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Swamp Cabbage and Sunshine: Craziest-Ever Hearts of Palm Salad Sums Up Florida’s Food History September 27, 2024
Cuisine in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert: Cholla Buds April 12, 2021April 12, 2021
Arizona Highways Heritage Cookbook: Riding through History via the Mouth and the Stomach July 8, 2020April 19, 2023
Going to the Desert March 16, 2019November 21, 2024
Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part I: Tomatoes Breathing Fire: A Universal Sauce September 8, 2017November 21, 2024
The Food of Florida: A Grand and Ongoing Experiment April 21, 2017April 21, 2017
Warts and All: Cooks as Witches, Witches as Cooks September 24, 2016November 21, 2024
Day 7: Squirrel – Celebrate American Food History July 26, 2016July 27, 2016
Pemmican, and Other Sundry Treats from Jas. Townsend July 13, 2016July 17, 2016
The Culture of Food in England 1200 -1500 May 5, 2016November 21, 2024
Peanuts and the Cooking of West Africa April 13, 2016November 21, 2024
With Roots in East Africa: Okra, a Veritable World Traveler November 2, 2015November 21, 2024

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Books By Cynthia D. Bertelsen

A book of reflective essays, including a section on life during COVID-19. Winner of a bronze medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, 2024. Finalist in the Prose/Anthology category, Royal Palm Literary Awards, Florida Writers Association, 2024.
Semi-Finalist, Florida Writers Association, 2023, Anthology category. Bronze Medalist, Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2023.

Semi-Finalist, Florida Writers Association Anthology 2023. Bronze Medalist Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2023.

Winner, Gourmand Best in the USA and the World 2023; Silver medal winner, Florida Author and Publishers Association, 2023

Best in the World Winner 2022, Food Writing Category, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

REVIEWS:

Kirkus Reviews

Midwest Book Review

Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021; Silver Medal Winner 2022, Florida Authors and Publishers Association

Winner of Best in the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards in Culinary History and Praised by Publishers Weekly as “a remarkable book.”

My Book about Africa, Now Available!

A Story of Witchcraft, Healing, & Love

My First Book – Mushroom: A Global History

My book, now available! On Kindle, too!

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