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Lauren Groff’s “Florida”: Nurturing Noirishness

Lauren Groff’s “Florida”: Nurturing Noirishness

Posted on July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Florida, Writing2 Minutes Read

A Pinch of Alchemy: Samin Nosrat’s Salt Fat Acid Heat

A Pinch of Alchemy: Samin Nosrat’s Salt Fat Acid Heat

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography4 Minutes Read

Women and the Building of America: Reflections

Women and the Building of America: Reflections

Posted on September 7, 2016September 7, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cooking, Photography3 Minutes Read

Madhur Jaffrey’s “Vegetarian India”: My Review on the”Modern Salt” Site

Madhur Jaffrey’s “Vegetarian India”: My Review on the”Modern Salt” Site

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, England, India1 Minute Read

The Wonder Spice: A Review of Turmeric, a Cookbook by Colleen Taylor Sen and Helen Saberi

The Wonder Spice: A Review of Turmeric, a Cookbook by Colleen Taylor Sen and Helen Saberi

Posted on March 11, 2014March 11, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Afghanistan, Asian Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, India, Photography4 Minutes Read

Mushrooms at Female & Fungi

Mushrooms at Female & Fungi

Posted on December 24, 2013January 3, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cooking, Critic's Corner, Mushrooms, Photography1 Minute Read

Julia Child’s “The French Chef, ” by Dana Polan

Julia Child’s “The French Chef, ” by Dana Polan

Posted on July 17, 2012July 17, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food News, France, French Cooking, Uncategorized4 Minutes Read

Who was Ginette Mathiot? And Why Should You Care?

Who was Ginette Mathiot? And Why Should You Care?

Posted on November 15, 2011November 15, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Butter, Cookbooks, Cookies, France, French Cooking5 Minutes Read

Unquenchable: Natalie MacLean’s Terrific New Book on Wine

Unquenchable: Natalie MacLean’s Terrific New Book on Wine

Posted on November 7, 2011November 29, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Book Reviews, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Germany, Italian Cooking, Italy, Wine4 Minutes Read

A Russian Cook

A Russian Cook

Posted on December 18, 2009December 18, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Food writing, Mushrooms4 Minutes Read

Christmas Cheer, or, Fire Up the Reindeer

Christmas Cheer, or, Fire Up the Reindeer

Posted on November 27, 2009November 27, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Christmas, Cookbooks, Cooking, English Cooking, United States2 Minutes 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

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

Goat Song: Romancing the Pastoralism (Not)

Goat Song: Romancing the Pastoralism (Not)

Posted on September 7, 2009September 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Book Reviews, Books2 Minutes Read

Fresh: A Look at the Meaning of Freshness and the Refrigeration Revolution

Fresh: A Look at the Meaning of Freshness and the Refrigeration Revolution

Posted on June 15, 2009June 15, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Locavores3 Minutes Read

Reveling in Books: Fresh, Bones, Fat, and Meat

Reveling in Books: Fresh, Bones, Fat, and Meat

Posted on June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Beef, Book Reviews, Cookbooks2 Minutes Read

Reveling in Books: The Garden Cottage Diaries

Reveling in Books: The Garden Cottage Diaries

Posted on June 8, 2009June 8, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, English Cooking, Gardens, Scotland6 Minutes Read

Michael Ruhlman’s “Ratio”

Michael Ruhlman’s “Ratio”

Posted on April 13, 2009April 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Food Science, French Cooking2 Minutes Read

Yolele! Recipes from the Heart of Senegal

Yolele! Recipes from the Heart of Senegal

Posted on April 9, 2009April 9, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Book Reviews, Cookbooks2 Minutes Read

Pie in the Sky: A Review of Janet Clarkson’s “Pie: A Global History”

Pie in the Sky: A Review of Janet Clarkson’s “Pie: A Global History”

Posted on March 31, 2009June 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Chocolate, Pies--Sweet, Recipes4 Minutes Read

Food History Isn’t Just Old Stuff

Food History Isn’t Just Old Stuff

Posted on February 16, 2009February 16, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Book Reviews, Food News4 Minutes Read

The Washington Post on Best Cookbooks (Gifts) of 2008

The Washington Post on Best Cookbooks (Gifts) of 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008December 22, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beans, Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Recipes, Soup2 Minutes Read

Feast of the Seven Fishes (La Festa dei Sette Pesci)

Feast of the Seven Fishes (La Festa dei Sette Pesci)

Posted on December 21, 2008December 21, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Christmas, Italian Cooking1 Minute Read

MILK: That Old White Magic

MILK: That Old White Magic

Posted on December 16, 2008December 16, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Critic's Corner, Food Columns, Milk2 Minutes Read

Mrs. Charles Darwin’s Recipe Book

Mrs. Charles Darwin’s Recipe Book

Posted on December 6, 2008November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Book Reviews, English Cooking, Recipes2 Minutes Read

Let Me Entertain You … A New Food Encyclopedia Bellies Up to the Shelf

Let Me Entertain You … A New Food Encyclopedia Bellies Up to the Shelf

Posted on December 1, 2008November 28, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Food News1 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
  • * 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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