With recipes including four-ingredient coconut rolls and Nanaimo bars, Ms. Paré’s first cookbook, “150 Delicious Squares,” was something of an ode to her sweet tooth. It has sold more than ...

Slow Cooker Recipes, Muffins & More and Casseroles have also sold more than a million copies each. Born in the village of Irma, east of Edmonton, in 1927, Ms. Paré lived most of her life in ...

Jean Paré, a farm girl from a small village in rural Alberta, and who gained worldwide fame for her Company's Coming cookbook series, has died. Paré died in Edmonton on Christmas Eve aged 95.