Ingalls Memorial Library in Rindge is hosting a series of book fairs the first three Saturdays in December, featuring local poets and authors and their works.The idea began when the library wanted to uplift one of its own – library assistant Catherine.
Friday, February 5th: The Re-enactor s Cookbook
Historic recipes that taste good. Share Updated: 8:00 PM EST Feb 5, 2021
Friday, February 5th: The Re-enactor s Cookbook
Historic recipes that taste good. Share Updated: 8:00 PM EST Feb 5, 2021
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Show Transcript COOKING A MILE AWAY. ERIN: KAREN MEYERS CATCHES UP WITH A RENAISSANCE REENACTOR FROM JAFFREY WHO HAS JUST COME OUT WITH A COOKBOOK, SO YOU, TOO, CAN FEAST LIKE HENRY THE VIII. KAREN: STROLL THROUGH A RENAISSANCE FAIRE, AND YOU ARE TRANSPORTED TO A DIFFERENT TIME. COLORFUL COSTUMES, LIVELY ENTERTAINMENT, AND MOUTHWATERING SMELLS. ALLYSON: YOU KNOW YOU’VE DONE A GOOD JOB WHEN SOMEBODY COMES BY, JUST A RANDOM PATRON, AND SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE SMELL OF YOUR STEW OVERWHELMED THE FRIED OREO CART. KAREN: ALLYSON SZABO MAKES THE ROUNDS AT AREA REN FAIRES AS A RE-ENACTOR AND COOK, TOILING OVER AN OPEN FIRE, WHIPPING UP A FEAST THAT WOULD MAKE KING HENRY THE VIII DROOL. ALLYSON: A
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Published: 12/15/2020 3:02:31 PM
The question came quite often as M. Allyson Szabo was set up to cook over an open fire at one of the many renaissance fairs she attends: ‘Do you have a cookbook?’
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. Tasked to write 50,000 words over the course of 30 days would provide Szabo the deadline she needed.
It wasn’t the most traditional avenue during the month long writing event, but it was the book – her fourth overall – she most wanted to write.