I tried ‘Entertaining’ like Martha Stewart. It was exhausting and exhilarating.

In 1982, a Connecticut caterer named Martha Stewart published a book, “Entertaining,” that inspired a generation of women to level up their dinner party game, or at least feel like they should.

Martha, as we later came to know her after all the subsequent books (literally 100 of them) and the magazine and the television show — oh, and the stint in federal prison — made her perfectly curated mark with this guide to hosting parties at home. Next month, “Entertaining” is being rereleased after enjoying decades of popularity and some recent social media attention as people shared their attempts to buy rare and pricey used copies.