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The Curry Guy

The Curry Guy

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Colonization, Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, India, Photography2 Minutes Read

Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part I: Tomatoes Breathing Fire: A Universal Sauce

Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part I: Tomatoes Breathing Fire: A Universal Sauce

Posted on September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Burkina Faso, Colonization, Cookbooks, India, Local foods, Tomatoes2 Minutes Read

Madhur Jaffrey’s “Vegetarian India”: My Review on the”Modern Salt” Site

Madhur Jaffrey’s “Vegetarian India”: My Review on the”Modern Salt” Site

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, England, India1 Minute Read

The Poetry of Curry, or, a Traveler’s Tale

The Poetry of Curry, or, a Traveler’s Tale

Posted on July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn India3 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

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

From Mother Russia with Love: A Monster of a Stove and Tolokno

From Mother Russia with Love: A Monster of a Stove and Tolokno

Posted on April 3, 2015January 26, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Lent, Oats, Russia2 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: The Domostroi

From Mother Russia with Love: The Domostroi

Posted on March 30, 2015February 28, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Lent, Methods, Reference, Russia3 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

Posted on March 23, 2015February 28, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Menus, Pies--Savory, Russia3 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: Kulich and Paskha and Easter

From Mother Russia with Love: Kulich and Paskha and Easter

Posted on March 16, 2015February 28, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bread, Easter, Russia4 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: Meaty Mushrooms and Relentless Lent

From Mother Russia with Love: Meaty Mushrooms and Relentless Lent

Posted on March 9, 2015March 9, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Cookbooks, Cooking, Lent, Mushrooms, Russia3 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: Great Lent, the Beginning

From Mother Russia with Love: Great Lent, the Beginning

Posted on March 2, 2015February 28, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beer, Cooking, England, Lent, Russia4 Minutes Read

Vestiges of European Colonialism

Vestiges of European Colonialism

Posted on September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Cookbooks, Thailand2 Minutes Read

A Case of Culinary Illiteracy

A Case of Culinary Illiteracy

Posted on September 25, 2014September 25, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography, Thailand3 Minutes Read

Scenes from Asia

Scenes from Asia

Posted on September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Asian Cooking1 Minute Read

The Wonder Spice: A Review of Turmeric, a Cookbook by Colleen Taylor Sen and Helen Saberi

The Wonder Spice: A Review of Turmeric, a Cookbook by Colleen Taylor Sen and Helen Saberi

Posted on March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Afghanistan, Asian Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, India, Photography4 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

Exploring the Delicacies of Indonesia, in the Shadows of the Volcanoes

Exploring the Delicacies of Indonesia, in the Shadows of the Volcanoes

Posted on September 29, 2013July 3, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Food writing, Indonesia, Photography6 Minutes Read

Why Do We Cook?

Why Do We Cook?

Posted on September 8, 2013August 8, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, English Cooking, France, Home Economics, Indonesia, Photography4 Minutes Read

Julie Sahni -Talk About Great Indian Food!

Julie Sahni -Talk About Great Indian Food!

Posted on August 6, 2013August 7, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asian Cooking, Coconuts, Cookbooks, India, Photography, Rice1 Minute Read

Mushrooms on My Mind, Naturally

Mushrooms on My Mind, Naturally

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food News, Food writing, France, Indonesia, Mushrooms, Photography, Reference2 Minutes Read

Journeys versus Destinations: Homesick for My Food

Journeys versus Destinations: Homesick for My Food

Posted on July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Asia, Asian Cooking, Coconuts, Cooking, Food writing, Hunger, Indonesia, Photography3 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

Keep Calm and Carry On: Cows as Zen Masters

Keep Calm and Carry On: Cows as Zen Masters

Posted on June 2, 2013June 2, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Cattle, India, Milk, Photography, Spinach, Vietnam2 Minutes Read

Cheese + Flour + Yeast + Salt + Eggs = The Ancient Mystery of Bread

Cheese + Flour + Yeast + Salt + Eggs = The Ancient Mystery of Bread

Posted on March 22, 2013March 25, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Baking, Bread, Cheese, Cooking, Eggs, Photography, Russia5 Minutes Read

From Russia with Love: Cooking Utensils

From Russia with Love: Cooking Utensils

Posted on August 10, 2012August 10, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Asia, Cooking, Photography, Russia, Russian cooking1 Minute Read

The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference

The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference

Posted on February 8, 2012February 9, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Food News, Food writing, India, Methods1 Minute Read

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My 1st Book – Mushroom: A Global History

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You’ll find Mushroom: A Global History widely available on many book sellers’ sites.

The book deals with the culinary history of mushrooms. It is NOT a book about mycology, nor does it pretend to be.

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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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