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“A Hastiness of Cooks”: A How-to Handbook for Lovers of Historic Cooking and Cookbooks

“A Hastiness of Cooks”: A How-to Handbook for Lovers of Historic Cooking and Cookbooks

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Art, Cookbooks2 Minutes Read

Pollos de Carretero con Salsa de Pobres ( Chicken a la Carters, with Black Pepper Sauce)

Pollos de Carretero con Salsa de Pobres ( Chicken a la Carters, with Black Pepper Sauce)

Posted on October 19, 2018October 29, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Art, Books, Cookbooks, Drawings, Photography, Reference1 Minute Read

Skeletons, Disease, and the Dinner Table

Skeletons, Disease, and the Dinner Table

Posted on April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Books, England, English Cooking3 Minutes Read

Weather, Weather, Weather

Weather, Weather, Weather

Posted on September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Archaeology, Colonization, Cookbooks3 Minutes Read

Prometheus Unbound: New Evidence on Humans’ Early Use of Fire

Prometheus Unbound: New Evidence on Humans’ Early Use of Fire

Posted on May 30, 2015June 29, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Archaeology, Cooking, Drawings, France, Paintings4 Minutes Read

The Curse of Corn: Pellagra

The Curse of Corn: Pellagra

Posted on July 20, 2012January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Corn, Southern Food1 Minute Read

Hunger is the Best Sauce

Hunger is the Best Sauce

Posted on November 11, 2009November 11, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Bibliographies, Bread, Cooking, Ethiopia, Europe, Evolution, Italian Cooking, Local foods, Methods, United States4 Minutes Read

No Thanks to Marco Polo: An Encyclopedia of Italy’s Pasta Shapes

No Thanks to Marco Polo: An Encyclopedia of Italy’s Pasta Shapes

Posted on November 6, 2009November 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Book Reviews, China, Italian Cooking, Italy, Local foods, Pasta, Reference3 Minutes Read

The Archaeology of the Pomegranate

The Archaeology of the Pomegranate

Posted on November 4, 2009November 4, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Archaeology, Art, Methods, Middle East3 Minutes Read

Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition

Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition

Posted on September 19, 2009September 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Archaeology, England, English Cooking, Local foods, Middle Ages1 Minute Read

Fish in the Diets of Early Modern Humans in China 40,000 Years Ago — Direct Evidence

Fish in the Diets of Early Modern Humans in China 40,000 Years Ago — Direct Evidence

Posted on July 18, 2009July 14, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, China, Evolution, Fish1 Minute Read

Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology in Culinary History

Bioarchaeology and Paleopathology in Culinary History

Posted on July 7, 2009July 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Mummies1 Minute Read

The Nose Knows

The Nose Knows

Posted on July 4, 2009July 4, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Evolution, Spain2 Minutes Read

Reveling in Books: Catching Fire

Reveling in Books: Catching Fire

Posted on June 22, 2009June 22, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Food Science, Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, Meat3 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine #16

Idylls of Cuisine #16

Posted on June 7, 2009June 4, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Italian Cooking, Italy1 Minute Read

Monastery Kitchens

Monastery Kitchens

Posted on May 23, 2009October 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, English Cooking, Middle Ages1 Minute Read

What Mummies Tell Us about Food

What Mummies Tell Us about Food

Posted on May 1, 2009May 1, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Italy, Mummies2 Minutes Read

Cooking: The Theory, with a Little Help from Chimps

Cooking: The Theory, with a Little Help from Chimps

Posted on March 3, 2009March 3, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, French Cooking, Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis4 Minutes 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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