Next on the platter of Hollywood Hotplates comes a heaping serving of Cuban festivities. Movie fans and TV Addicts everywhere will enjoy collecting all five hotplates for a fun library of party cuisine.

Whether viewing it for the first time in the 1950s or for the umpteenth time in reruns, everyone has a favorite I Love Lucy episode featuring food. Filled with classic black-and-white stills of the zany redhead and trivia from ten of the funniest episodes (Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory, Lucy stomping grapes, Lucy making pizza, Lucy changing her mind at dinner, Lucy ordering escargots in France, her inebriated Vitameatavegemin commercial, and so on), The I Love Lucy Cookbook provides perfect menus for parties with a Cuban twist. Ricky's Arroz con Pollo, Capacabana Coconut Cookies, Tropical Fruit Salad, Fred's Favorite Plantain Fritters, Dizzy Mango Daiquiris, and Carrot-Topped Shrimp Salad are sure to transform any evening into a wild success.

I wondering if the new movie Julie&Julia is based on truth story? And if yes, so it is possible to buy the cookbook.

Yes escada- both women are for real...

Julie Powell wrote a blog and a book about her adventure of cooking chef Julia Child's recipes for a whole year. The second link below is Powell's book.

Julia Child was a famous American cooking TV personality who changed America's views and habits about food and cooking. She has made countless TV shows and wrote over a dozen cookbooks- the first of which "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" can be accessed by clicking the third link, below.

Then, finally- the movie made about Powell's adventure of cooking Child's recipes can be accessed clicking the first link below.

ENJOY!

Julie & Julia (2009)


Amazon.com: Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously (9780316042512): Julie Powell: Books

Amazon.com: Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Vol 1) (9780375413407): Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck, Sidonie Coryn: Books

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