Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 5th, 2011
Recently released is the new book, The Camping Cookbook: 95 Inspirational Recipes from Hearty Brunches to Campfire Suppers. While not aimed at backpackers it is an interesting read for those who love indulgent car camping/boating or plain living it up in the backyard. The book is lushly photographed, not in the typical camping cookbook, but [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews on Dec 17th, 2010
Our local library has an active Friends of the Library and have a well stocked year round book sale in the back of our library. I try to check it often as I have come across some rare gems over the past couple years. Last week paid off when I came across (for 25ยข!): Yukon [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Posted in Book Reviews, hiking, Uncategorized 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
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