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A portal to the past

2022-08-04

"The Re-enactors
Cookbook by M. Allyson Szabo was
also available if you were inspired to
recreate some of the Renaissance or
Medieval recipes that were presented at the fair."

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Auburn NH Day & Duck Race

2022-09-11

"There were more than authors around us, like M. Allyson Szabo, a historical re-enactor who set up a field kitchen, cooked a pie and stew over a fire, and gave samples to dozens of people. The food was so good, many bought her cookbook!"

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Everybody's glad to be back in time

2021-08-08

"Szabo is the author of The Reenactor’s Cookbook: Historical and modern recipes for cooking over an open fire, which she wrote in 2020, doing the test cooking in her yard in the Keene area of New Hampshire."

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The Reenactor's Cookbook

2021-02-05

"Tonight we take you back a few centuries to medieval times when folks feasted on turkey legs and sausage on a stick. Karen Meyers catches up with a Renaissance re-enactor from Jaffrey who has come out with a cookbook so you too can feast like Henry the VIII."

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Jaffrey woman pens historical cookbook

2020-12-15

"Szabo had the thought for a recipe collection “percolating in my head for a while,” she said, so last November she decided to sit down and write it. Participating in the NaNoWriMo event, short for National Novel Writing Month, seemed like the perfect opportunity."

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Rindge library to host local authors

2021-11-29

"On Dec. 18, Zebrowski, Wroten-Heinzmann, Landry and Chatfield are joined by Sharon Healy-Yang, Christopher J. DiLoreto, Dan Szczesny and M. Allyson Szabo."

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Armed with a 'battle spoon,' Jaffrey reenactor brings history to life

2026-08-29

"While the Jaffrey resident is especially well-known for the cooking she does while reenacting, she also writes about the meals of yesteryear. Szabo has penned and published four cookbooks — two of which include dishes that span several hundred years — and is the author of a fiction trilogy about vampires."

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New Hampshire historical reenactor shows how she prepares colonial-era food

2026-07-01

"In the woods behind her Jaffrey home, author, cook and reenactor Allyson Szabo demonstrated what might have been cooking on a New Hampshire hearth in 1776, complete with period tools, open-fire techniques and recipes drawn from early America."

Reviews on Amazon:
"I own a travel trailer, so the thought of the recipes in the book to be intriguing. What I got was much more. The author has written this book for the person who is contemplating a simpler lifestyle either on the road or in a tiny house. The recipes are meant for one (unless otherwise specified) but easy to increase for two portions."
(Cook Small, Live Large!)

Patt O'Neil

"I have been searching for a cookbook just like this. I am so happy I found it. If you like historical cooking this is an excellent book to add to your shelves and To Use. I just love it! Actually, I like it better than any other historical cooking book out there."
(The Reenactor's Cookbook)

Linda Brown

"I adore this book, not just because I know the author, but because as a novice planning to cook with pottery, this books adds just the right amount of history, direction, precautions and beginner-friendly instruction to make me feel confident in trying this form of cooking. Highly recommend!"
(The Clay Table)

Daniel Deloge

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