Learn to feast like Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel and entertain in retro style with this collection of craveable classic recipes inspired by one of the greatest TV shows of all time. Recipes include: Cuban dishes such as Ricky Ricardo's Arroz con Pollo and Tropicana nightclub favorites Chocolate treats and other sweet delicacies inspired by Kramer's Kandy Kitchen Mid-century Hollywood's finest fare, from episodes set in the sunny film capital Classic dishes from season three's "The Diner" "Pioneer Women" Fresh-Baked Bread (easy on the yeast!) Classic cocktails to toast life's big events -- plus a recipe for Vitameatavegamin, so you can spoon your way to health! The I Love Lucy Cookbook brings to scrumptious life food featured on the show, as well as tantalizing dishes inspired by classic episodes such as "Lucy's Italian Movie," "Job Switching," and "Paris at Last." Filled with photos and illustrations, the book is also an exuberant celebration of an era and unforgettable television moments.

Calling all 'I Love Lucy' Fans! Are you ready to whip up some great recipes and laugh at the same time? Each recipe provides a short little fun trip back into some of the greatest 'I Love Lucy' episodes of all time! This cookbook not only is jam packed with pictures from iconic scenes and episodes but it also includes the hilarious one-liners to go with the pictures! This tribute cookbook features 30 delicious recipes such as 'Ricky Ricardo's Famous Arroz Con Pollo!', 'Lucy and Ethel's Happy "Little" Loaf of Bread', 'Vitameatavegamin Bloody Mary' and so many more! Not really into cooking? That's okay because this cookbook displayed in your kitchen can make a great conversion piece or you can test your knowledge with the bonus 'I Love Lucy Trivia' section! 75 Pages of strolling down the 'I Love Lucy' memory lane!

Next on the platter of Hollywood Hotplates comes a serving of Cuban festivities. This cookbook provides perfect menus for parties with a Cuban twist--from Ricky's Arroz con Pollo to Copacabana Coconut Cookies. It also features classic black-and-white stills of the zany readhead and trivia from 10 of the funniest TV episodes involving food.

I Love Lucy's Lucy and Ethel are TV's original BFFs. This celebration of their friendship is the perfect way to share the laughter, joy, and love of best girlfriends. Everybody loves Lucy. And nothing has been more enduring, from the 180 episodes of I Love Lucy that ran from 1951 to 1957 and have never been off the air since, than Lucy Ricardo's deep friendship with Ethel Mertz. Usually finding themselves in zany, hysterical situations, these best friends have always come through it (even with chocolate all over their faces) together. This book celebrates Lucy and Ethel's friendship, by illustrating, through images and text, not only it's timelessness, but universality. "I Love Lucy": The Joys of Friendship features more than fifty hilarious images of Lucy and Ethel paired with quotes from the show, "Well, of course, I'll need the help of a very loyal friend"; "Good friends are worth more than the price of a television set"; "What's wrong with good friends harmonizing a little? That's what the world needs more of"; and affirmations such as True friendship knows no distance, The only thing better than a good friend is a good friend and chocolate, and We can always make each other laugh.

The year 2011 marks the 60th anniversary of the most beloved TV show of all time, I Love Lucy, and the 100th birthday of Lucille Ball. Running Press continues its history of I Love Lucy publishing and joins Desilu and fans around the world in celebrating the two anniversaries with the first I Love Lucy mini kit, Lucy & Ricky. The kit comes with unique bendable figurines of the stars of I Love Lucy and a 32-page book of art and history on the stick-figure characters that originally opened the show.

Television audiences first fell in love with the sitcom I Love Lucy more than a half-century ago, and reruns of the show remain popular worldwide today. The book I Love Lucy provides an overview of the beloved TV sitcom, along with audio clips of many of the classic scenes featuring the show's main characters: Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) and her husband Ricky (Desi Arnaz), and Ethel Mertz (Vivian Vance) and her husband Fred (William Fraley). The I Love Lucy book has a built-in audio panel, with a numeric keypad and volume control. The book features specific episodes from the series, each with a numeric code. To hear an audio clip from the episode, enter the code. The script for the scene on the clip is also included, so you can read along. More than 80 original audio clips are included for a total of 25 minutes of audio time.