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The Armchair Traveler’s Spain: Books and Stories Guaranteed to Saturate Your Soul with Duende

The Armchair Traveler’s Spain: Books and Stories Guaranteed to Saturate Your Soul with Duende

Posted on October 16, 2019October 18, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Books, Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference, Spanish cooking4 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

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

Cooking Cuban During El Período Especial Estadounidense

Cooking Cuban During El Período Especial Estadounidense

Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cuban cooking, Cuban food, Eggs, Potatoes, Reference1 Minute 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

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

Introducing Sarah Rutledge, a Cookbook Author You’re Going to Get to Know Very Well!

Introducing Sarah Rutledge, a Cookbook Author You’re Going to Get to Know Very Well!

Posted on May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Cookbooks, Cooking, Reference, Southern cooking, Southern Food, Writing7 Minutes Read

Beef y-Stywyd, from “Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books”

Beef y-Stywyd, from “Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books”

Posted on May 24, 2019October 15, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, English Cooking, Reference1 Minute Read

What’s That You Say??? Medieval Culinary Terminology Unmasked*

What’s That You Say??? Medieval Culinary Terminology Unmasked*

Posted on May 23, 2019May 24, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Bibliographies, Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Reference4 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

Culinary Manuscripts, or, Deciphering the Code

Culinary Manuscripts, or, Deciphering the Code

Posted on May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, English Cooking, Europe, French Cooking, Reference1 Minute 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

Who was Gervase Markham? A Forgotten English Food Writer Comes Alive in a New Book

Who was Gervase Markham? A Forgotten English Food Writer Comes Alive in a New Book

Posted on April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Reference5 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

Coming Soon! My New Book!

Coming Soon! My New Book!

Posted on September 25, 2018October 4, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Books, Cookbooks, Drawings, Reference, Writing1 Minute Read

Many Different Faces: Bibliography’s Extended Family

Many Different Faces: Bibliography’s Extended Family

Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Reference4 Minutes Read

The Joy of Bibliographies

The Joy of Bibliographies

Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Food writing, Methods, Reference, Writing2 Minutes Read

THE GOURMAND AWARDS

THE GOURMAND AWARDS

Posted on January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cookbooks, Cooking, Europe, Florida, Food writing, Photography, Reference1 Minute 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

African Cuisines: Cookbooks for Exploration and Discovery of Superb Flavors

African Cuisines: Cookbooks for Exploration and Discovery of Superb Flavors

Posted on June 9, 2016June 15, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Bibliographies, Cookbooks, Photography, Reference2 Minutes Read

Peregrinations and Pilgrimages: Egeria and the Flour Soup

Peregrinations and Pilgrimages: Egeria and the Flour Soup

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Middle East, Reference4 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

The Biggest Food Revolution Ever: The Printed Cookbook?

The Biggest Food Revolution Ever: The Printed Cookbook?

Posted on January 17, 2014July 28, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Cookbooks, Europe, Food writing, Methods, Photography, Reference6 Minutes Read

And More Gifts: A Selection of Food and Culinary History Books Published in 2013

And More Gifts: A Selection of Food and Culinary History Books Published in 2013

Posted on December 15, 2013January 3, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Books, Cookbooks, Lit & Food, Reference18 Minutes Read

A New “Baby” in the House! Mushroom: A Global History, That Is

A New “Baby” in the House! Mushroom: A Global History, That Is

Posted on October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Books, Mushrooms, Paintings, Photography, Reference1 Minute Read

Cuisine & Empire: Cooking in World History, a Book You Simply Must Read

Cuisine & Empire: Cooking in World History, a Book You Simply Must Read

Posted on October 8, 2013November 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Books, Cooking, Reference1 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

The Grocery List: Color, Primates, and Food Selection

The Grocery List: Color, Primates, and Food Selection

Posted on May 24, 2013May 24, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cooking, Food News, Food writing, Home Economics, Photography, Reference2 Minutes 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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