I was lucky enough to go to a college where the room and board plan provided, in today’s parlance, “all-you-can-eat” meals. Thus, many of us took two desserts, the first to be enjoyed before the ...

INDIO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This festival season, Magnum® Ice Cream is bringing dessert to the desert as the first-ever frozen dessert sponsor of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts ...

At one point in Wilfred Thesiger's journeys in Arabian Sands, a rival tribe cuts him off from his source of food and water. Thesiger's Bedouin guides reassure him: if we get desperate, we will shove a ...

Many English words look or sound similar but carry meanings that are completely different. One of the most common examples of this confusion comes from the words “desert” and “dessert.” At a quick ...

My favorite desserts create a three-way tie: Garden Parfait — Light, refreshing. After all the good food from dinner and with the impending heat, I want lighter dessert fare. The chocolate pudding had ...

New Year’s Eve. As usual, the weather here in Rancho Mirage is perfect. Just spectacularly sunny, dry, blue skies, slight breeze. In winter, on good days, the Coachella Valley (this area) has as good ...