook
• Pickled Shrimp with Onions on Crackers
• Psari Plaki - Greek Baked Fish with Fresh Tomatoes, Onions, Lemon Juice and Dill

What are your favorite restaurants?

• Glasshalffull - Carrboro, NC
• The Provisions Company - Southport, NC
• Blue Water Grill - New York, NY
• Pete's Pub - Marsh Harbour, Abaco Bahamas
• Tortugas Lie - Nags Head, NC

What are your essential cooking tools?

• All-Clad 3 Quart Saucepan
• 8" Classic Wusthof Chef's Knife
• Epicurean 11x15 Cutting Board
• Greek Atlas Peppermill
• Wooden Lemon Reamer
• Plastic and Stainless Strainer

What are your essential kitchen tools?

• Messermeister Serrated Peeler
• German V-Slicer Mandoline
• Microplane Zester Grater
• Aerolatte Frother
• DLC-7 Cuisinart Food Processor

What 5 products would you like to receive as gifts?

After 40+ years in the business, I have all of the small kitchen tools I could want, so here's a wishlist:

• A Butcherblock Countertop
• A Screen Porch - to be able to eat outside without mosquitos
• A Double Set of Ovens
• A Case of Veuve Clicquot Champagne
• Champagne Glasses - exactly like my Govino plastic ones but in elegant glass.