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In a State of Siege: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Days 3 & 4

In a State of Siege: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Days 3 & 4

Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chicken, Cookbooks, Cooking, Italian Cooking4 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

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

Day 3: Chicken – Celebrate American Food History

Day 3: Chicken – Celebrate American Food History

Posted on July 22, 2016July 27, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chicken, Cooking, England, English Cooking1 Minute Read

The Lost Arabs of Marseille: Food, Family, and France

The Lost Arabs of Marseille: Food, Family, and France

Posted on June 17, 2011September 21, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Chicken, France, French Cooking4 Minutes Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on January 23, 2011January 22, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Chicken, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Mushrooms, Photography1 Minute Read

Cooking with Mushrooms: Chicken and Walnuts and Baby Bellas, Oh My!

Cooking with Mushrooms: Chicken and Walnuts and Baby Bellas, Oh My!

Posted on October 7, 2010October 7, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chicken, Cooking, Europe, France, French Cooking, Mushrooms2 Minutes Read

Summer Fare, or, Steamroller Chicken

Summer Fare, or, Steamroller Chicken

Posted on August 17, 2009November 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chicken, Cookbooks, English Cooking, India3 Minutes Read

Anyone Can Build a Whizbang Chicken Scalder (Even You!)

Anyone Can Build a Whizbang Chicken Scalder (Even You!)

Posted on June 13, 2009June 11, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Chicken, Poultry1 Minute Read

Adding More Spices to Your Life

Adding More Spices to Your Life

Posted on May 15, 2009May 17, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Chicken, Nigeria, Recipes2 Minutes Read

Dame Alice de Bryene’s Household Book: Easter 1413

Dame Alice de Bryene’s Household Book: Easter 1413

Posted on April 8, 2009April 8, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chicken, Easter, English Cooking, Middle Ages, Recipes3 Minutes Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Lunch Menu 1981

All the Presidents’ Tables: Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Lunch Menu 1981

Posted on January 12, 2009January 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chicken, Recipes, White House1 Minute Read

All the President’s Tables: James A. Garfield’s Inaugural Reception Menu

All the President’s Tables: James A. Garfield’s Inaugural Reception Menu

Posted on November 6, 2008November 7, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chicken, Oysters, Recipes5 Minutes Read

Can a 3-Star French Chef Be a Regular Guy? Marc Meneau Tries

Can a 3-Star French Chef Be a Regular Guy? Marc Meneau Tries

Posted on August 20, 2008November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chicken, French Cooking, Recipes5 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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