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“Railroad Cake”, an Historic Recipe from Haile Homestead, and Sarah Rutledge Takes a Back Seat

“Railroad Cake”, an Historic Recipe from Haile Homestead, and Sarah Rutledge Takes a Back Seat

Posted on June 20, 2019June 26, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Cakes, Cookbooks, Cooking, Southern Food3 Minutes Read

Happy Christmas to All!

Happy Christmas to All!

Posted on December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Christmas, England, English Cooking, Southern cooking1 Minute Read

Foods for a Funeral and a Farewell

Foods for a Funeral and a Farewell

Posted on March 8, 2013March 8, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cakes, Cookbooks, Cookies, Cooking, Desserts, Norway, Photography, Pies--Sweet, Reference, Southern Food3 Minutes Read

Let Me Count the Ways: St. Valentine’s Day 101 (Yes, There’s a French Connection)

Let Me Count the Ways: St. Valentine’s Day 101 (Yes, There’s a French Connection)

Posted on February 14, 2012February 14, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Coconuts, Recipes, Southern Food6 Minutes Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on March 18, 2011March 17, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, France, French Cooking, Photography, Pies--Sweet, Restaurants1 Minute Read

Thinking of Others as You Bite into that Bûche de Noël

Thinking of Others as You Bite into that Bûche de Noël

Posted on December 20, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, France, French Cooking1 Minute Read

A Gallery of Birthday Cakes

A Gallery of Birthday Cakes

Posted on March 15, 2010March 15, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Baking, Birthdays, Cakes1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #54

Idylls of Cuisine, #54

Posted on March 14, 2010March 4, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Lent, Photography1 Minute Read

Halloween: Cake and Candles

Halloween: Cake and Candles

Posted on October 3, 2009October 15, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Halloween1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine #28

Idylls of Cuisine #28

Posted on August 30, 2009August 26, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Baking, Cakes, Chocolate, Photography1 Minute Read

Of Carrots and Things

Of Carrots and Things

Posted on August 7, 2009August 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Afghanistan, Cakes, Carrots, Recipes3 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)
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