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What the Crystal Ball Never Reveals: A Few Words about Blogging

What the Crystal Ball Never Reveals: A Few Words about Blogging

Posted on August 14, 2013August 14, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Lit & Food, Photography3 Minutes Read

In My Grandfather’s Garden, or, a Long Apothegm on Apricots

In My Grandfather’s Garden, or, a Long Apothegm on Apricots

Posted on June 12, 2013June 12, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Apricots, Asia, China, France, French Cooking, Local foods, Photography, Pies--Sweet4 Minutes Read

Moonstruck, a Meditation on Earth’s Moon

Moonstruck, a Meditation on Earth’s Moon

Posted on May 25, 2013May 28, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Photography, Poetry1 Minute Read

A Lesson from the Day of the Dead

A Lesson from the Day of the Dead

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Photography1 Minute Read

The Zen of Artichokes

The Zen of Artichokes

Posted on October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Agriculture, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Italian Cooking, Italy, Local foods, Photography2 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

Seeking Honey, in the Bee-Loud Glade

Seeking Honey, in the Bee-Loud Glade

Posted on March 30, 2011March 29, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cooking, Honey, Lit & Food, Photography2 Minutes Read

Water, the Essence of All

Water, the Essence of All

Posted on March 21, 2011March 20, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Bread, Eggs, Photography, Soup1 Minute Read

What Do You Mean You Don’t Need Cookbooks? (Or, What Good are All Those Cookbooks on Your Sagging Shelves?)

What Do You Mean You Don’t Need Cookbooks? (Or, What Good are All Those Cookbooks on Your Sagging Shelves?)

Posted on May 24, 2010September 22, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cookbooks, Cooking, Local foods3 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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