A classic - for good reason!
So much has been said in praise of this Canadian classic that I can hardly hope to improve upon it, or add anything original. But I can say that I loved it wholeheartedly - no pictures, but page after page of wonderfully tasty recipes and chatty, personable prose. The recipes don't call for any strange or exotic ingredients, but things that you'll probably already have in the pantry. I have lost count of the many things that I have made from this book, and all of them have been good. I love Edna Staebler's writing, and the sometimes vague amounts she gives in her recipes. Cooking is like that - you learn as you go. The recipes are simple, homey, comforting, delicious. If for nothing else, this is the book that first encouraged me, as a new bride, to try baking my own bread, and I have been making my own ever since. This is a warm, honest, lovely book that I am glad to have on my cookbook shelf, and I turn to it often. Read and enjoy!