If you were stranded on an island with 40 other people, and had to choose one thing to keep you sane, what would it be? In the winter of 2004, snow-bound and unemployed on a tiny island seven miles out to sea, Kate Shaffer chose chocolate. Three years later, Black Dinah Chocolatiers twinkled into existence.

In Desserted: Recipes and Tales from an Island Chocolatier, Kate weaves together recipes and essays from her life as the village chocolatier and baker. With a foreword by best-selling author and swordboat captain Linda Greenlaw, more than 50 artful color photographs, precise instructions on