Reflections on a Green-Grape Tart

Posted on September 28, 2012April 10, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, France, French Cooking, Grapes, Middle Ages, Science of cooking3 Minutes Read

Is Cooking Necessary?*

Posted on October 4, 2010October 4, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cooking, Local foods, Locavores, Recipes, Science of cooking3 Minutes Read

Ats Jaar: Possible Origins of the Practice of Pickling in the Antebellum American South

Posted on September 27, 2010August 6, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Asia, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, English Cooking, India, Methods, Science of cooking, Southern Food6 Minutes Read

How Cooking Works: The Chemistry of the Matter

Posted on March 14, 2009March 8, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Science of cooking1 Minute Read

Category: Science of cooking

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Cynthia Bertelsen's Talk: Thanksgiving with Amelia Simmons, at Gainesville Public LibraryNovember 24th, 2019

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My 1st Book – Mushroom: A Global History

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Big batch of sofrito getting done.

Tostones! First learned about them in Peace Corps training in Puerto Rico. Then cooked them in Honduras while associated with United Brands in La Lima.

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