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Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part II: Pipérade

September 9, 2017

PipĂ©rade snuck into my life the other day. I mean, I’d known about this universal – global? – combo of tomatoes and garlic and onion and other stuff for some time. Hardly the sort of dish you’d let any culinary culture lay claim to. I mean, come on, what else might a cook do with garlic, … More Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part II: PipĂ©rade

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The Heart of the Matter: A Pithy Gallery*

April 23, 2013

The heart of the matter is often not what we think. A heart can be obscure. Dark, even. Or perhaps too full or too empty. Sometimes it’s intricate, complicated, as “they” say. And maybe even split down the middle. In the end, the crux of the matter leads us to what’s important, to where the … More The Heart of the Matter: A Pithy Gallery*

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With Time and Frost, Things Fall Apart

November 5, 2012

Fall can be a bittersweet time, a time to look forward to cool-crisp nights, hearty meat-and root-vegetable stews, and the smell of burning leaves, that is, you’re allowed to burn them where you live. On the other hand, the coming of fall and frost signifies the end of the growing season, and the beginning of … More With Time and Frost, Things Fall Apart

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What the Eye Doesn’t See …

September 29, 2012

I decided to sign up for a photography class, because I wanted to move out of AUTO on my lovely Nikon D5100 camera. Below, you’ll see some of the food photos that I’ve been fussing with:

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Best in the World, Food Writing, Gourmand Awards. President’s Awards, Silver Medal, General Nonfiction, FAPA 2022

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Kirkus Reviews

Midwest Book Review

Peace Corps Worldwide

Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021. President’s Awards Silver Medal, Cookbook, FAPA 2022.

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

My Book about Africa, Now Available!

A Story of Witchcraft, Healing, & Love

My First Book – Mushroom: A Global History

My book, now available! On Kindle, too!

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More about Mushroom: A Global History

You’ll find Mushroom: A Global History widely available on many book sellers’ sites.

The book deals with the culinary history of mushrooms. It is NOT a book about mycology, nor does it pretend to be.

Book Reviews and Bibliographies by Cynthia Bertelsen

Reviews for The Roanoke Times

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Bibliography of Cookbooks Published in or About Virginia

 

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