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Escaping to Morocco, via the Magic Carpet of Memory: COVID-19 Isolation, Day 62 (I Think)

Escaping to Morocco, via the Magic Carpet of Memory: COVID-19 Isolation, Day 62 (I Think)

Posted on May 4, 2020May 8, 2020 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cookbooks, Morocco3 Minutes Read

In the Scent of Cinnamon, a Whiff of Medieval Humoral Theory

In the Scent of Cinnamon, a Whiff of Medieval Humoral Theory

Posted on April 9, 2019April 8, 2019 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Cinnamon, Cookbooks, Moroccan Cooking, Spanish cooking, Spices5 Minutes Read

Peanuts and the Cooking of West Africa

Peanuts and the Cooking of West Africa

Posted on April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Cookbooks, Local foods, Peanuts, Peanuts, Photography, Tomatoes6 Minutes Read

Gleaning the Lessons of Wandering

Gleaning the Lessons of Wandering

Posted on July 17, 2015July 18, 2015 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cookbooks, Cooking, Moroccan Cooking, Morocco, Photography2 Minutes Read

Africa, I Remember Your Beauty

Africa, I Remember Your Beauty

Posted on August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Agriculture, Burkina Faso, Cattle, Cookbooks, Morocco, Photography1 Minute Read

Memories are Made of This

Memories are Made of This

Posted on August 25, 2013August 25, 2013 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Morocco, Photography1 Minute Read

* A Cuisine Created by Slave Women: A Review of Kitty Morse’s Mint Tea and Minarets, and a Brief Word about Dadas**

* A Cuisine Created by Slave Women: A Review of Kitty Morse’s Mint Tea and Minarets, and a Brief Word about Dadas**

Posted on January 8, 2013September 17, 2016 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Book Reviews, Cookbooks, Cooking, Morocco, Photography, Southern Food4 Minutes Read

Eating Around the Empire in a Day: The 1931 Paris International Colonial Exposition

Eating Around the Empire in a Day: The 1931 Paris International Colonial Exposition

Posted on June 30, 2011September 17, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Asia, Cooking, France, French Cooking, Morocco3 Minutes Read

Couscous in France: It’s a Long Story

Couscous in France: It’s a Long Story

Posted on June 28, 2011August 7, 2017 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, African Cooking, Arab cooking, Cookbooks, Couscous, France, French Cooking, Moroccan Cooking, Morocco4 Minutes Read

Fatéma Hal, Queen of Moroccan Cuisine in France

Fatéma Hal, Queen of Moroccan Cuisine in France

Posted on June 3, 2011June 17, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Chefs, Cookbooks, France, French Cooking, Moroccan Cooking, Morocco2 Minutes Read

Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)

Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)

Posted on February 23, 2011February 23, 2011 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Fish, France, French Cooking, Morocco, Recipes5 Minutes Read

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa

Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Africa

Posted on March 8, 2010March 8, 2010 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Cooking, Fish, Lent1 Minute Read

Idylls of Cuisine #21

Idylls of Cuisine #21

Posted on July 12, 2009July 12, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Morocco, Photography1 Minute Read

In Morocco, Kitchens

In Morocco, Kitchens

Posted on July 6, 2009November 23, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Morocco, Photography1 Minute Read

In Morocco, Travelers’ Tales

In Morocco, Travelers’ Tales

Posted on July 1, 2009July 1, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Arab cooking, Morocco1 Minute Read

In Timeless Morocco

In Timeless Morocco

Posted on June 29, 2009June 29, 2009 by Cynthia BertelsenIn Africa, Morocco2 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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