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Seeking Food at the Crossroads of History

Seeking Food at the Crossroads of History

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Europe, France, French Cooking, Mexico, Photography2 Minutes Read

Journeys versus Destinations: Homesick for My Food

Journeys versus Destinations: Homesick for My Food

Posted on July 23, 2013July 23, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Asia, Asian Cooking, Coconuts, Cooking, Food writing, Hunger, Indonesia, Photography3 Minutes Read

Hunger, a Weapon of War

Hunger, a Weapon of War

Posted on November 13, 2009November 13, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Middle East4 Minutes Read

Hunger is the Best Sauce

Hunger is the Best Sauce

Posted on November 11, 2009November 11, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Bibliographies, Bread, Cooking, Ethiopia, Europe, Evolution, Italian Cooking, Local foods, Methods, United States4 Minutes Read

Starvation and Hunger, Humankind’s Constant Companions: A Pre-Thanksgiving Meditation

Starvation and Hunger, Humankind’s Constant Companions: A Pre-Thanksgiving Meditation

Posted on November 10, 2009November 10, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food Science, Methods, Nutrition5 Minutes Read

Hunger, Starvation, Famine and the Sweep of Human History

Hunger, Starvation, Famine and the Sweep of Human History

Posted on November 9, 2009June 21, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, China, Europe, Thanksgiving3 Minutes Read

Hunger and Hope

Hunger and Hope

Posted on April 29, 2009April 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Ethiopia, Honduras, Hunger1 Minute Read

Food Summit 2009: It MUST Happen

Food Summit 2009: It MUST Happen

Posted on November 20, 2008November 20, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News3 Minutes Read

WAR & DROUGHT THREATEN AFGHAN FOOD SUPPLY: HUNGER IN AFGHANISTAN

WAR & DROUGHT THREATEN AFGHAN FOOD SUPPLY: HUNGER IN AFGHANISTAN

Posted on September 19, 2008September 21, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Afghanistan, Food News1 Minute 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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