Get cooking in authentic retro style for the Holidays with recipes from The Settlement Cook Book as seen in the publicity shot of Lucy and Desi in their own kitchen.
Lucille’s Cook Book
Category Archives: Ricardo’s Bookshelf
Ricardo’s Bookshelf: On Your Guard ! by Warren
Books on the ricardo’s Bedroom Shelf: On Your Guard ! by Warren
On your guard ! The prevention and treatment of sex dis-
eases, by Carl Warren, advised and assisted by eminent specializing physicians ;
foreword by M. J. Exner . . .
frontispiece and illustrations by C. D. Batchelor. New York, Emerson books, inc., 1937 Pre war study of Venerial diseases and Contraception. Bookseller Inventory # 003004
This pre-war book was written before the widespread use of Penicillin which occurred during WW2.
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http://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Citation/1937/08000/ON_YOUR_GUARD___THE_PREVENTION_AND_TREATMENT_OF.41.aspx
Ricardo’s Bookshelf: Christendom Astray
Christendom Astray – hardback
Author(s):Robert Roberts
Binding:Hardback
ISBN:9780851890135
Pages:272
Publisher:The Christadelphian
This books is seen in the screen capture on Ricky’s bedroom bookshelf.
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http://www.thechristadelphian.com/christendom_astray_hardback.htm
Ricardo’s Bookshelf: Out of the Frying Pan
From Abe Books “OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, By Winston and Marian Moore/ DeVorss, Los Angeles, 1939. Terrific vintage political griping from the depression. Dedicate to the Liberals, whom the truth will never hurt. Discusses the Ham and Eggs philosophy, hardtime etc. Bookseller Inventory # 1147″ Journalistic treatment of the “Thirty Dollars Every Thursday” pension scheme which appeared on the California ballot in 1939. According to the dust wrapper blurb, this book contains “amazing revelations about California’s most sensational political movement, ‘Ham & Eggs.'”
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Ricardo’s Bookshelf: Storm House by Kathleen Norris
by Kathleen Norris
This romance novel has to be Lucy’s. This book is seen on the book shelf behind Lucy’s twin bed on I Love Lucy.
Storm House by Kathleen Norris. Pub 1943
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Kathleen Thompson Norris, an American author who lived from 1880 – 1966. She was a prolific writer, churning out 87 novels, two omnibuses, four collections of short stories, one play and ten non-fiction works
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Norris
- http://kathleenthompsonnorris.org/pages/bio.html
Ricardo’s Bookshelf: Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers
This one had to be Ricky’s book, Dave Dawson with the Flying Tigers was one of a war adventure series by Robert Sidney Bowen known for his boys’ series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. It is missing its dust cover on the shelf.
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The Ricardo’s Bookshelf: TRY AND STOP ME by Bennett Cerf
A copy of this book can be seen on the bed headboard bookshelf on the Ricardo’s bedroom set, its easy to spot behind Lucy in the I Love Lucy episode where she has pregnancy cravings and eats pistachio ice cream with hot fudge and sardines – which in reality was substituted mash potatoes and gravy instead of the ice cream and fudge to make it easier for Lucille Ball.
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From Wikipedia:
Try and Stop Me (1944) was a best-selling book written by American publisher and writer Bennett Cerf and illustrated by artist Carl Rose. The first of a series of joke books compiled by Cerf, the founder of Random House publishers, Try and Stop Me sold over one million copies in the first two years of publication.
The book is mainly a compilation of anecdotes, urban legends, jokes, ghost stories, what Cerf calls “shaggy dog stories”, and profiles of news makers. Celebrities profiled by Cerf include Alexander Woollcott, Gertrude Stein, Robert Emmet Sherwood, Albert Einstein, Herbert Bayard Swope, Dorothy Thompson, Monty Woolley, George Gershwin, and Lucius Beebe.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_and_Stop_Me_(book)
Ricardo’s Owl Bookends Mystery
It took me a while to get a clear screenshot of the book ends seen on the set of I love Lucy, it was difficult to make out what the shapes represented, but when I eventually discovered that they were owl figures the mystery deepened. Continue reading Ricardo’s Owl Bookends Mystery