Martha Stewart's latest weekly series, "Martha Stewart's Cooking School," debuts on UNC-TV Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.

Each half-hour episode of the series, based on Stewart's eponymous best-selling book, will focus on tips and techniques for mastering basic cooking challenges. Sunday's premiere episode is about eggs. Hard-boiled, soft-boiled, scrambled ... it's all here. Next week's episode will teach basic sauces, like marinara, hollandaise, etc.

Other episodes throughout the end of the year -- October 21: vegetables; October 28: stocks; November 4: butchering; November 11: rice; November 18: dressings and emulsions; November 25: steaming; December 2: roasting; December 9: braising; December 16: poaching; December 23: frying; December 30: pan searing.

This is a great one for the DVR.

Mark Overbay, owner of Big Spoon Roasters, got good news recently. He was nominated for Martha Stewart Living's American Made Awards. The coolest thing is Overbay's small company could win $10,000. If Overbay gets enough votes to win the audience choice award, he will win the cash to help his fledgling business and be featured in Martha Stewart Living.

We should mention that his peanut butter is amazing and comes in five different peanut flavors: pecan, cashew, almond, cocoa and plain. He sells at the Carrboro Farmers' Market on Saturdays and is available in specialty grocery stores all over the Triangle.

To see all the nominees and vote, go to americanmade.marthastewart.com.

To learn more about Big Spoon Roasters or order some online, go to bigspoonroasters.com.

Photo credit: Kacy Johnson

Emeril Lagasse's new series, "Emeril's Table," makes its debut today on the Hallmark channel.

In the half-hour instructional series, Emeril cooks for five guests and each show has a different theme. It will air Monday through Friday at 11 a.m. and Tuesday through Friday at 11:30 a.m.

Also on Hallmark, the new season of "The Martha Stewart Show" premieres today. Martha Stewart's Emmy-winning daytime series airs Monday - Friday at 10 a.m. The second season of "Martha Bakes," a sort of 'Baking 101' show, starts today and airs at 11:30 a.m. on Mondays only.

Other Hallmark series debuting today: "Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn," airing Monday through Friday at noon, and  "Petkeeping with Marc Morrone," airing at 12:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Martha Stewart blogged that she was in Kinston today touring the MasterBrand Cabinet company. They make the cabinets for her Home Depot cabinet line.

There's a big photo gallery on her blog of pictures taken at the factory.

She didn't say if the tour was also taped for her 'Martha Stewart Show,' but she often shows taped segments of her trips on her show. Especially when they promote one of her product lines. We'll have to keep our eyes peeled for that...

'The Martha Stewart Show' airs on Hallmark at 10am and 2pm each weekday.

Once upon a time, Triangle residents could learn about all manner of Good Things on "The Martha Stewart Show," each and every weekday morning on the local NBC affiliate WNCN (NBC 17). Then, when the show didn't get picked up again locally, there were sporadic re-airings on the Fine Living channel (now renamed the Cooking Channel), making Good Things a little harder to find. Then, sadly, those Good Things seemed to disappear around here altogether (at least as far as I could tell).

Now, Good Things are back as Martha Stewart makes her grand return to Cable-TV-You-Can-Actually-Find with an impressive takeover of -- I mean, move to -- the Hallmark Channel.

More than once, Happiness has thought of going all Green Acres -- chucking this city life for the simpler pleasures of farm living.

And now we role models. Premiering tonight is "The Fabulous Beekman Boys" (Planet Green, 9 pm), a docu-series chronicling Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge, a couple who bought a farm in upstate New York and created an organic life (with goats, goat's milk cheese and pigs) and an organic lifestyle brand "Beekman 1802."

The show is funny and personal, following the guys as they navigate this new venture and new life. Though a doctor, Ridge does know a little something about farming. He's a native of Randleman, a small town near Asheboro, and he says his grandparents and his mom are great gardeners. "You know how tough that red clay in North Carolina is. I learned how to coax tomatoes out of almost anything."

Emeril Lagasse reigned during the nascent days of The Food Network, but in 2007, after 11 years, the network cancelled "Emeril Live."

Now, he's back on ION with "The Emeril Lagasse Show," (8 tonight) with a show that has cooking but is more like a variety show, with taped segments, celebrity guests, and folks for Emeril to interview.

Each episode has a theme; the first show is a housewarming, welcoming Emeril back. And his big guest is Martha Stewart, whose company owns the show.

You are going to be so glad that you made this stew. Don't forget the bread and your favorite wine.

A Pinot Noir goes well with this.

Psst... here is a picture of the pot that I made last night.

Halloween is still several days away but these "blondies" are calling my name and I'm thinking why wait. There is no time like the present, right?

Martha Stewart has so many cool treats that I think Halloween should be extended into November.

Eat your Carrots!