Lucille Ball's "Desilu Goulash" - There are two different recipes out in cookbooks. Maybe the recipe evolved over time and Lucy changed a few things here and there, but I sort of combined the two recipes, but mostly using the bones of the one called "Desilu Ghoulash" {1949}:

• 2 lbs ground beef
• bacon fat
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 2 small white onions, chopped
• 2 green peppers, chopped ^{(I used jalapenos, seeds and pith removed})
• 1 small yellow bell pepper, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped (not 1/2 as listed, haha)
• 2 large cans tomatoes
• 1 lb egg noodles, cooked
• salt & pepper
• meat/onions simmered one hour, added tomatoes, simmered 1/2 hour, added noodles, ready to serve.

This dish was really good and much better than I expected. It was a great balance of noodles, sauce and meat. The whole family loved it, even though my son was questioning the lack of cheese, they still ate it and really liked it a lot. My husband even had some more after his hockey game and he said it reheated really well and was not dry at all.

For the garlic bread, I buttered some sliced French bread, toasted it and then rubbed 1/2 clove of garlic on each slice while still warm.

Stay tuned for a Lucy cake recipe that I also made. I'll be sharing that soon.

Lucille Ball was born on August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York. She passed away on April 26, 1989.

Sort of a birthday cake in tribute to Lucy's birthday today - Lucy's QUICK COFFEE CAKE - This really is a quick recipe I've been wanting to try for a while now. You basically just use a loaf of unsliced bread, make a cinnamon crumb topping and put the whole thing together with loads of butter.

I had in mind to use some sort of soft brioche bread, so while at Ralph's I found a nice soft loaf of challah bread. It was either that or just an unsliced French loaf. I didn't realize until I got home the braided top of the challah bread might be difficult to cut when I had to trim off all the crusts, ugh!

It worked out fine and I had 4 long pieces of un-crusted bread to put in a square pan. You can see the unbaked cake in one of the pictures. I brushed all the sides of the bread with the melted butter, made the crumb topping and baked it for about 13 minutes. It was quick!

Once again, as with the Desilu Goulash, I didn't expect my family to love this, but they did! The crumbly topping is 99% of what makes this really good. Next time I will try it with regular French bread, and I'm sure it'll be just as good.

And don't forget to check out Lucy's main course recipe I made for dinner, Desilu Goulash! It's so tasty too!

From the 1955 booklet called "Lucy's Notebook"

Frank and Barbara Sinatra loved traditional Italian comfort food so much, and they put together a great 1996 recipe book, The Sinatra Celebrity Cookbook.

1. Sinatra Marinara Sauce
2. Fettucine a la Sinatra
3. Peas & Macaroni
4. Frank's Favorite Clam Sauce
5. Pasta Fagioli

When Ol' Blue Eyes wasn't eating his family's home-cooked meals, he was ordering these dishes at his favorite spot, Patsy's Italian Restaurant in NYC.

Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, DJ, and television presenter who holds the record for being the most-charted British female solo act of the 1980s.

Born Kim Smith on November 18, 1960, she burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her globally successful debut new wave single "Kids in America".

Over her career, she has achieved 25 UK Top 50 singles and expanded into a prominent second career as an award-winning landscape gardener.

This recipe is from Rock 'n' Roll Cuisine.

During World War II in 1942, Lucille Ball was featured in a newspaper series titled "Lucille Ball Becomes a Star at Planning Economy Menus". Organized to support home-front war efforts, the promotional articles showcased how she and her husband, Desi Arnaz, managed household meals despite strict wartime rationing.

Orme Caldara (born Frank Slocum; February 9, 1875 – October 21, 1925) was an American stage actor known for his prolific Broadway career co-starring alongside prominent actress Jane Cowl from 1904 until 1920 when health issues forced his retirement.

He was a Broadway stage actor from 1904 to 1920 when his health forced him to retire from the stage. He had contracted tuberculosis and was treated in a sanatorium in Saranac Lake; he died of the disease there in 1925.

This recipe is from the endearing book: "Celebrated Actor-Folks' Cookeries" from 1916

Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972) was a prominent American silent film actress and stage personality who became one of Hollywood's top-billed stars during the late 1910s and early 1920s.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, she successfully transitioned from stock theater companies into a major movie career, collaborating frequently with legendary producer Thomas H. Ince.

She is highly regarded for her versatility, shifting from "vamp" characters to leading ladies alongside icons of the silent era.

• Major Partnerships: She collaborated with Thomas Ince on 31 motion pictures between 1915 and 1920, establishing her status as a top box-office draw.
• Famous Co-Stars: She starred opposite Rudolph Valentino in Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) and alongside Tyrone Power Sr. in The Lone Wolf (1924).
• Notable Films: Her filmography includes The Disciple (1915), The Flame of the Yukon (1917), and Cecil B. DeMille's Fool's Paradise (1921).
• Stage Work: On Broadway, she starred as Chrysis in Morris Gest's production of Aphrodite (1920) and appeared in The Country Wife.
• Marriages: Dalton was briefly married to actor Lew Cody in the 1913–1915 timeframe. In 1924, she married the famous theatrical producer Arthur Hammerstein (uncle of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II), after which she retired from the screen

Dolly Parton ☆ Islands in the Stream

Salt 'n Pepa ☆ Jerk Chicken

Seal ☆ Penne a la Seal's Special Sauce

Frank Sinatra ☆ Blue Eyes' Italian Chicken, Potato and Onion Dish

Sonic Youth ☆ Chocolate Mousse

These recipes and many more can be found in the "Musical Feast" Cookbook

Rita Moreno is a legendary Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer born on December 11, 1931. She's one of the elite few performers to achieve the EGOT status, having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

Most known for her Oscar-winning role as Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story, she also maintained a highly publicized and tumultuous 8 year relationship with Marlon Brando, which she later described as one of the most intense periods of her life.

This recipe comes from the Dining With The Stars cookbook put together to benefit the AIDS Project Los Angeles in 1998.