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Arizona Highways Heritage Cookbook: Riding through History via the Mouth and the Stomach

Arizona Highways Heritage Cookbook: Riding through History via the Mouth and the Stomach

Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Arizona, Cattle, Cookbooks, Gardens, Local foods, Southwest American, Spanish cooking4 Minutes Read

Going to the Desert

Going to the Desert

Posted on March 16, 2019March 16, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Deserts, Gardens, Local foods, Photography1 Minute Read

The Food of Florida: A Grand and Ongoing Experiment

The Food of Florida: A Grand and Ongoing Experiment

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Fish, Florida, Florida, Local foods, Photography, Southern cooking3 Minutes Read

Day 7: Squirrel – Celebrate American Food History

Day 7: Squirrel – Celebrate American Food History

Posted on July 26, 2016July 27, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Local foods, Southern Food4 Minutes Read

Pemmican, and Other Sundry Treats from Jas. Townsend

Pemmican, and Other Sundry Treats from Jas. Townsend

Posted on July 13, 2016July 17, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Local foods2 Minutes Read

Peanuts and the Cooking of West Africa

Peanuts and the Cooking of West Africa

Posted on April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Cookbooks, Local foods, Peanuts, Peanuts, Photography, Tomatoes6 Minutes Read

Real Mayonnaise, Real Food? Or Just Sanctimonious Snobbery?

Real Mayonnaise, Real Food? Or Just Sanctimonious Snobbery?

Posted on October 19, 2014October 19, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Critic's Corner, Local foods, Locavores, Nutrition6 Minutes Read

Lettice Bryan’s Forgotten Cookbook, The Kentucky Housewife, and Squirrel Soup Two Ways: A Touch of Americana

Lettice Bryan’s Forgotten Cookbook, The Kentucky Housewife, and Squirrel Soup Two Ways: A Touch of Americana

Posted on October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Local foods, Photography, Soup6 Minutes Read

Cutting Boards and French Comfort Food

Cutting Boards and French Comfort Food

Posted on August 21, 2014November 29, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Photography, Potatoes5 Minutes Read

Swamp Cabbage and Sunshine: Craziest-Ever Hearts of Palm Salad Sums Up Florida’s Food History

Swamp Cabbage and Sunshine: Craziest-Ever Hearts of Palm Salad Sums Up Florida’s Food History

Posted on June 26, 2014June 26, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Florida, Local foods, Photography6 Minutes Read

Eating Dessert at the White House + A Word about Dallas, November 22, 1963*

Eating Dessert at the White House + A Word about Dallas, November 22, 1963*

Posted on November 21, 2013November 22, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Baking, Chefs, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Food Columns, France, French Cooking, Lemons, Local foods, Photography, United States, White House6 Minutes Read

Pears – an Exploration of Ancient Food Preservation

Pears – an Exploration of Ancient Food Preservation

Posted on November 15, 2013November 15, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, China, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Paintings, Pears, Photography3 Minutes Read

What’s A Turnip Got to Do with Halloween? Or Rutabagas, Beets, and Gourds, for That Matter?

What’s A Turnip Got to Do with Halloween? Or Rutabagas, Beets, and Gourds, for That Matter?

Posted on October 31, 2013October 31, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, England, Halloween, Ireland, Local foods, Photography, Pumpkin, Rutabaga, Uncategorized, Video1 Minute Read

Cookbooks Tell the Story of Our Lives: Remembering Penelope Casas and The Foods and Wines of Spain

Cookbooks Tell the Story of Our Lives: Remembering Penelope Casas and The Foods and Wines of Spain

Posted on August 20, 2013April 8, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Arab cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Local foods, Photography, Spain2 Minutes Read

Journeys versus Destinations: Adventures in Indonesia

Journeys versus Destinations: Adventures in Indonesia

Posted on July 20, 2013July 22, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Asia, Gardens, Indonesia, Local foods, Photography1 Minute Read

Journeys versus Destinations: Initial Comments on a Sojourn in Indonesia

Journeys versus Destinations: Initial Comments on a Sojourn in Indonesia

Posted on July 16, 2013July 16, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Fish, Indonesia, Local foods, Photography2 Minutes Read

In My Grandfather’s Garden, or, a Long Apothegm on Apricots

In My Grandfather’s Garden, or, a Long Apothegm on Apricots

Posted on June 12, 2013June 12, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Apricots, Asia, China, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Photography, Pies--Sweet4 Minutes Read

A Pictorial Paean to Farming and Food

A Pictorial Paean to Farming and Food

Posted on May 2, 2013May 2, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cattle, Local foods, Photography, Sheep1 Minute Read

Mushroom: A Global History – New book coming out

Mushroom: A Global History – New book coming out

Posted on April 28, 2013April 28, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Books, Cookbooks, Cooking, France, Local foods, Mushrooms, Photography, Reference1 Minute Read

The Story Behind a Kitchen-Counter Sweet-Potato Patch

The Story Behind a Kitchen-Counter Sweet-Potato Patch

Posted on February 6, 2013September 22, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, Gardens, Local foods, Photography, Southern Food, Sweet Potatoes4 Minutes Read

The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence

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 Zen of Artichokes

The Zen of Artichokes

Posted on October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy, Local foods, Photography2 Minutes Read

Waiting for Pears

Waiting for Pears

Posted on August 30, 2012July 19, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food Science, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Pears, Photography2 Minutes Read

The Curse of Corn: Poverty and Politics and Pellagra

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

Worshipping Different Gods … The French (Food) Reformation

Worshipping Different Gods … The French (Food) Reformation

Posted on November 2, 2011December 13, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, French Cooking, Local foods, Locavores, Photography2 Minutes Read

The Last Vineyard in Paris? Clos Montmartre

The Last Vineyard in Paris? Clos Montmartre

Posted on October 3, 2011August 27, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Photography, Wine1 Minute Read

Belleville, Paris, France: I

Belleville, Paris, France: I

Posted on September 19, 2011December 13, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Agriculture, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Photography1 Minute Read

The Joy of France: Open-Air Markets II

The Joy of France: Open-Air Markets II

Posted on September 15, 2011December 13, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, France, French Cooking, Gardens, Local foods, Photography1 Minute Read

The Joy of France: Open-Air Markets I

The Joy of France: Open-Air Markets I

Posted on September 12, 2011December 13, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, France, French Cooking, Gardens, Local foods, Photography1 Minute Read

The Man Who …

The Man Who …

Posted on August 29, 2011August 27, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Locavores1 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

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