Edna Staebler

Edna Staebler

BornCora Margaret Cress
(1906-01-15)January 15, 1906
Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener, Ontario)[1]
DiedSeptember 12, 2006(2006-09-12) (aged 100)
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Occupationwriter, philanthropist
NationalityCanadian
GenreNon-fiction, historical non-fiction, creative non-fiction essay, literary criticism, Mennonite cooking
Notable worksFood That Really Schmecks cookbook series, Namesake for the Edna Staebler Award

Edna Staebler CM (January 15, 1906 – September 12, 2006) was a Canadian writer and literary journalist,[2] best known for her series of cookbooks, particularly Food That Really Schmecks.[3][4] While the book contains Mennonite recipes, the content also includes stories and anecdotes about life and home cooking in the rural areas of the Waterloo Region.

  1. ^ The Ambassador's Online Magazine, January 2007, Edna Staebler, Volume 10 - Issue 1, Profile, Retrieved 11/26/2012
  2. ^ Faculty of Arts, August 28, 2012, About the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Wilfrid Laurier University, Headlines, Retrieved 11/26/2012
  3. ^ "Food That Really Schmecks". WLU Press. WLU. 2016. Archived from the original on August 28, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  4. ^ McNeill, Laurie, Diaries that Schmeck Archived 2015-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian litterateur, Retrieved 11/26/2012