Day 2: Oysters – Celebrate American Food History

Posted on July 21, 2016July 27, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, Hunger, Oysters2 Minutes Read

The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence

Posted on October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Beef, Cattle, Cooking, Festivals, Hunger, Lent, Local foods, Photography3 Minutes Read

The Curse of Corn: Poverty and Politics and Pellagra

Posted on July 24, 2012January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Corn, Hunger, Italy, Local foods, Paintings, Southern Food, Spain3 Minutes Read

Dig for Victory! Locavorism in Eons Past

Posted on December 31, 2009December 31, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Art, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Europe, Gardens, Hunger, Local foods, Locavores, Posters, United States1 Minute Read

Hunger and Hope

Posted on April 29, 2009April 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Ethiopia, Honduras, Hunger1 Minute Read

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British Food and Food History Links

* 15th-Century Cookery Books (Full Text)
* 39 Dishes from the First Christmas Menu, Published in 1660
* Britannia – Cooking
* British Cookbook Primer
* British Cookbooks, a Gift to America
* British Food
* British Food Bloggers
* British Food in America
* British Food: A History
* British History Online
* British, Scottish, Welsh Food & Cooking
* Chutney Recipes from Food Network UK
* Cookbooks – 18th Century Cookbooks (England, Scotland, America)
* Culinary History Online
* Culinary Jottings for Madras, by Col. Kenney-Henry
* Dictionary of Middle-English Cookery Terms
* DNA and the British Isles
* Elizabethan Era Resources
* English Cookbooks
* English Fairy Tales – Bibliography (quite stupendous, with links to full-text)
* Great British Chefs
* Heston Blumenthal's Web Site
* Historic Food by Ivan Day
* Ivan Day's Historic British Food
* Libraries – BOOKS FOR COOKS AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
* Libraries – Fons Grewe Collection at University of Barcelona
* Map of British DNA Patterns
* Measuring Worth
* Medieval English Cookery Books
* Miss Foodwise
* Oxford University Press List of Links related to Britain's History
* Restaurants – Dishoom
* Stuart Peachey Food & Cookery Historical Booklets
* The British Library
* The Foods of England
* The Forme of Cury (Earliest English Cookbook)
* The National Archives UK
* Thomas Gloning’s Corpus of Culinary & Dietetic Texts of Europe from the Middle Ages to 1800
* Vision of Britain (maps through history)
* Volume (Liquid) Converter to Metric
Cooking Terms (US/UK/NZ/AU/CA)
The English Diaspora