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.

Edna Staebler was born in Berlin, Ontario (renamed Kitchener during World War I) in 1906 and grew up there.

Beginning in 1948, she wrote articles for Maclean's, Chatelaine, Saturday Night, Reader's Digest, Star Weekly and other newspapers and magazines; she has also written non-fiction with Canadian themes.

[7][1] A biography, To Experience Wonder, Edna Staebler: A Life (2003), was written by Veronica Ross; a collection of her diaries, Must Write, edited by Christl Verduyn, was published in 2005.