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A Lesson from the Day of the Dead

A Lesson from the Day of the Dead

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

La Toussaint:* The Saints and Souls Who Preserve Us

La Toussaint:* The Saints and Souls Who Preserve Us

Posted on November 2, 2009November 2, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Food writing, French Cooking, Lit & Food3 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #36

Idylls of Cuisine, #36

Posted on November 1, 2009October 27, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Halloween, Photography1 Minute Read

Halloween: Art

Halloween: Art

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

Saints, Souls, and Haints: More Soul Cakes

Saints, Souls, and Haints: More Soul Cakes

Posted on October 30, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Europe, Germany, Halloween2 Minutes Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Soul Cakes

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Soul Cakes

Posted on October 29, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Europe, Halloween, India2 Minutes Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Cider and Curds

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Cider and Curds

Posted on October 28, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Halloween2 Minutes Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Honey Cakes

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Honey Cakes

Posted on October 27, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Halloween, Italian Cooking, Italy2 Minutes Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Here Come the Pumpkins

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Here Come the Pumpkins

Posted on October 26, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Pumpkin1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #35

Idylls of Cuisine, #35

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

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Ghoulish Goodies

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Ghoulish Goodies

Posted on October 24, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Food News, Halloween1 Minute Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Still Nuts

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Still Nuts

Posted on October 23, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn England, Halloween1 Minute Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Nuts

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Nuts

Posted on October 22, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn England, Halloween, Ireland, Nuts, Scotland1 Minute Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Apples

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Apples

Posted on October 21, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Apples, England, Halloween2 Minutes Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Cabbages and Rings

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Cabbages and Rings

Posted on October 20, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cabbage, England, Halloween, Ireland, Irish Cooking1 Minute Read

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Eggs

Saints, Souls, and Haints: Eggs

Posted on October 19, 2009October 21, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Eggs, Halloween1 Minute Read

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Cynthia Bertelsen's Talk: Thanksgiving with Amelia Simmons, at Gainesville Public LibraryNovember 24th, 2019
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My 3rd Book – A Story of Witchcraft, Healing, & Love

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

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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Cuban picadillo with fried potatoes and an egg, a caballo.
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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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