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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

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 Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

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

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Posted on November 26, 2009November 24, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cooking, Thanksgiving, Turkey1 Minute Read

To the Cooks, Prosit! Part II

To the Cooks, Prosit! Part II

Posted on November 25, 2009November 24, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cooking, Europe, Lit & Food, Thanksgiving1 Minute Read

To the Cooks, Prosit! Part I

To the Cooks, Prosit! Part I

Posted on November 23, 2009November 22, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cooking, Europe, Lit & Food, Thanksgiving1 Minute Read

Feasting in State: Obama’s First Real State Dinner

Feasting in State: Obama’s First Real State Dinner

Posted on November 19, 2009November 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn China, Thanksgiving, United States, White House4 Minutes Read

The Feat of Feasting

The Feat of Feasting

Posted on November 16, 2009November 16, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Italian Cooking, Local foods, Locavores, Menus, Thanksgiving4 Minutes Read

Hunger, Starvation, Famine and the Sweep of Human History

Hunger, Starvation, Famine and the Sweep of Human History

Posted on November 9, 2009June 21, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, China, Europe, Thanksgiving3 Minutes Read

BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008

BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008

Posted on November 26, 2008November 26, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, Menus, Thanksgiving, White House1 Minute Read

Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards

Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards

Posted on November 25, 2008November 25, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Thanksgiving1 Minute Read

President Bill Clinton’s First Thanksgiving in the White House: The Menu

President Bill Clinton’s First Thanksgiving in the White House: The Menu

Posted on November 22, 2008November 22, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Thanksgiving1 Minute Read

Turkey Talk and Stuff: A Gobble Ahead

Turkey Talk and Stuff: A Gobble Ahead

Posted on August 30, 2008November 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Bibliographies, Cuban food, English Cooking, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Turkey6 Minutes Read

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

My 2nd Book – Winner of Best in the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards and Praised by Publishers Weekly as “a remarkable book.”

Local Author Series – 11/24/19

My 1st Book – Mushroom: A Global History

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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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