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A review of an older book, currently out of print, one that sits in our collection of trail cookbooks. Do you remember “Trailside: Make Your Own Adventure”? – it was a TV show on in the early 90′s that originally partnered with Backpacker Magazine, which was hosted by John Viehman (the then Executive Editor of [...]

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Harriett Barker was in my eyes one of the pioneers of trail cooking and outdoor cookbooks. I have talked before about her second book, The Supermarket Backpacker – a book that I happen to love and has a prized spot in my large collection of outdoor cookbooks. The One-Burner Gourmet was her first outdoor cookbook, [...]

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Book Review: The Great Divide

A week or two ago one of the guys on one of the hiking forums sent me a care package of books to read (thanks!!) and in it was a copy of The Great Divide- A Walk Through American Along The Continental Divide by Stephen Pern. The book came out in 1987 originally and was [...]

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One thing this cookbook author has is an extensive collection of outdoor books, which of course contains many outdoor cookbooks! I am always picking up new ones to add to my office’s book shelves! I had been meaning to pick up a copy of NOLS Backcountry Cooking: Creative Menu Planning for Short Trips, by NOLS [...]

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If you want to see how trail food was back 30, 40, 50 or more years ago one has to pull up a copy of the vintage book Gorp, Glop and Glue Stew. The book was written and contributed to by many of the pioneers of the hiking, backpacking and mountaineering world. A number of [...]

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Along The Road

Mike of TheBackcountry.org has recently brought out a coffee table style book of his photography. His book ‘Along The Road’ can be found here for sale. A very pretty book indeed! Take a look at the preview while you are checking it out as well. ~Sarah

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It has been a number of years since I first read the first chapters of George’s book and I still think that Dances With Marmots – A Pacific Crest Trail Adventure is one of the best reads for wiling away long cold winters when one is dreaming of hiking. If you haven’t seen or read [...]

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Dian Thomas was a perennial book writer in her time – and her books are still very relevant in modern times. Her first book came out in 1974, Roughing it Easy.  It was revised in 1994, becoming Roughing It Easy : A Unique Ideabook for Camping and Cooking. In 2001 Dian brought out Roughing It [...]

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