Saw this in the thrift store and for 20 cents I figured it was worth that in nostalgia value alone.

I loved the Encyclopedia Brown books as a kid and read a number of them. This one however is kinda different. It's more than half cookbook.

While the recipes all seem like foods kids would like (and like to make), this is an odd combination kind of book. It's a bit like one of those knives with all the added tools and attachments, kinda neat as a novelty item and potentially useful in some unusual situations but kind of a poor substitute for the real things.