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A Day on the Border: Nogales, Mexico

A Day on the Border: Nogales, Mexico

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Mexico, Photography4 Minutes Read

Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part III: A Tale of Guacamole

Cooking with Hurricane Irma, Part III: A Tale of Guacamole

Posted on September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Avocado, Cookbooks, Food writing, Mexican Cooking, Mexico, Photography2 Minutes Read

Seeking Food at the Crossroads of History

Seeking Food at the Crossroads of History

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Europe, France, French Cooking, Mexico, Photography2 Minutes Read

December 12: The Virgin of Guadalupe

December 12: The Virgin of Guadalupe

Posted on December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Mexico3 Minutes Read

In the Kitchen with Barbara Kingsolver: I

In the Kitchen with Barbara Kingsolver: I

Posted on December 8, 2009December 8, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Books, Cooking, Latin America, Lit & Food, Mexico, United States1 Minute Read

Halloween: Art

Halloween: Art

Posted on October 31, 2009October 27, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Halloween, Mexico1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #35

Idylls of Cuisine, #35

Posted on October 25, 2009October 27, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Halloween, Mexico1 Minute Read

Slapdown Corner: For the Love of Food!

Slapdown Corner: For the Love of Food!

Posted on July 22, 2009July 22, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Editorials, Mexico2 Minutes Read

Diana Kennedy’s Menu for Charles, Prince of Wales

Diana Kennedy’s Menu for Charles, Prince of Wales

Posted on July 20, 2009November 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Menus, Mexico, Pumpkin, Recipes, Soup, White House2 Minutes Read

Nachos: Etymology of a Food Word

Nachos: Etymology of a Food Word

Posted on February 2, 2009August 10, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Mexico, Tortillas1 Minute Read

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

My 2nd Book – Praised by Publishers Weekly as “a remarkable book.”

Local Author Series – 11/24/19

My 1st 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.

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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.
The Master's study.

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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