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'''Jean Paré''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (December 7, 1927 – December 24, 2022) was a Canadian [[caterer]], author of the ''[[Company's Coming]]'' cookbook series, and founder of Company's Coming Publishing Limited. She was one of the top-selling cookbook authors in the world, selling 30 million copies as of 2011.<ref name="cooksinfo1">{{cite web |author=Randal W. Oulton |url=http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/Pages/jeanpare |title=Jean Paré |publisher=Cooksinfo.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811122111/http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/Pages/jeanpare |archive-date=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She wrote over 200 cookbooks before her retirement in 2011. In 2004, she was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]], Canada's highest civilian honor.<ref name="walrus">{{cite news |last1=Woudstra |first1=Kristy |title=How Jean Paré Taught Canada to Cook: The Company's Coming author has sold 30 million books by perfecting everything from casserole to pie |url=https://thewalrus.ca/how-jean-pare-taught-canada-to-cook/ |access-date=27 June 2022 |publisher=The Walrus |date=2 April 2020}}</ref>
'''Jean Paré''', [[Order of Canada|CM]] (December 7, 1927&nbsp;– December 24, 2022) was a Canadian [[caterer]], author of the ''[[Company's Coming]]'' cookbook series, and founder of Company's Coming Publishing Limited. She was one of the top-selling cookbook authors in the world, selling 30&nbsp;million copies as of 2011.<ref name="cooksinfo1">{{cite web |author=Randal W. Oulton |url=http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/Pages/jeanpare |title=Jean Paré |publisher=Cooksinfo.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811122111/http://www.cooksinfo.com/edible.nsf/Pages/jeanpare |archive-date=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She wrote over 200 cookbooks before her retirement in 2011. In 2004, she was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]], Canada's highest civilian honor.<ref name="walrus">{{cite news |last1=Woudstra |first1=Kristy |title=How Jean Paré Taught Canada to Cook: The Company's Coming author has sold 30&nbsp;million books by perfecting everything from casserole to pie |url=https://thewalrus.ca/how-jean-pare-taught-canada-to-cook/ |access-date=27 June 2022 |publisher=The Walrus |date=2 April 2020}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Paré was born on December 7, 1927, in [[Irma, Alberta|Irma]], [[Alberta]], Canada to Edward and Ruby Elford. The family later moved to [[Edmonton]], Alberta. Jean married her first husband, Clarence Lovig in 1946. In 1959, they moved to [[Vermilion, Alberta]] where they owned and operated the Vermilion Auction Mart. Later they built and operated the Vegreville Auction Mart as well. Jean and Clarence were divorced in the mid 1960s, leaving Jean on her own with two school-age children to support. Using a $1,000 loan from a local bank, she opened a small cafe in Vermilion. There, she met her second husband, Larry Paré, a single father of three children.
Paré was born on December 7, 1927, in [[Irma, Alberta|Irma]], [[Alberta]], Canada to Edward and Ruby Elford. The family later moved to [[Edmonton]], Alberta. Jean married her first husband, Clarence Lovig in 1946. In 1959, they moved to [[Vermilion, Alberta]] where they owned and operated the Vermilion Auction Mart. Later they built and operated the Vegreville Auction Mart as well. Jean and Clarence were divorced in the mid 1960s, leaving Jean on her own with two school-age children to support. Using a $1,000 loan from a local bank, she opened a small cafe in Vermilion. There, she met her second husband, Larry Paré, a single father of three children.


Paré is the author of Company's Coming cookbooks, published and distributed by Company's Coming Publishing Limited, which she co-founded in 1981. She oversaw publication of more than 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes and the publication of more than 200 cookbooks.<ref name="walrus"/> After 30 years and 30 million cookbooks sold, she retired in February 2011. Among her accomplishments was her appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada. Paré was also a principal shareholder in [[COMAC Food Group]]. That company owned Company's Coming Bakery Cafes, Grabbajabba Specialty Coffee, Pastels Cafes, and the Canadian rights to the [[Domino's Pizza]] franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/pare.html |title=CBC: Life And Times |publisher=Cbc.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref>
Paré is the author of Company's Coming cookbooks, published and distributed by Company's Coming Publishing Limited, which she co-founded in 1981. She oversaw publication of more than 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes and the publication of more than 200 cookbooks.<ref name="walrus"/> After 30 years and 30&nbsp;million cookbooks sold, she retired in February 2011. Among her accomplishments was her appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada. Paré was also a principal shareholder in [[COMAC Food Group]]. That company owned Company's Coming Bakery Cafes, Grabbajabba Specialty Coffee, Pastels Cafes, and the Canadian rights to the [[Domino's Pizza]] franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/lifeandtimes/pare.html |title=CBC: Life And Times |publisher=Cbc.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-09-01}}</ref>


Paré died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 95.<ref>[https://www.mountainviewtoday.ca/lifestyle-news/companys-coming-cookbooks-author-jean-pare-dies-in-edmonton-at-age-95-6299331 'Company's Coming' cookbooks author Jean Paré dies in Edmonton at age 95]</ref>
Paré died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 95.<ref>[https://www.mountainviewtoday.ca/lifestyle-news/companys-coming-cookbooks-author-jean-pare-dies-in-edmonton-at-age-95-6299331 'Company's Coming' cookbooks author Jean Paré dies in Edmonton at age 95]</ref>

Revision as of 04:19, 28 December 2022

For the Quebecois journalist, see Jean Paré (journalist). For the Swiss basketball player, see Jean Pare (basketball).
Jean Paré
Born(1927-12-07)December 7, 1927
Irma, Alberta, Canada
DiedDecember 24, 2022(2022-12-24) (aged 95)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanadian
OccupationAuthor
Years active1981–2011[1]
OrganizationCompany's Coming Publishing Limited
Known forAuthor of Canada's most popular cookbooks
Notable workCompany's Coming
ChildrenLyall Lovig, Brian Lovig, Grant Lovig and Gail Lovig
AwardsMember of the Order of Canada (2004)[1]
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2003)[1]
Websitewww.companyscoming.com

Jean Paré, CM (December 7, 1927 – December 24, 2022) was a Canadian caterer, author of the Company's Coming cookbook series, and founder of Company's Coming Publishing Limited. She was one of the top-selling cookbook authors in the world, selling 30 million copies as of 2011.[2] She wrote over 200 cookbooks before her retirement in 2011. In 2004, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor.[3]

Personal life

Paré was born on December 7, 1927, in Irma, Alberta, Canada to Edward and Ruby Elford. The family later moved to Edmonton, Alberta. Jean married her first husband, Clarence Lovig in 1946. In 1959, they moved to Vermilion, Alberta where they owned and operated the Vermilion Auction Mart. Later they built and operated the Vegreville Auction Mart as well. Jean and Clarence were divorced in the mid 1960s, leaving Jean on her own with two school-age children to support. Using a $1,000 loan from a local bank, she opened a small cafe in Vermilion. There, she met her second husband, Larry Paré, a single father of three children.

Paré is the author of Company's Coming cookbooks, published and distributed by Company's Coming Publishing Limited, which she co-founded in 1981. She oversaw publication of more than 17,000 kitchen-tested recipes and the publication of more than 200 cookbooks.[3] After 30 years and 30 million cookbooks sold, she retired in February 2011. Among her accomplishments was her appointment as a Member of the Order of Canada. Paré was also a principal shareholder in COMAC Food Group. That company owned Company's Coming Bakery Cafes, Grabbajabba Specialty Coffee, Pastels Cafes, and the Canadian rights to the Domino's Pizza franchise.[4]

Paré died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 95.[5]

Company's Coming cookbooks

Prior to publishing cookbooks, Paré was a caterer in her home town of Vermilion, Alberta.[3] Because of requests for her recipes, she wrote and published her first cookbook in 1981 at the age of 53.[2] To begin, 15,000 copies of 150 Delicious Squares were produced, and sold in specially designed racks at gas stations, grocery stores, and at local fairs.[6][3] This first book was the start for Company's Coming Publishing Limited. Paré went on to have more than 200 Company's Coming cookbooks published before her retirement in 2011. Her cookbooks are typically about a single subject with easy to follow recipes that rely upon readily available ingredients.[2][3]

In 2009 she donated her collection of 6,700 cookbooks, many of them collections of recipes from women from community organizations, churches, and Canadian local groups, to the University of Guelph.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "About Company's Coming - the Jean Pare Story". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  2. ^ a b c Randal W. Oulton. "Jean Paré". Cooksinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Woudstra, Kristy (2 April 2020). "How Jean Paré Taught Canada to Cook: The Company's Coming author has sold 30 million books by perfecting everything from casserole to pie". The Walrus. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ "CBC: Life And Times". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
  5. ^ 'Company's Coming' cookbooks author Jean Paré dies in Edmonton at age 95
  6. ^ "Cooksinfo.com". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-08-25.

External links

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