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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: 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

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

Lemons – Tiny Cathedrals of Gold

Lemons – Tiny Cathedrals of Gold

Posted on April 6, 2011April 6, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy, Lemons, Lent, Lit & Food, Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized1 Minute 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

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

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 2

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 2

Posted on March 19, 2010March 19, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Fish, Korea, Lent, Philippines, Thailand1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #54

Idylls of Cuisine, #54

Posted on March 14, 2010March 4, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Lent, Photography1 Minute Read

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 1

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 1

Posted on March 11, 2010March 11, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Asian Cooking, Cooking, Lent1 Minute Read

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa

Posted on March 8, 2010March 8, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cooking, Fish, Lent1 Minute Read

Mrs. Sherman G. Bonney on Lent and Fish

Mrs. Sherman G. Bonney on Lent and Fish

Posted on March 5, 2010March 4, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Lent1 Minute Read

A Bloody Fish Story

A Bloody Fish Story

Posted on March 2, 2010September 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, England, English Cooking, Fish, Lent2 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #52

Idylls of Cuisine, #52

Posted on February 28, 2010February 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Lent, Photography1 Minute Read

Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is

Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is

Posted on February 26, 2010February 26, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, American Cooking, Cooking, Lent, Menus, Reference, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes3 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #51

Idylls of Cuisine, #51

Posted on February 21, 2010February 21, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Carnevale, Lent, Paintings1 Minute 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

The Black Fast, a Mortification of the Appetite

The Black Fast, a Mortification of the Appetite

Posted on February 10, 2010February 11, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bread, England, English Cooking, France, French Cooking, Lent, Middle Ages, Monasteries, Soup3 Minutes 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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