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Do You Smell Anything Cooking?

Do You Smell Anything Cooking?

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, United States2 Minutes Read

Lessons from Medieval England: The Relationship Between the Sick Room and the Kitchen

Lessons from Medieval England: The Relationship Between the Sick Room and the Kitchen

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Middle Ages, Nutrition7 Minutes Read

The Eels of Hannah, Or, Hannah Glasse’s Lenten Recipes

The Eels of Hannah, Or, Hannah Glasse’s Lenten Recipes

Posted on April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Cookbooks, Cooking, England3 Minutes Read

Capouns In Councys, from The Forme of Cury (1390)

Capouns In Councys, from The Forme of Cury (1390)

Posted on October 4, 2018October 19, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn England, English Cooking, Food writing, Photography1 Minute Read

The Threads of Time, or, Who is that Woman in the Painting?

The Threads of Time, or, Who is that Woman in the Painting?

Posted on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn England, English Cooking, Gardens, Paintings, Photography2 Minutes Read

Lessons from “The Great British Bake Off”

Lessons from “The Great British Bake Off”

Posted on April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, English Cooking, Photography, Writing2 Minutes Read

The Curry Guy

The Curry Guy

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Colonization, Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, India, Photography2 Minutes Read

Happy Christmas to All!

Happy Christmas to All!

Posted on December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Christmas, England, English Cooking, Southern cooking1 Minute Read

A Murder of Crows, An Unkindness of Ravens

A Murder of Crows, An Unkindness of Ravens

Posted on October 11, 2017November 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Florida2 Minutes Read

9 Years of Writing about History … A Celebration!

9 Years of Writing about History … A Celebration!

Posted on July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn African Cooking, American Cooking, Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Florida, France, French Cooking, Photography, Southern cooking, Southern Food, Spain, Spanish cooking5 Minutes Read

Elinor Cooks the Christmas Goose

Elinor Cooks the Christmas Goose

Posted on December 17, 2016December 17, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, English Cooking5 Minutes Read

Day 2: Oysters – Celebrate American Food History

Day 2: Oysters – Celebrate American Food History

Posted on July 21, 2016July 27, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, England, Hunger, Oysters2 Minutes Read

A Tarte to prouoke courage either in man or Woman.

A Tarte to prouoke courage either in man or Woman.

Posted on June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, England, English Cooking, Sweet Potatoes1 Minute Read

The Ancient Story Behind Veterans’/Armistice Day, or, The Significance of St. Martin of Tours

The Ancient Story Behind Veterans’/Armistice Day, or, The Significance of St. Martin of Tours

Posted on November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cooking, English Cooking, French Cooking, Middle Ages, Photography, United States3 Minutes Read

News and Views

News and Views

Posted on April 25, 2011April 25, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn England, France, French Cooking, Ireland1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #92

Idylls of Cuisine, #92

Posted on December 19, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn England, English Cooking, France1 Minute Read

Dig for Victory! Locavorism in Eons Past

Dig for Victory! Locavorism in Eons Past

Posted on December 31, 2009December 31, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Art, Cooking, England, English Cooking, Europe, Gardens, Hunger, Local foods, Locavores, Posters, United States1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #42

Idylls of Cuisine, #42

Posted on December 20, 2009December 17, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Christmas, Cooking, England, English Cooking1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #40

Idylls of Cuisine, #40

Posted on November 29, 2009November 20, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Christmas, England1 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

The Gift of the Bees: Mead

The Gift of the Bees: Mead

Posted on September 30, 2009September 30, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Cookbooks, Cooking, English Cooking, Herbs5 Minutes Read

Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition

Food in Medieval England: Diet and Nutrition

Posted on September 19, 2009September 8, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Archaeology, England, English Cooking, Local foods, Middle Ages1 Minute Read

Fish Stomachs?????

Fish Stomachs?????

Posted on September 10, 2009September 10, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Asia, Asian Cooking, Cookbooks, English Cooking, Fish3 Minutes Read

The Random Herbalist: The Monastic Physic Garden

The Random Herbalist: The Monastic Physic Garden

Posted on July 24, 2009July 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn English Cooking, Gardens, Monasteries1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine #18

Idylls of Cuisine #18

Posted on June 21, 2009June 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Castles, English Cooking, Festivals, Photography1 Minute Read

At the Tables of the Monks: The Larderer

At the Tables of the Monks: The Larderer

Posted on June 2, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn English Cooking1 Minute Read

At the Tables of the Monks: The Infirmary Cook

At the Tables of the Monks: The Infirmary Cook

Posted on June 1, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn English Cooking, Middle Ages2 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
  • Cooking Terms (US/UK/NZ/AU/CA)
  • The English Diaspora

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