Foodies and Feline fans, are ready for your Puffed Mice, Spacatti and Moth Balls and a little Catfish Chowder? Well then, "Ethel the Gourmet" is a work of art for you! Ethel is snuggled in among her forty-plus favorite recipes, spices and snacks. Can you find them all? Are you up for the challenge?

"Ethel the Gourmet" is sister to "Frederick the Literate". They are named after Fred and Ethel Mertz, the neighbors, friends and landlords of the Ricardo's on the long-running television show "I Love Lucy". These siblings may have come from the same litter, but clearly parted company on their way to adulthood. Whereas Frederick likes to nap in the library surrounded by the comfort of big ideas, Ethel has been busy in the kitchen. "No matter what happens," said the artist Charles Wysocki, "Ethel is there. You bring the groceries home, she's in the bag. You bring home clothes, she's in the box. Whatever you bring home, she thinks it's for her!"

So while Frederick catnaps in his dream den, Ethel reigns over her dream pantry with every cat's favorite food on the shelves: Puffed Mice cereal, Three Wined Mice Pickled in Grape Juice and Uncle Tom's Instant Long Grain Wild Mice. And that's just the rodent menu. Ethel also has fish and birds on the brain with Catfish Chowder and Seasoned Crow's Feet for starters.