Not by Bread Alone: America's Culinary Heritage

Be an Artist at the Gas Range
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Proclaiming "the heart of any home is the modern gas kitchen," this recipe booklet, issued by a local gas company, promotes "fast, flexible, economical cooking heat." By the 1930s, gas ranges with "automatic" pilot lights added convenience to the other desirable features of cooking with gas.

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Be an Artist at the Gas Range, by "The Mystery Chef." Presented with the Compliments of Your Gas Company. Longmans, Green, and Company, c1936.
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