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Smörgåsbord: Perfect for the 2020 Holiday Season

Smörgåsbord: Perfect for the 2020 Holiday Season

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cooking, Food writing, Norway, Scandinavian Cooking2 Minutes Read

Holiday Shopping Made Easy – BOOKS!

Holiday Shopping Made Easy – BOOKS!

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Christmas, Cookbooks, Holidays1 Minute Read

Thanksgiving, in the Time of COVID-19

Thanksgiving, in the Time of COVID-19

Posted on November 18, 2020December 17, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cranberries, Recipes, Thanksgiving, United States3 Minutes Read

Mexico’s Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

Mexico’s Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)

Posted on October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Food writing, Halloween, Mexico9 Minutes Read

Starvation and Hunger, in a State of Siege: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Days 27 & 28

Starvation and Hunger, in a State of Siege: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Days 27 & 28

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Easter, Florida, United States, Writing5 Minutes Read

The Longest Night: Ramblings on the Darker Side of the Christmas Season

The Longest Night: Ramblings on the Darker Side of the Christmas Season

Posted on December 21, 2019December 31, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Christmas, Cookbooks, Cooking3 Minutes Read

Happy Christmas to All!

Happy Christmas to All!

Posted on December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Christmas, England, English Cooking, Southern cooking1 Minute Read

Poor Harry: Thanksgiving in the Truman White House 1946

Poor Harry: Thanksgiving in the Truman White House 1946

Posted on November 23, 2016November 17, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Thanksgiving, White House1 Minute Read

The Harvest Months

The Harvest Months

Posted on October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Pumpkin, Recipes, Thanksgiving4 Minutes Read

Happy Hogmanay!

Happy Hogmanay!

Posted on December 31, 2015January 1, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Hogmanay, Holidays, Menus, Scotland1 Minute Read

Happy Christmas 2015!

Happy Christmas 2015!

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

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Southern Food, Thanksgiving1 Minute Read

What is Home?

What is Home?

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

What’s A Turnip Got to Do with Halloween? Or Rutabagas, Beets, and Gourds, for That Matter?

What’s A Turnip Got to Do with Halloween? Or Rutabagas, Beets, and Gourds, for That Matter?

Posted on October 31, 2013October 31, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, England, Halloween, Ireland, Local foods, Photography, Pumpkin, Rutabaga, Uncategorized, Video1 Minute Read

Picturing the Last Weekend of Fall

Picturing the Last Weekend of Fall

Posted on October 26, 2013October 26, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Halloween, Mushrooms, Photography, Soup, Virginia1 Minute Read

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Posted on December 20, 2012April 2, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, New Year's Day, Photography1 Minute Read

Remembering the Magic and Wishing for Peace on Earth

Remembering the Magic and Wishing for Peace on Earth

Posted on December 16, 2012December 16, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Editorials, Festivals, Photography2 Minutes Read

How to Tempt the Scrooges, or, Christmas, the Cooking Season

How to Tempt the Scrooges, or, Christmas, the Cooking Season

Posted on December 5, 2012April 2, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Christmas, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food writing, Holidays, Photography, Reference3 Minutes Read

The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence

The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence

Posted on October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Beef, Cattle, Cooking, Festivals, Hunger, Lent, Local foods, Photography3 Minutes Read

SUGARPLUM VISIONS: Christmas Cookies

SUGARPLUM VISIONS: Christmas Cookies

Posted on December 20, 2011February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Christmas, Cookies5 Minutes Read

A Few Marrons Glacés for the Season … A Gift for You

A Few Marrons Glacés for the Season … A Gift for You

Posted on December 16, 2011February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cookbooks, France, French Cooking, Paintings, Photography, Reference6 Minutes Read

Give the Gift of Cooking French Food at Home: Some Cookbooks That Make a Seemingly Impossible Task Possible

Give the Gift of Cooking French Food at Home: Some Cookbooks That Make a Seemingly Impossible Task Possible

Posted on December 8, 2011February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Christmas, Cookbooks, Cooking, France, French Cooking3 Minutes Read

La fête de l’huître, in Riec-sur-Belon, Brittany

La fête de l’huître, in Riec-sur-Belon, Brittany

Posted on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Festivals, France, French Cooking, Oysters1 Minute Read

Les Vacances à la française

Les Vacances à la française

Posted on August 3, 2011August 4, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Holidays, Photography1 Minute Read

Celebration! With Champagne …

Celebration! With Champagne …

Posted on July 25, 2011July 28, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Holidays, Wine1 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)
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