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Holidays are A’Comin’ – Break Out the Gifts

Holidays are A’Comin’ – Break Out the Gifts

Posted on December 11, 2019March 9, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Cookbooks, Writing1 Minute Read

Cooking Like a Catalan, No Matter Where You Are

Cooking Like a Catalan, No Matter Where You Are

Posted on September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Photography, Spanish cooking3 Minutes Read

Pollos de Carretero con Salsa de Pobres ( Chicken a la Carters, with Black Pepper Sauce)

Pollos de Carretero con Salsa de Pobres ( Chicken a la Carters, with Black Pepper Sauce)

Posted on October 19, 2018October 29, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Art, Books, Cookbooks, Drawings, Photography, Reference1 Minute Read

December 12: The Virgin of Guadalupe

December 12: The Virgin of Guadalupe

Posted on December 12, 2014December 6, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Mexico3 Minutes Read

Why I Love Cookbooks

Why I Love Cookbooks

Posted on September 7, 2014September 10, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Food writing, Photography5 Minutes Read

High Society Dinners: Dining in Tsarist Russia, a Model of Culinary History Methodology and Translation

High Society Dinners: Dining in Tsarist Russia, a Model of Culinary History Methodology and Translation

Posted on September 2, 2014September 3, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cooking, French Cooking4 Minutes Read

And More Gifts: A Selection of Food and Culinary History Books Published in 2013

And More Gifts: A Selection of Food and Culinary History Books Published in 2013

Posted on December 15, 2013January 3, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Books, Cookbooks, Lit & Food, Reference18 Minutes Read

Cuisine & Empire: Cooking in World History, a Book You Simply Must Read

Cuisine & Empire: Cooking in World History, a Book You Simply Must Read

Posted on October 8, 2013November 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Books, Cooking, Reference1 Minute Read

Mushrooms on My Mind, Naturally

Mushrooms on My Mind, Naturally

Posted on August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Asia, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food News, Food writing, France, Indonesia, Mushrooms, Photography, Reference2 Minutes Read

* Biscuits and Buttermilk: A New Year and New Directions

* Biscuits and Buttermilk: A New Year and New Directions

Posted on January 2, 2013April 2, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food writing, Gardens, Photography, Pork, Southern Food2 Minutes Read

Ivan Day: Master Food Historian

Ivan Day: Master Food Historian

Posted on February 25, 2012February 25, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chefs, Cooking, English Cooking, French Cooking, Lit & Food1 Minute Read

Rationing and the Black Market in Nazi-Occupied France: Some Thoughts

Rationing and the Black Market in Nazi-Occupied France: Some Thoughts

Posted on February 22, 2012August 8, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking4 Minutes Read

France and the Food of War : I

France and the Food of War : I

Posted on February 16, 2012February 17, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking3 Minutes Read

The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference

The Roger Smith Cookbook Conference

Posted on February 8, 2012February 9, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Food News, Food writing, India, Methods1 Minute Read

Dreaming of France on a Foggy February Morning

Dreaming of France on a Foggy February Morning

Posted on February 5, 2012September 21, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, France, Photography1 Minute Read

The Ancient Sin of Gluttony: What’s Really Behind the Shunning of Paula Deen

The Ancient Sin of Gluttony: What’s Really Behind the Shunning of Paula Deen

Posted on January 26, 2012July 12, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cooking, Critic's Corner, Editorials, Food News, Food writing, France, French Cooking, United States4 Minutes Read

Arabs in France: An Early Account by an Egyptian Imam

Arabs in France: An Early Account by an Egyptian Imam

Posted on January 20, 2012July 18, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Egypt, France, French Cooking, Middle East4 Minutes Read

The Expert (French) Cook in Enlightenment France: A Review

The Expert (French) Cook in Enlightenment France: A Review

Posted on January 14, 2012February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Chefs, Cooking, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Methods, Paintings4 Minutes Read

SUGARPLUM VISIONS: Christmas Cookies

SUGARPLUM VISIONS: Christmas Cookies

Posted on December 20, 2011February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Christmas, Cookies5 Minutes Read

A Few Marrons Glacés for the Season … A Gift for You

A Few Marrons Glacés for the Season … A Gift for You

Posted on December 16, 2011February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cookbooks, France, French Cooking, Paintings, Photography, Reference6 Minutes Read

Give the Gift of Cooking French Food at Home: Some Cookbooks That Make a Seemingly Impossible Task Possible

Give the Gift of Cooking French Food at Home: Some Cookbooks That Make a Seemingly Impossible Task Possible

Posted on December 8, 2011February 6, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Christmas, Cookbooks, Cooking, France, French Cooking3 Minutes Read

East is East and West is West: Pondicherry and French Curry

East is East and West is West: Pondicherry and French Curry

Posted on January 20, 2011January 20, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, France, French Cooking, India, Menus4 Minutes Read

French Cuisine, an Exposition on Medieval Food Not to be Missed

French Cuisine, an Exposition on Medieval Food Not to be Missed

Posted on November 22, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cooking, Food News, France, French Cooking, Paintings, Photography1 Minute Read

Why Cookbooks?

Why Cookbooks?

Posted on November 21, 2009November 21, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Critic's Corner, Lit & Food1 Minute Read

Reveling in Books: DIY (Old) Food, Knowledge Lost and Now Found

Reveling in Books: DIY (Old) Food, Knowledge Lost and Now Found

Posted on June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Cookbooks, French Cooking, Locavores3 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

The Triumvirate of American Cooking

The Triumvirate of American Cooking

Posted on April 25, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks1 Minute 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

West African Origins of Southern Cooking

West African Origins of Southern Cooking

Posted on March 28, 2009April 2, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Southern Food, Video1 Minute Read

Angelina’s Hot Chocolate

Angelina’s Hot Chocolate

Posted on March 13, 2009March 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chocolate, France, Recipes1 Minute Read

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British Food and Food History Links

  • * 15th-Century Cookery Books (Full Text)
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  • * Britannia – Cooking
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  • * Culinary History Online
  • * Culinary Jottings for Madras, by Col. Kenney-Henry
  • * Dictionary of Middle-English Cookery Terms
  • * DNA and the British Isles
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  • * English Fairy Tales – Bibliography (quite stupendous, with links to full-text)
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  • * Historic Food by Ivan Day
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  • * Libraries – BOOKS FOR COOKS AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
  • * Libraries – Fons Grewe Collection at University of Barcelona
  • * Map of British DNA Patterns
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  • * Miss Foodwise
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  • * 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)
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