Life is uncertain.  Eat dessert first. ~ Ernestine Ulmer

Follow Ernestine’s advice while serving these two delicious dessert recipes from Beyond Green Gables at your next meal.

With Spring fast approaching, it’s time to start thinking about fresh recipes to use in the coming months, especially ones that can be made on special holidays or taken on picnics.  Here are a few original pineapple-inspired recipes, from Kevin Sullivan’s Designscapes book, Beyond Green Gables.  Kevin recommends these dishes as the perfect menu for a picnic at the pond.

Considering that Canadians are about to enjoy a long weekend (with Family Day happening on the 21st), why not spend that extra time baking some delicious recipes, including one from Anne’s era?

Here is a delicious, old fashioned recipe that will keep you happily preoccupied in the kitchen during long winter days. Try your hand at making your own French bread by following this recipe, taken from Kevin Sullivan’s book about designscapes, Beyond Green Gables.

Instead of relying on dry store-bought biscuits to serve with afternoon tea or breakfast, why not make your own.  Here are two traditional recipes for different types of biscuits from Beyond Green Gables.

Some of the most memorable scenes in Road to Avonlea are the times in which its residents stop to reflect on what sets their town apart.  When Avonlea is in danger of being bought by a developer, it is Hetty King, played by Jackie Burroughs, who is able to convince them to preserve Avonlea as it is.  The medium of her message is a home movie about the community and the people who live in it, shot by Jasper Dale.

Shooting winter scenes in the heat of summer is not as challenging as you might think for filmmaker Kevin Sullivan.  In fact, A Wind at My Back Christmas, which contained scenes with a lot of snow, was actually filmed in late summer, early fall.  Here is a direct explanation from Kevin himself as to how he has managed to convincingly portray the season in a number of different productions, including Wind at My Back, Road to Avonlea and other films.

Here are some warm winter soup recipes that are perfect for an afternoon lunch or dinner on a cold day, from Kevin Sullivan’s Beyond Green Gables.

Surviving winter in small Canadian towns during the Depression (and even now) could be times of both hardship and celebration.  A Wind at My Back Christmas demonstrates this, especially when we see the town coming together outdoors in the cold on Christmas Eve to sing carols together.

There are lots of fancy recipes for Christmas parties, but what about good quality recipes for those cold evenings when you want to stay in and have a hearty meal or host a small group?  Here are two recipes from Kevin Sullivan’s book, Beyond Green Gables, that are perfect for a family meal over the holidays.