After a month of unsettling news, Kate Young turns to LM Montgomery’s children’s classic to find a sweet summer treat – and avoids the book’s boozy mixup By Kate Young for The Little Library Café, ...

"I love bright red drinks, don't you? They taste twice as good as any other colour." So said Anne Shirley in one of my favourite childhood books, Anne of Green Gables, in the raspberry cordial scene.

When I was a kid, Anne of Green Gables was my number one. The girl, the books, the miniseries, the musical — you name it, I was all about it. There was something about Anne's mix of curiosity, smarts, ...

Good, squidgy raspberries are perfect for an ice-cold drink, minus any side effects you can get from store-bought red cordial. I just adore the fragrance of elderflower in the mix. Pop the raspberries ...

I followed a recipe for raspberry cordial that called for heating and straining raspberries, boiling the juice with sugar and mixing it with brandy. The next day, it had gelled, like a meat stock made ...

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