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Cuisine in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert: Cholla Buds

Cuisine in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert: Cholla Buds

Posted on April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Deserts, Food writing, Local foods, Photography, Southwest American4 Minutes Read

Writing a Memoir? Have I Got the Perfect Book for You.

Writing a Memoir? Have I Got the Perfect Book for You.

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Lit & Food, Writing3 Minutes Read

Memory, My Old Friend

Memory, My Old Friend

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, Photography, Thailand3 Minutes Read

Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life now available

Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life now available

Posted on September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food writing, Photography, Scandinavian Cooking, United States, Wisconsin1 Minute Read

Dreams of Flying, or, Armchair Traveling Through Books, LED Screens, and Memories

Dreams of Flying, or, Armchair Traveling Through Books, LED Screens, and Memories

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Films, Latin America, Writing3 Minutes Read

Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life

Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Cookbooks, Lit & Food, Photography, United States, Wisconsin, Writing1 Minute Read

We are All Interconnected, We are the “Family of Man”*: Thoughts on the COVID-19 Response

We are All Interconnected, We are the “Family of Man”*: Thoughts on the COVID-19 Response

Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Photography1 Minute Read

When Cooking is No Longer Fun: The Mental Load of Daily Cooking

When Cooking is No Longer Fun: The Mental Load of Daily Cooking

Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Eggs, Florida, Food writing, Photography, United States, Writing5 Minutes Read

Who is this Woman? Thoughts on Family History and Oppression of Women

Who is this Woman? Thoughts on Family History and Oppression of Women

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography, Writing3 Minutes Read

Baking Bread, Breaking Bread: A Short Film by Zev Robinson, Filmmaker

Baking Bread, Breaking Bread: A Short Film by Zev Robinson, Filmmaker

Posted on June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Photography, Scotland, Video2 Minutes Read

In a State of Siege: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Day 6

In a State of Siege: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Day 6

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Cookbooks, Photography, United States, Writing3 Minutes Read

Wisdom Soaked in Palm Oil: Food & Flavors of Africa, a New Book Forthcoming

Wisdom Soaked in Palm Oil: Food & Flavors of Africa, a New Book Forthcoming

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Books, Photography1 Minute Read

Joy to the World: A Look at the 9th Edition of “Joy of Cooking”

Joy to the World: A Look at the 9th Edition of “Joy of Cooking”

Posted on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Books, Cookbooks, Photography, Reference6 Minutes Read

Doors Open, Doors Close: Life’s Little Lessons

Doors Open, Doors Close: Life’s Little Lessons

Posted on November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Spain3 Minutes Read

The Perfect Book for National Mushroom Day!

The Perfect Book for National Mushroom Day!

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Mushrooms, Photography, Reference, Writing1 Minute Read

Cooking Like a Catalan, No Matter Where You Are

Cooking Like a Catalan, No Matter Where You Are

Posted on September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography, Spanish cooking3 Minutes Read

For Me, All Roads Lead to Spain

For Me, All Roads Lead to Spain

Posted on August 25, 2019August 25, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography, Reference, Spain, Spanish cooking5 Minutes Read

11 Years of Writing About Food and Culinary History – A Blog Anniversary!!!

11 Years of Writing About Food and Culinary History – A Blog Anniversary!!!

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cookbooks, Cooking, Photography, Reference5 Minutes Read

Oh, it’s a Sailor’s Life for Me! Lobscouse and Dandyfunk

Oh, it’s a Sailor’s Life for Me! Lobscouse and Dandyfunk

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, English Cooking, Norway, Photography, Reference5 Minutes Read

Being Ernest: On ” Writing One True Sentence”

Being Ernest: On ” Writing One True Sentence”

Posted on July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Cookbooks, Editorials, Food writing, Methods, Photography1 Minute Read

In Ernest Hemingway’s Key West Kitchen

In Ernest Hemingway’s Key West Kitchen

Posted on June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Cuban food, Florida, Photography2 Minutes Read

“To Fry Tomatoes”: Sarah Rutledge Mixes Up a Few New World Foods

“To Fry Tomatoes”: Sarah Rutledge Mixes Up a Few New World Foods

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, England, Photography, Spain, Spanish cooking, Tomatoes1 Minute Read

Mulacolong, from Sarah Rutledge’s The Carolina Housewife:

Mulacolong, from Sarah Rutledge’s The Carolina Housewife:

Posted on June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chicken, Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Photography, Poultry, Reference, Southern Food4 Minutes Read

Keep on Feasting! For Lovers of “Game of Thrones”

Keep on Feasting! For Lovers of “Game of Thrones”

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cookbooks, Drawings, English Cooking, Europe, French Cooking, Reference3 Minutes Read

Transcription of Medieval Documents, or, What an Online Resource!

Transcription of Medieval Documents, or, What an Online Resource!

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Bibliographies, Drawings, Libraries, Reference1 Minute Read

12 Months of the Year, or, Medieval Liturgical Calendars

12 Months of the Year, or, Medieval Liturgical Calendars

Posted on May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Drawings, Europe2 Minutes Read

Pignagoscé sur chapons (Pignagoscé on Capons), Plus Some Words on Paleography

Pignagoscé sur chapons (Pignagoscé on Capons), Plus Some Words on Paleography

Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Chicken, Cookbooks, Drawings, France, French Cooking, Recipes, Reference7 Minutes Read

Before There was Martha S., There was Martha B.*

Before There was Martha S., There was Martha B.*

Posted on April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cookbooks, Drawings, England, English Cooking, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Methods7 Minutes Read

A Day on the Border: Nogales, Mexico

A Day on the Border: Nogales, Mexico

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Mexico, Photography4 Minutes Read

“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

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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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