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Category: Ingredients

Cheese + Flour + Yeast + Salt + Eggs = The Ancient Mystery of Bread March 22, 2013March 25, 2013
With Roots in Africa: Okra, a Veritable World Traveler February 22, 2013November 24, 2024
Are Pole Beans Like Cows? A Crashing Tale February 17, 2013February 20, 2013
The Story Behind a Kitchen-Counter Sweet-Potato Patch February 6, 2013September 22, 2019
* “We raise the wheat, they give us the corn” : a reflection on life in antebellum Virginia February 4, 2013February 6, 2013
* The Legacy of a Typo: A Meditation on Tomato Gravy January 21, 2013November 23, 2024
* Biscuits and Buttermilk: A New Year and New Directions January 2, 2013April 20, 2023
The Saga of a Virginia Coal Town (Part 1): By the Sweat of Your Face You Shall Eat Bread, till You Return to the Ground, for Out of it You were Taken December 13, 2012November 22, 2024
Of Purple, and of Scarlet: The Mysterious Pomegranate November 11, 2012November 22, 2024
With Time and Frost, Things Fall Apart November 5, 2012November 5, 2012
The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence October 26, 2012October 26, 2012
Ode to the Great Pumpkin [Pie]: Speak, Memory* October 18, 2012November 25, 2015

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Books By Cynthia D. Bertelsen

A book of reflective essays, including a section on life during COVID-19. Winner of a bronze medal in the Autobiography/Memoir category from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association, 2024. Finalist in the Prose/Anthology category, Royal Palm Literary Awards, Florida Writers Association, 2024.
Semi-Finalist, Florida Writers Association, 2023, Anthology category. Bronze Medalist, Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2023.

Semi-Finalist, Florida Writers Association Anthology 2023. Bronze Medalist Florida Authors and Publishers Association 2023.

Winner, Gourmand Best in the USA and the World 2023; Silver medal winner, Florida Author and Publishers Association, 2023

Best in the World Winner 2022, Food Writing Category, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

REVIEWS:

Kirkus Reviews

Midwest Book Review

Finalist, Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021; Silver Medal Winner 2022, Florida Authors and Publishers Association

Winner of Best in the World Gourmand Cookbook Awards in Culinary History 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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