![]() ![]() Edna, while remaining neutral yet amused, helped facilitate these interactions. Lawyers collected cookie recipes through advertisements in Mennonite and Amish newspapers and Old Order Mennonite women were paid to bake demonstration cookies. Bevvy Martin's recipe for Rigglevake cookies in ‘Food That Really Schmecks’ came to the attention of lawyers from both sides as an example of crisp and chewy cookies that could be said to be in the public domain. In the early 1980s, Proctor & Gamble sued Nabisco, claiming that Nabisco had violated its patent for a baking process that made cookies both crisp and chewy. ![]() It was based on Old Order Mennonite recipes from Waterloo County, Canada. Edna Staebler had published her bestselling cookbook, Food That Really Schmecks, in 1968. My search online led me to the following information. This little middle grade fiction is based on actual events. The entire story is written in the first person perspective of Beth. Acting as the mediator is cookbook author Edna Staebler, who tries to make peace between the two parties and provide a happy ending to everyone. Grandma is determined not to allow her recipe book out of her sight. However, one day, a New York lawyer named Paula Logan makes an appearance on their doorstep, demanding Grandma’s cookie recipe in order to win a multi-million dollar lawsuit. However, as a girl in the Mennonite community, her life is runs on a set schedule and art isn’t part of it. ![]() Twelve year old Beth wants to be an artist. ![]()
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