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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

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

Culinaria Russia: A Picture Cookbook for Grownups

Culinaria Russia: A Picture Cookbook for Grownups

Posted on April 7, 2010April 11, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cooking, Russia4 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: Kulich and Paskha

From Mother Russia with Love: Kulich and Paskha

Posted on March 31, 2010April 7, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bread, Easter, Russia5 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: The Domostroi

From Mother Russia with Love: The Domostroi

Posted on March 29, 2010March 31, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Lent, Methods, Reference, Russia3 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #56

Idylls of Cuisine, #56

Posted on March 28, 2010March 28, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography, Russia1 Minute Read

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

Posted on March 26, 2010March 26, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Menus, Pies--Savory, Russia3 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 25, 2010March 25, 2010 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 22, 2010March 22, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beer, Cooking, England, Lent, Russia4 Minutes Read

Butterfly of Winter — Fabergé’s Mardi Gras Egg

Butterfly of Winter — Fabergé’s Mardi Gras Egg

Posted on February 12, 2010February 11, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Eggs, Lent, Russia1 Minute Read

A Symbol of the Season

A Symbol of the Season

Posted on December 20, 2008December 20, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Russia2 Minutes Read

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My 3rd Book – A Story of Witchcraft, Healing, & Love

My 2nd Book – Praised by Publishers Weekly as “a remarkable book.”

Local Author Series – 11/24/19

My 1st Book – Mushroom: A Global History

My book, now available! On Kindle, too!

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More about Mushroom: A Global History

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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Cuban picadillo with fried potatoes and an egg, a caballo.
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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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