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Tomato Sauce with Butter: Thinking About Marcella Hazan, My Nonna in Spirit

Tomato Sauce with Butter: Thinking About Marcella Hazan, My Nonna in Spirit

Posted on October 1, 2013October 3, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Art, Cookbooks, Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy, Photography, Tomatoes3 Minutes Read

Lemons – Tiny Cathedrals of Gold

Lemons – Tiny Cathedrals of Gold

Posted on April 6, 2011April 6, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy, Lemons, Lent, Lit & Food, Photography, Poetry, Uncategorized1 Minute Read

Seduced by Spaghetti

Seduced by Spaghetti

Posted on June 17, 2010June 17, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Italian Cooking, Italy5 Minutes Read

Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini

Still Mi Amore — Wild Abandonment Among the Tomatoes and Zucchini

Posted on June 14, 2010June 15, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Cookbooks, Cooking, Italian Cooking3 Minutes Read

The Pull of Italy: An Explanation of, or at Least a Discourse on, an Obsession

The Pull of Italy: An Explanation of, or at Least a Discourse on, an Obsession

Posted on April 26, 2010November 27, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy4 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine, #60

Idylls of Cuisine, #60

Posted on April 25, 2010April 24, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beef, Cooking, Italian Cooking, Pasta, Photography1 Minute Read

Pandolce: From Liguria with Love, Thanks to Laura Schenone

Pandolce: From Liguria with Love, Thanks to Laura Schenone

Posted on December 22, 2009December 20, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Baking, Bread, Christmas, Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy, Techniques1 Minute Read

No Thanks to Marco Polo: An Encyclopedia of Italy’s Pasta Shapes

No Thanks to Marco Polo: An Encyclopedia of Italy’s Pasta Shapes

Posted on November 6, 2009November 7, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Archaeology, Book Reviews, China, Italian Cooking, Italy, Local foods, Pasta, Reference3 Minutes Read

Elizabeth Romer’s Chronicle of Tuscan Agriculture

Elizabeth Romer’s Chronicle of Tuscan Agriculture

Posted on August 13, 2009November 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cookbooks, Italian Cooking, Italy, Local foods3 Minutes Read

The Hermetic Lady in the Palazzo: Marlena de Blasi

The Hermetic Lady in the Palazzo: Marlena de Blasi

Posted on August 12, 2009November 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Italian Cooking, Italy4 Minutes Read

Old News: Le Ricette per Cucina Raccolte dal Principe Don Paolo Borghese

Old News: Le Ricette per Cucina Raccolte dal Principe Don Paolo Borghese

Posted on June 27, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Italian Cooking, Italy1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine #7

Idylls of Cuisine #7

Posted on March 29, 2009March 28, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Italian Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Life, Love, and Lost Raviolis

Life, Love, and Lost Raviolis

Posted on March 24, 2009November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn American Cooking, Food writing, Italian Cooking4 Minutes Read

Idylls of Cuisine #5

Idylls of Cuisine #5

Posted on March 15, 2009February 14, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Italian Cooking, Photography1 Minute Read

Carnevale Cometh: Calzone

Carnevale Cometh: Calzone

Posted on February 10, 2009February 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Italian Cooking, Pizza, Recipes5 Minutes Read

Carnevale Cometh: Cenci By Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet …

Carnevale Cometh: Cenci By Any Other Name Would Taste as Sweet …

Posted on February 9, 2009February 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Carnevale, Desserts, Italian Cooking, Recipes4 Minutes Read

Carnivale Cometh: Lasagne di Carnevale

Carnivale Cometh: Lasagne di Carnevale

Posted on February 6, 2009February 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cheese, Italian Cooking5 Minutes Read

Carnevale Cometh

Carnevale Cometh

Posted on January 29, 2009February 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Italian Cooking2 Minutes Read

Puglia: A Culinary Memoir

Puglia: A Culinary Memoir

Posted on December 29, 2008February 3, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Italian Cooking2 Minutes Read

Prosecco Mi Amore

Prosecco Mi Amore

Posted on December 27, 2008December 27, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Italian Cooking, Wine1 Minute Read

Feast of the Seven Fishes (La Festa dei Sette Pesci)

Feast of the Seven Fishes (La Festa dei Sette Pesci)

Posted on December 21, 2008December 21, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Christmas, Italian Cooking1 Minute Read

Cooking Italian Food — Rooted in the Past

Cooking Italian Food — Rooted in the Past

Posted on October 14, 2008December 7, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bibliographies, Italian Cooking4 Minutes Read

THE FUNGUS AMONG US

THE FUNGUS AMONG US

Posted on October 3, 2008January 26, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn French Cooking, Italian Cooking, Mushrooms, Recipes6 Minutes Read

Making Pizza Dough FAQs: A Slice of Pizza and History

Making Pizza Dough FAQs: A Slice of Pizza and History

Posted on September 30, 2008November 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Italian Cooking, Recipes4 Minutes Read

Italian Cooking in Paradise: A16 is A-1

Italian Cooking in Paradise: A16 is A-1

Posted on September 29, 2008September 29, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Restaurants3 Minutes Read

White Beans with Cream, Prosciutto, and Parmesan

White Beans with Cream, Prosciutto, and Parmesan

Posted on September 14, 2008December 24, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Beans, Italian Cooking, Pork, Recipes, Soup1 Minute Read

Olive Sauce

Olive Sauce

Posted on August 1, 2008September 4, 2008 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Fish, Italian Cooking, Olives, Recipes1 Minute 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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