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I gave Julie Haigh (Top 1000 Amazon reviewer) an advance copy of Dear Fran, Love Dulcie and chewed my fingernails while I waited for feedback. “Stunning,” she said when she’d finished it. “I usually start a new book as soon as I finish one. I couldn’t with this – I just had to sit and […]

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Would you like to read ANY (or all) of the Old Fools books in print, completely free? It’s easy. All you have to do is have the following conversation… Whether you live in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Spain or Australia, wherever, just enter your local library. Walk up to your friendly […]

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If you enjoy reading aloud with your kids or grandies, please help yourself to my free kids’ play, Morgan and the Martians. It includes quizzes and activities at the end. I hope it makes you smile. Indy, my 7¾-year-old granddaughter always insists on being Kate, the bossy goody-goody. I’d love to know what your little […]

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What would you like to cook? Some delicious Spanish tapas? Or Middle Eastern delights? Choose from these and a host of others.

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When I asked if anybody had any photos of recipes they have cooked from the Old Fools series to be added to the new recipe book coming soon, I wasn’t prepared for a response like that of Susan Franey! She’s been cooking up an Old Fools storm in her kitchen. Dish after dish, gorgeous photo […]

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TWO OLD FOOLS IN THE KITCHEN is almost polished and ready to launch, probably September 1st. But then a friend of mine had an idea. “Why don’t you ask your readers if any of them have made and taken a photo of any of the recipes? Then you could include them in the book,” she […]

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“Minestrone soup from your book, Two Old Fools Down Under! Along with tapas, lovely on a rainy British day!” Linda Powdrill With stock in the freezer and a few veggies in the fridge, you can make this steaming bowl of minestrone in just under half an hour. INGREDIENTS 2 cups prepared chicken stock 2 cups […]

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When you don’t know the words to a song, what do you do? Take some advice from my littlest granddaughter, Winter. Sing the words you know, then add some Chinese and finish off with a flourish of golden soil and honey. But of course. So here it is. We present Winter, and her personal rendition […]

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I thought you might like to watch a book cover being born, right from the first idea and the initial sketch. I told my cover artist, Nick Saltmer, that I was making a collection of all the recipes in the Old Fools series, putting them together in a separate recipe book. As I have LOVED []

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Have you ever wondered which of the Spanish recipes in the Old Fools books gets most mentions and positive feedback? Well, its this one! Six steps to heaven Ingredients (serves 4)  50ml (2 fl oz) extra virgin olive oil 250g (8oz) fresh mushrooms (sliced)  4-6 cloves of garlic (chopped or sliced) []

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