One of the absolute delights of my childhood was discovering the Anne of Green Gables set of books by Lucy Maud Montgomery. They were my favourite books for years! And to be honest, although I haven’t read one in forever, I still have the entire series and it wouldn’t take much for me to be again drawn into the world of Matthew and Marilla, Diana Barry and Gilbert Blythe and the adorable red-haired, high-spirited feisty girl known as Anne of Green Gables. And that’s Anne with an E and don’t you forget it!
These books taught me so much about the world – about love, about friendship and family, about how it’s okay to be different (and how to embrace that difference). Oh, and how I wasn’t the only person in the world who constantly had to spell their name to people to ensure that they got it right!
So I was overjoyed to find out that there is an Anne of Green Gables Cookbook. And beside myself to be given a free ARC from NetGalley and Race Point Publishing to review! Thank you so much!
First up, this book is gorgeous! The illustrations and the photos are beautiful. And all of the recipes are referenced to the exact place in the books where they occurred..which a pedant like me totally loves!
I choose to make Anne’s Poetical Egg Salad sandwiches. And they were delicious.
OMG…these were so good!
I think sometimes it’s hard when blogging to present something as simple as these sandwiches because…..well…it’s egg salad right and everyone knows how to make that. so why bother? But this is also real food, the kind of food I want to make. Eat. Repeat.
Recipe? Here.
And you can also fancy these up. The version you are looking at has some chives in the mix. It’s great with lettuce in the sandwich. To make it really fancy, a slice of smoked salmon is divine!
I adored this book almost as much as the novels that inspired it!
And as we head into the new year, some rules for living from Miss Anne Shirley:
ON FRIENDS
ON MAKING MISTAKES
ON MAKING AN EFFORT
ON ATTITUDE
ON LOVE
THE FUTURE
And on that note sweet people, I’m going to bid you adieu for 2017.
Thank you for reading, commenting, liking, sharing. You’re the best and most wonderful kindred spirits ever!
And for all of you, all my very, very best for a joyful 2018! May it bring it everything you wish for!
