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Vivre en l’Outre-Mer, or, The Trials of Living in French Congo ca. 1923: Part I

Vivre en l’Outre-Mer, or, The Trials of Living in French Congo ca. 1923: Part I

Posted on August 8, 2011August 8, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, France, French Cooking2 Minutes Read

Celebration! With Champagne …

Celebration! With Champagne …

Posted on July 25, 2011July 28, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Food writing, France, French Cooking, Holidays, Wine1 Minute Read

The Weird, Different, and Just Plain Interesting Restaurants of Paris: A Photo Gallery

The Weird, Different, and Just Plain Interesting Restaurants of Paris: A Photo Gallery

Posted on July 18, 2011July 18, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Photography, Restaurants1 Minute Read

Obesity and the Birth of France: Louis the Fat and Centralization of Power

Obesity and the Birth of France: Louis the Fat and Centralization of Power

Posted on May 22, 2011September 21, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking2 Minutes Read

The Cookbooks on Their Shelves: The First English-Language French Cookbooks in the United States, or, Who was Sulpice Barué?

The Cookbooks on Their Shelves: The First English-Language French Cookbooks in the United States, or, Who was Sulpice Barué?

Posted on May 17, 2011September 21, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Chefs, Cookbooks, France, French Cooking, Reference4 Minutes Read

Auguste Escoffier: Le Guide Culinaire, Revised

Auguste Escoffier: Le Guide Culinaire, Revised

Posted on May 16, 2011May 16, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Books, Chefs, Cookbooks, France, French Cooking, Reference1 Minute Read

The Fish of France: Weever (Trachinus draco Linnaeus )

The Fish of France: Weever (Trachinus draco Linnaeus )

Posted on May 13, 2011September 21, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn French Cooking, Photography2 Minutes Read

The Fish of France

The Fish of France

Posted on May 8, 2011December 13, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Les Escargots: Come and Join the Dance

Les Escargots: Come and Join the Dance

Posted on April 29, 2011April 29, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Le Potager du Roi, a Kitchen Garden Fit for a King

Le Potager du Roi, a Kitchen Garden Fit for a King

Posted on April 11, 2011April 21, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, France, French Cooking, Gardens2 Minutes Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on April 8, 2011April 8, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Desserts, France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on March 18, 2011March 17, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, France, French Cooking, Photography, Pies--Sweet, Restaurants1 Minute Read

Vitis, Vin: Gift of Life

Vitis, Vin: Gift of Life

Posted on March 16, 2011March 16, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, France, French Cooking, Photography, Uncategorized2 Minutes Read

Remembering Haiti Post-Carnival (Kanaval)

Remembering Haiti Post-Carnival (Kanaval)

Posted on March 14, 2011August 7, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Carnevale, France, French Cooking, Haiti2 Minutes Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on March 12, 2011February 4, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

A Taste Sweeter Than Meat, More Ancient Than Wine

A Taste Sweeter Than Meat, More Ancient Than Wine

Posted on March 7, 2011March 6, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Arab cooking, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Olives, Photography, Poetry2 Minutes Read

The Provençal Pantry in Poetry and Photos

The Provençal Pantry in Poetry and Photos

Posted on March 6, 2011March 6, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cooking, French Cooking, Lit & Food, Photography, Poetry1 Minute Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on March 5, 2011February 4, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on February 25, 2011February 23, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking1 Minute Read

Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)

Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)

Posted on February 23, 2011February 23, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Fish, France, French Cooking, Morocco, Recipes5 Minutes Read

Thomas Jefferson: The Francophile Who Became the First U.S. “Foodie”

Thomas Jefferson: The Francophile Who Became the First U.S. “Foodie”

Posted on February 21, 2011January 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Desserts, French Cooking, Recipes, Southern Food, White House3 Minutes Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on February 5, 2011February 5, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Photography, Pork, Restaurants1 Minute Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on January 29, 2011January 29, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Scenes from La France Profonde

Scenes from La France Profonde

Posted on January 23, 2011January 22, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Chicken, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Mushrooms, Photography1 Minute Read

Thinking of Others as You Bite into that Bûche de Noël

Thinking of Others as You Bite into that Bûche de Noël

Posted on December 20, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, France, French Cooking1 Minute Read

Oreillettes, A Part of Provence’s Thirteen Desserts

Oreillettes, A Part of Provence’s Thirteen Desserts

Posted on December 13, 2010November 20, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cooking, Desserts, France, French Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

The Provençal Thirteen: Fennel- and Cumin-Scented Sablés

The Provençal Thirteen: Fennel- and Cumin-Scented Sablés

Posted on December 10, 2010December 9, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Baking, Christmas, Cookies, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Spices2 Minutes Read

Nougat Noir, or Black Nougat, Another of the Thirteen Desserts

Nougat Noir, or Black Nougat, Another of the Thirteen Desserts

Posted on December 9, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Honey3 Minutes Read

Les Quatre Mendiants au Chocolat, A Candy Offshoot of Provence’s Thirteen Christmas Desserts

Les Quatre Mendiants au Chocolat, A Candy Offshoot of Provence’s Thirteen Christmas Desserts

Posted on December 8, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Baking, Chocolate, Christmas, Cooking, France, French Cooking1 Minute Read

Begging the Question: Les Quatre Mendiants and Provence’s Thirteen Christmas Desserts

Begging the Question: Les Quatre Mendiants and Provence’s Thirteen Christmas Desserts

Posted on December 7, 2010December 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Christmas, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Monasteries, Nuts2 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)
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