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Posted in Book Reviews on Mar 22nd, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Mar 16th, 2010
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, [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Mar 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Other, Trail Cooking on Nov 5th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Other, Trail Cooking, hiking on Mar 4th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Uncategorized, hiking on Dec 7th, 2008
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
Posted in Book Reviews, hiking on Dec 6th, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Trail Cooking on Nov 19th, 2008
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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