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Fussy Eaters, or, The Plants in My Garden

Fussy Eaters, or, The Plants in My Garden

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Florida, Gardens, Photography2 Minutes Read

The Enchanted Bamboo Forest

The Enchanted Bamboo Forest

Posted on February 12, 2017February 12, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Gardens, Photography2 Minutes Read

“Nothing is More the Child of Art than a Garden”*

“Nothing is More the Child of Art than a Garden”*

Posted on January 28, 2017January 29, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Photography3 Minutes Read

With Time and Frost, Things Fall Apart

With Time and Frost, Things Fall Apart

Posted on November 5, 2012November 5, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Chile Peppers, Gardens, Herbs, Photography, Tomatoes1 Minute Read

Waiting for Pears

Waiting for Pears

Posted on August 30, 2012July 19, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Food Science, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Pears, Photography2 Minutes Read

Lavender Fields Forever

Lavender Fields Forever

Posted on April 30, 2010April 30, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cattle, Cookbooks, Cooking, Gardens, Herbs3 Minutes Read

The Random Herbalist: Into the Setting Sun

The Random Herbalist: Into the Setting Sun

Posted on August 5, 2009August 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Herbs, Monasteries1 Minute Read

The Random Herbalist: Charlemagne, St. Gall, and the History of Medicine

The Random Herbalist: Charlemagne, St. Gall, and the History of Medicine

Posted on August 3, 2009July 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Herbs, Middle Ages, Monasteries1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine #24

Idylls of Cuisine #24

Posted on August 2, 2009July 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Monasteries, Photography1 Minute Read

The Random Herbalist: Monks and Plant Migration

The Random Herbalist: Monks and Plant Migration

Posted on July 31, 2009July 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Herbs, Middle Ages, Monasteries1 Minute Read

The Random Herbalist: The Roman Influence on Monastic Gardens

The Random Herbalist: The Roman Influence on Monastic Gardens

Posted on July 30, 2009July 27, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Herbs, Monasteries1 Minute Read

The Random Herbalist: St. Gall, A Model Garden Plan?

The Random Herbalist: St. Gall, A Model Garden Plan?

Posted on July 29, 2009July 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Herbs, Monasteries3 Minutes Read

The Random Herbalist: The Hortus Eremitje

The Random Herbalist: The Hortus Eremitje

Posted on July 28, 2009July 28, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Herbs, Monasteries2 Minutes Read

The Random Herbalist: Books About Monastic and Medieval Gardens

The Random Herbalist: Books About Monastic and Medieval Gardens

Posted on July 27, 2009December 20, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Gardens, Herbs, Monasteries3 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine #23

Idylls of Cuisine #23

Posted on July 26, 2009July 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Monasteries, Photography1 Minute Read

The Random Herbalist: Gregor Mendel

The Random Herbalist: Gregor Mendel

Posted on July 25, 2009July 25, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Monasteries, Peas, Recipes1 Minute 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

The Random Herbalist: An Introduction to Early Monastic Gardens

The Random Herbalist: An Introduction to Early Monastic Gardens

Posted on July 23, 2009July 22, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn English Cooking, Gardens, Herbs, Monasteries2 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine #19

Idylls of Cuisine #19

Posted on June 28, 2009May 9, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Photography1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine #15

Idylls of Cuisine #15

Posted on May 24, 2009May 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn France, Gardens, Herbs, Photography1 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

The Garden of Bartolomeo Vanzetti

The Garden of Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Posted on March 2, 2009March 2, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Gardens, Italy3 Minutes Read

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My 3rd Book – A Story of Witchcraft, Healing, & Love

My 2nd Book – Praised by Publishers Weekly as “a remarkable book.”

Local Author Series – 11/24/19

My 1st Book – Mushroom: A Global History

My book, now available! On Kindle, too!

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More about Mushroom: A Global History

You’ll find Mushroom: A Global History widely available on many book sellers’ sites.

The book deals with the culinary history of mushrooms. It is NOT a book about mycology, nor does it pretend to be.

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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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