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Florida Oranges, and Other White House Desserts

Florida Oranges, and Other White House Desserts

Posted on August 28, 2017August 29, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chefs, Cookbooks, Cooking, Desserts, Florida, French Cooking, White House4 Minutes 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

Macarons – Food of Dreams and Fairy Tales

Macarons – Food of Dreams and Fairy Tales

Posted on July 11, 2012July 11, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cookies, Cooking, Desserts, French Cooking, Uncategorized3 Minutes Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on April 8, 2011April 8, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Desserts, France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Thomas Jefferson: The Francophile Who Became the First U.S. “Foodie”

Thomas Jefferson: The Francophile Who Became the First U.S. “Foodie”

Posted on February 21, 2011January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Desserts, French Cooking, Recipes, Southern Food, White House3 Minutes Read

Oreillettes, A Part of Provence’s Thirteen Desserts

Oreillettes, A Part of Provence’s Thirteen Desserts

Posted on December 13, 2010November 20, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cooking, Desserts, France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Carnevale Cometh: Ricotta and Fritters, Oh My!

Carnevale Cometh: Ricotta and Fritters, Oh My!

Posted on February 13, 2009February 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cheese, Desserts, Italian Cooking, Recipes3 Minutes Read

Carnevale Cometh: Cenci By Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet …

Carnevale Cometh: Cenci By Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet …

Posted on February 9, 2009February 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Carnevale, Desserts, Italian Cooking, Recipes4 Minutes Read

Plum Pudding & Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Christmas Message, 1944

Plum Pudding & Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Christmas Message, 1944

Posted on December 25, 2008June 22, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Desserts, English Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

George Washington’s Christmas Brunch, 1769

George Washington’s Christmas Brunch, 1769

Posted on December 24, 2008January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Christmas, Desserts, English Cooking, Recipes2 Minutes Read

Election-Day Menu: Food from Our Greatest Presidents

Election-Day Menu: Food from Our Greatest Presidents

Posted on November 3, 2008November 3, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Beans, Beef, Desserts, Pork, Recipes, Soup4 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
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