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The Enchanted Bamboo Forest

The Enchanted Bamboo Forest

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Gardens, Photography2 Minutes Read

The Seminoles, Eli Lilly, and the Ancient Saw Palmetto of Florida

The Seminoles, Eli Lilly, and the Ancient Saw Palmetto of Florida

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Gardens, Photography, Southern cooking3 Minutes Read

“Nothing is More the Child of Art than a Garden”*

“Nothing is More the Child of Art than a Garden”*

Posted on January 28, 2017January 29, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Photography3 Minutes Read

The Fallibility of Memory, or, The Fabulists among Us

The Fallibility of Memory, or, The Fabulists among Us

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Photography, Reference3 Minutes Read

Women and the Building of America: Reflections

Women and the Building of America: Reflections

Posted on September 7, 2016September 7, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cooking, Photography3 Minutes Read

Cooks, Kitchens, and Places: Josephine’s Tale

Cooks, Kitchens, and Places: Josephine’s Tale

Posted on August 29, 2016August 29, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Photography2 Minutes Read

Day 8: Apples – Celebrate American Food History

Day 8: Apples – Celebrate American Food History

Posted on July 27, 2016July 27, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Apples, Cookbooks, England, Germany, Photography4 Minutes Read

Day 1: Tuckahoe – Celebrate American Food History

Day 1: Tuckahoe – Celebrate American Food History

Posted on July 20, 2016July 27, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Drawings, England, English Cooking2 Minutes Read

Time to Cook

Time to Cook

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Photography1 Minute 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

The Grandmothers

The Grandmothers

Posted on March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

One of Mother Nature’s Leading Lights

One of Mother Nature’s Leading Lights

Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

Bigness, Vastness, Immenseness

Bigness, Vastness, Immenseness

Posted on March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

Connection: The Ties that Bind

Connection: The Ties that Bind

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

Solitude, or, Behind the Mask

Solitude, or, Behind the Mask

Posted on March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

What is Bliss to Me is Not Bliss to You …

What is Bliss to Me is Not Bliss to You …

Posted on March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography1 Minute Read

Water, Nature’s Driving Force

Water, Nature’s Driving Force

Posted on March 9, 2016March 10, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

Streets

Streets

Posted on March 8, 2016March 10, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

Home. What Signifies Home to You?

Home. What Signifies Home to You?

Posted on March 7, 2016March 10, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography1 Minute Read

Black is the Colour of My … Food

Black is the Colour of My … Food

Posted on February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cooking, Food Science, Photography, Poetry3 Minutes Read

Thinking About Rice in America: The Black Rice Theory – Mysteries, Myths, and Misconceptions

Thinking About Rice in America: The Black Rice Theory – Mysteries, Myths, and Misconceptions

Posted on January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, American Cooking, Asia, Colonization, Cookbooks, Cooking, Critic's Corner, England, English Cooking, Photography, Rice, Southern Food4 Minutes Read

Happy Christmas 2015!

Happy Christmas 2015!

Posted on December 25, 2015December 19, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cookbooks, Photography1 Minute Read

France and America: Why Paris Haunts Us So

France and America: Why Paris Haunts Us So

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chefs, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Photography2 Minutes Read

Paris, Mon Amour

Paris, Mon Amour

Posted on November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Photography2 Minutes Read

Whereupon We Examine Kissing Cousins: Yorkshire Pudding and Spoonbread

Whereupon We Examine Kissing Cousins: Yorkshire Pudding and Spoonbread

Posted on October 19, 2015October 19, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, English Cooking, Photography5 Minutes Read

The Lone Tree: A View of My Father

The Lone Tree: A View of My Father

Posted on October 1, 2015October 10, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Photography2 Minutes Read

Food, the Dog Days of Summer, and a Few Other Shocking Facts

Food, the Dog Days of Summer, and a Few Other Shocking Facts

Posted on August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, China, Cookbooks, Cooking, France, Photography4 Minutes Read

Hey, Wait a Minute: Glimpsing What’s Really Behind Words like “Ethnic”

Hey, Wait a Minute: Glimpsing What’s Really Behind Words like “Ethnic”

Posted on July 28, 2015July 28, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Asia, Cookbooks, Europe, Photography2 Minutes Read

Gleaning the Lessons of Wandering

Gleaning the Lessons of Wandering

Posted on July 17, 2015July 18, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cookbooks, Cooking, Moroccan Cooking, Morocco, Photography2 Minutes Read

What is Home?

What is Home?

Posted on July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Holidays, Photography, United States1 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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