Anne of Green Gables gift ideas for people who actually cook: which of the two cookbooks suits which person, and whether to give the paperback or the PDF.

Both books are turn-of-the-century farmhouse cooking from the world of Anne of Green Gables, illustrated throughout and written so a modern cook never has to guess. They were built as a pair and nothing in one repeats anything in the other. Which one to give depends entirely on who is receiving it.

The best Anne of Green Gables gift ideas start with the Companion

Of the Anne of Green Gables gift ideas that get used rather than shelved, this is the one. Forty-seven recipes across four seasons of a Prince Edward Island year, so it reads as the whole world rather than one week of it. This is the one for the reader rather than the cook, and it is the better first book of the two.

For someone who bakes at Christmas

Christmas at Green Gables. Forty-one recipes across eight sections, from the first cake of November to the New Year, arranged in the order a household with one oven would actually make them. Give it in November and it gets used the same month.

For a collector of old cookbooks

Both, as the bundle. The pair covers a whole year with no overlap, and the ten printable kitchen sheets were made for the pair rather than for either book alone. Give one and two of the sheets point at a book they do not have.

For a cook who will actually use it

The paperback, whichever title. A book that lies open on a counter gets cooked from. Both are 6 by 9 inches, printed and shipped by Amazon.

For a gift decided at the last minute

The PDF. It arrives by email within a minute of paying, there is nothing to ship and no deadline to miss, and it prints cleanly at home if they would rather have paper. The bundle of both is $14.99.

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Both books, in paperback and as PDFs, are on the books page.