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Author Staebler, Edna, 1906-2006.

Title Food that really schmecks : Mennonite country cooking as prepared by my Mennonite friend, Bevvy Martin, my mother and other fine cooks / Edna Staebler.

Publication Info. [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2007]
©2007

Item Status

Edition Commemorative ed.
Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 334 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Life writing series
Life writing series.
Note Includes index.
Summary In the 1960s, Edna Staebler moved in with an Old Order Mennonite family to absorb their oral history and learn about Mennonite culture and cooking. From this fieldwork came the cookbook Food That Really Schmecks. Originally published in 1968, Schmecks instantly became a classic, selling tens of thousands of copies. Interspersed with practical and memorable recipes are Staebler's stories and anecdotes about cooking, Mennonites, her family, and Waterloo Region. Described by Edith Fowke as folklore literature, Staebler's cookbooks have earned her national acclaim. Including this long-anticipat.
Contents About the Author; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Those Mouth-Watering Mennonite Meals; The Twin Cities with Schmecks Appeal; And Finally; Index.
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Subject Mennonite cooking.
Mennonite cooking.
Cooking, Canadian.
Cooking, Canadian.
Cooking -- Ontario -- Waterloo (Regional municipality)
Cooking.
Ontario -- Waterloo (Regional municipality)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Martin, Bevvy.
Other Form: Print version: Staebler, Edna, 1906-2006. Food that really schmecks. Commemorative ed. [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2007 9780889205 0889205213 (OCoLC)75087622
ISBN 9780889205215
0889205213
9780889205321 (electronic book)
0889205329 (electronic book)