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The Inauguration of 2009 Rendered in Art

The Inauguration of 2009 Rendered in Art

Posted on January 31, 2009January 30, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Inauguration 20091 Minute Read

Braving the Elements, Slogging Through the Crowds, Eating Thanks to Whole Foods: Inauguration 2009

Braving the Elements, Slogging Through the Crowds, Eating Thanks to Whole Foods: Inauguration 2009

Posted on January 21, 2009January 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News2 Minutes Read

Palette Didn’t Deliver: Inaugural Dining on the Streets of Washington, DC

Palette Didn’t Deliver: Inaugural Dining on the Streets of Washington, DC

Posted on January 20, 2009January 20, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News, Restaurants1 Minute Read

Eating in Washington, DC Hazardous to One Food Writer’s Health …

Eating in Washington, DC Hazardous to One Food Writer’s Health …

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News1 Minute Read

The Willard Hotel, and a Near Brush with Obama’s Motorcade

The Willard Hotel, and a Near Brush with Obama’s Motorcade

Posted on January 18, 2009January 19, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News, French Cooking, White House2 Minutes Read

At the Edge of Change: Blogging Live From Washington, DC and the Inauguration of President Barack Obama

At the Edge of Change: Blogging Live From Washington, DC and the Inauguration of President Barack Obama

Posted on January 17, 2009January 16, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food Columns1 Minute Read

Uber-Chef Alice Waters Comes To Washington: Inauguration Week’s Best Dinner

Uber-Chef Alice Waters Comes To Washington: Inauguration Week’s Best Dinner

Posted on January 14, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News1 Minute Read

The Race for White House Chef Heats Up

The Race for White House Chef Heats Up

Posted on November 12, 2008November 15, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News2 Minutes Read

“A New Birth of Freedom”: Senator Feinstein Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme

“A New Birth of Freedom”: Senator Feinstein Announces 2009 Inaugural Theme

Posted on November 9, 2008November 9, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Food News3 Minutes Read

Inaugural Menu at Palette: Feeding Political Palates

Inaugural Menu at Palette: Feeding Political Palates

Posted on November 4, 2008November 4, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food News2 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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