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Land of Sun and Shadows: Florida During the Gilded Age (1)

Land of Sun and Shadows: Florida During the Gilded Age (1)

Posted on June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Menus1 Minute Read

The Power and the Glories of Eating Alone

The Power and the Glories of Eating Alone

Posted on April 8, 2016July 14, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chefs, Fish, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Menus, Spain, Spanish cooking, Wine6 Minutes Read

Happy Hogmanay!

Happy Hogmanay!

Posted on December 31, 2015January 1, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Hogmanay, Holidays, Menus, Scotland1 Minute Read

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

Posted on March 23, 2015February 28, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Menus, Pies--Savory, Russia3 Minutes Read

Christmas in the White House: President Benjamin Harrison’s Carlsbad Wafers and His 1890 Christmas Dinner

Christmas in the White House: President Benjamin Harrison’s Carlsbad Wafers and His 1890 Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 22, 2014December 17, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Menus, United States, White House2 Minutes Read

East is East and West is West: Pondicherry and French Curry

East is East and West is West: Pondicherry and French Curry

Posted on January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, France, French Cooking, India, Menus4 Minutes Read

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie

Posted on March 26, 2010March 26, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Menus, Pies--Savory, Russia3 Minutes Read

Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is

Lent, According to American Cookery, the Magazine, That is

Posted on February 26, 2010February 26, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, American Cooking, Cooking, Lent, Menus, Reference, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes3 Minutes Read

Civil War Christmases

Civil War Christmases

Posted on December 10, 2009January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Christmas, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Menus, United States, Virginia5 Minutes Read

Christmas Dinner at Mount Vernon, 1790

Christmas Dinner at Mount Vernon, 1790

Posted on December 9, 2009January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Christmas, Cooking, Menus, United States, Virginia2 Minutes Read

Christmas in Antebellum Virginia: Part I

Christmas in Antebellum Virginia: Part I

Posted on November 30, 2009December 26, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, English Cooking, Menus, United States, Virginia6 Minutes Read

Breaking: State Dinner Menu Released

Breaking: State Dinner Menu Released

Posted on November 24, 2009November 24, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Menus, United States, White House1 Minute Read

The Feat of Feasting

The Feat of Feasting

Posted on November 16, 2009November 16, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Italian Cooking, Local foods, Locavores, Menus, Thanksgiving4 Minutes Read

The Chicken or the Egg? 1. The Egg and Art*

The Chicken or the Egg? 1. The Egg and Art*

Posted on October 12, 2009October 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cookbooks, Eggs, Menus, Spain3 Minutes Read

Bean Burners and Hash Rasslers: More Logging Camp Food

Bean Burners and Hash Rasslers: More Logging Camp Food

Posted on September 15, 2009November 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Menus1 Minute Read

Food and the British Raj in Africa: A Photographic Interlude

Food and the British Raj in Africa: A Photographic Interlude

Posted on September 4, 2009September 4, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cooking, English Cooking, Menus, Methods3 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

Christmas Menu 1890 from Godey’s Lady’s Book

Christmas Menu 1890 from Godey’s Lady’s Book

Posted on December 19, 2008December 19, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Christmas, Menus2 Minutes Read

Christmas in the White House: President Benjamin Harrison’s Carlsbad Wafers and His 1890 Christmas Dinner

Christmas in the White House: President Benjamin Harrison’s Carlsbad Wafers and His 1890 Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 17, 2008December 17, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Menus, White House2 Minutes Read

BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008

BREAKING: Camp David / White House Thanksgiving Menu 2008

Posted on November 26, 2008November 26, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, Menus, Thanksgiving, White House1 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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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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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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