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“Meatballs & Lefse”: A Tiny Preview of Upcoming Book

“Meatballs & Lefse”: A Tiny Preview of Upcoming Book

Posted on August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking1 Minute Read

With Roots In Norway: Fish and Farming in Western Wisconsin, a COVID-19 Reflection

With Roots In Norway: Fish and Farming in Western Wisconsin, a COVID-19 Reflection

Posted on May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, United States, Writing2 Minutes Read

Memories and Memory and Memoir

Memories and Memory and Memoir

Posted on February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, American Cooking, Cookbooks, Cooking, Food writing, Writing3 Minutes Read

A Pictorial Paean to Farming and Food

A Pictorial Paean to Farming and Food

Posted on May 2, 2013May 2, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cattle, Local foods, Photography, Sheep1 Minute Read

The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence

The Meat of the Matter: A Question of Sacred Reverence

Posted on October 26, 2012October 26, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Beef, Cattle, Cooking, Festivals, Hunger, Lent, Local foods, Photography3 Minutes Read

‘Tis now the very witching time of night*: Lessons from a Rotting Pumpkin

‘Tis now the very witching time of night*: Lessons from a Rotting Pumpkin

Posted on October 15, 2012January 20, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography, Pumpkin2 Minutes Read

The Random Herbalist: The Church as Farmer

The Random Herbalist: The Church as Farmer

Posted on August 4, 2009July 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Herbs, Middle Ages, Monasteries2 Minutes Read

Tag: Farming

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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)
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