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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

Poor Harry: Thanksgiving in the Truman White House 1946

Poor Harry: Thanksgiving in the Truman White House 1946

Posted on November 23, 2016November 17, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Thanksgiving, White House1 Minute 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

Eating Dessert at the White House + A Word about Dallas, November 22, 1963*

Eating Dessert at the White House + A Word about Dallas, November 22, 1963*

Posted on November 21, 2013November 22, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Baking, Chefs, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Food Columns, France, French Cooking, Lemons, Local foods, Photography, United States, White House6 Minutes 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

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

Feasting in State: Obama’s First Real State Dinner

Feasting in State: Obama’s First Real State Dinner

Posted on November 19, 2009November 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn China, Thanksgiving, United States, White House4 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

Gardening at the White House

Gardening at the White House

Posted on April 4, 2009April 4, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Gardens, Video, White House1 Minute Read

President Obama’s First “State” Dinner

President Obama’s First “State” Dinner

Posted on February 24, 2009September 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

Lobster Bisque and Striped Bass à la President Barack Obama

Lobster Bisque and Striped Bass à la President Barack Obama

Posted on February 24, 2009August 10, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food Columns, White House1 Minute Read

The Willard Hotel, and a Near Brush with Obama’s Motorcade

The Willard Hotel, and a Near Brush with Obama’s Motorcade

Posted on January 18, 2009January 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, French Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

All the President’s Tables: Ulysses S. Grant’s 1873 Inaugural Supper

All the President’s Tables: Ulysses S. Grant’s 1873 Inaugural Supper

Posted on January 16, 2009January 16, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: Dwight D. Eisenhower’s First Inaugural Luncheon, 1953

All the Presidents’ Tables: Dwight D. Eisenhower’s First Inaugural Luncheon, 1953

Posted on January 15, 2009January 15, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chocolate, Potatoes, Recipes, White House2 Minutes Read

All the President’s Tables: Harry S. Truman’s 1949 Inaugural Luncheon

All the President’s Tables: Harry S. Truman’s 1949 Inaugural Luncheon

Posted on January 14, 2009January 14, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Lunch Menu 1981

All the Presidents’ Tables: Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Lunch Menu 1981

Posted on January 12, 2009January 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Chicken, Recipes, White House1 Minute Read

Cristeta Comerford: White House Chef

Cristeta Comerford: White House Chef

Posted on January 10, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House1 Minute Read

Inaugural Luncheon 2009: Menu and Details

Inaugural Luncheon 2009: Menu and Details

Posted on January 9, 2009January 11, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House3 Minutes Read

All the Presidents’ Table: George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Menus

All the Presidents’ Table: George W. Bush’s Second Inaugural Menus

Posted on January 9, 2009January 9, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House1 Minute Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: Ex-Presidents Dine with President Obama

All the Presidents’ Tables: Ex-Presidents Dine with President Obama

Posted on January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House1 Minute Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: President Richard Nixon’s Second Inaugural Luncheon

All the Presidents’ Tables: President Richard Nixon’s Second Inaugural Luncheon

Posted on January 7, 2009January 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House1 Minute Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Luncheon 2001

All the Presidents’ Tables: George W. Bush’s First Inaugural Luncheon 2001

Posted on January 6, 2009February 15, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: Grover Cleveland’s Inaugural Ball Suppers

All the Presidents’ Tables: Grover Cleveland’s Inaugural Ball Suppers

Posted on January 5, 2009January 5, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, French Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

Sauce Bercy, as Served at Nixon’s Inaugural Luncheons

Sauce Bercy, as Served at Nixon’s Inaugural Luncheons

Posted on January 3, 2009January 4, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn French Cooking, White House1 Minute Read

All the Presidents’ Tables: President Richard Nixon’s First Inaugural Luncheon

All the Presidents’ Tables: President Richard Nixon’s First Inaugural Luncheon

Posted on January 2, 2009January 1, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, White House1 Minute 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

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

Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: The Saga Continues

Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture: The Saga Continues

Posted on December 8, 2008December 8, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Food News, White House2 Minutes Read

BREAKING: Short List for Obama’s Agriculture Secretary

BREAKING: Short List for Obama’s Agriculture Secretary

Posted on December 4, 2008December 4, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food News, White House1 Minute 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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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
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  • * British History Online
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  • * 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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