To Experience Wonder: Edna Staebler: A Life
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (904 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550024620 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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(The Kitchener-Waterloo Record)A great writer, a fabulous cook and wonderful company. Generations of readers have revelled in the abundance of Edna Staebler's storytelling and have found lifelong friends within the pages of her cookbooks. The long-awaited biography of one of Waterloo region's most beloved characters is a story both rich in detail and unfailing in its honesty. (London Free Press)In her new biography of Staebler, To Experience Wonder, mystery novelist Veronica Ross Changes forms and provides insight into a woman who is so much
The success of that book led to two more Schmecks books and many other cookbooks. Food That Really Schmecks immediately became a best-seller, and continues to sell 35 years later. Canada’s foremost cookbook author began her career, not as a cook, but as a journalist writing for Canadian magazines. In 1991 she established The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-fiction to recognize the first or second book of a Canadian writer.To Experience Wonder is the first book to explore behind the scenes of this successful writer’s life. At the age of 97, Edna leads an active life at her cottage on Sunfish Lake, where she writes, reads, and welcomes the many aspiring writers who come to visit.. Edna has received the Order of Canada among many other awards.Over the years, Edna developed longstanding friendships with many of Canada’s greatest writers, including Margaret Laurence, W.O. Mitchell, Sheila Burnford, and Pierre Berton. It’s more than a book of wonderful recipes - it also describes the Mennonite way of life. She was 60 when she turned her attention to food
She is currently working on a book about Russian history.. Veronica Ross lives in Kitchener, Ontario with her husband, Richard O'Brien. She is the author of Hannah B., Order in the Universe, the popular Carolyn Archer mystery series, and other books. Her short stories have appeared in many magazines
"A Story Full of Wonder" according to Donald McKenzie. Edna Staebler: A LifeFood That Really Schmecks (Life Writing)I have a little book in my library entitled Sauerkraut and Enterprise. It contains a series of stories around the lives of a family of Old Order Mennonites in the Kitchener-Waterloo area of Southern Ontario. The author of the book was Edna Staebler, who was best known for writing a series of cookbooks with the word Schmecks (roughly meaning tasty, yummy) in the titles.One day I was browsing the recommended for you section on my Kindle. In it I came across a biography entitled: Edna Stabler: A Life. The book, by Veronica Ross is subtitled, To Experience Wonder. Th