And Now a Word from the Mystery Chef

And now for this curious archive offering: a cookbook produced and distributed by "your local gas company" in 1936. There are so many for sale online, from every corner of the Eastern Seaboard,  that I think this was probably widely syndicated. My copy is from Camden Gas.

It's written by "the mystery chef," who had a twice-weekly recipe radio show in Philadelphia.

He also had a pretty nice house:

He offered recipes (if somewhat suspicious ones), from all over the world: