The Island Hot Choc Fondant - how to make 20 of them!


November 5th, 2008

I wouldn’t dare to offer you any political commentary on what is surely the most momentous day in American history in a long time, there are far too many people out there who will do it far better than me, but I will offer you 20 hot chocolate fondant puddings to celebrate this and to [...]

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cats versus dogs, obama versus mccain, palm springs lovers versus palm springs detractors… time to take sides!


October 8th, 2008

So here I am in Palm Springs, where I’m doing some research for my new novel.  It’s a hard job but somebody’s got to do it.  And it occurs to me that if you tell anyone you’re going to Palm Springs there’s a huge barrage of reactions, mostly very much against, apart from one of [...]

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