Last night I was perusing Amazon for the newest in free ebooks, something I do at least 2 to 3 times a week. You never know what you will find, often books are thrown up for free for a day, or a week. It helps authors get noticed, but also get reviews. (Btw? I post many [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cookbooks’
Tasty Little Fudge Balls
Posted in No Cook Recipes, Other, Trail Cooking, Vegan, Vegetarian, tagged 30 Healthy Desserts You Can Eat Every Day, cookbooks, fudge balls, snacks, trail food, trail snacks on November 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Book Find – Want To Make Drink Mixes?
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged books, cookbooks, drink mixes, Gifts In A Jar on August 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I found a copy of Gifts in a Jar: Cocoas, Cappuccinos, Coffees & Teas recently – The cookbook came out in 2001, and while out of print, can be found in libraries and used copies online. While the basis of the book being dry drink mixes made for gifts, that works perfectly for backpacking drinks. Not only that…if you [...]
Book Review: Cook Wild
Posted in Book Reviews, Trail Cooking, tagged Book Reviews, Cook Wild, cookbooks on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Very European is the elegant new cookbook Cook Wild: Year-Round Cooking on an Open Fire, which is being released this spring in the US. The book is an English version of her current book, which is in German. Covering the basics of making fire, types of wood, how to cook over an open fire and [...]
Book Review: The Camping Cookbook
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Book review, Book Reviews, cookbooks, The Camping Cookbook, trail cookbooks on June 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
New Additions To The Trail Library
Posted in Gear, hiking, Trail Cooking, tagged cookbooks, trail cookbooks on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently added to our extensive trail cookbook library were these titles: Billy Joe Tatum’s Wild Foods Field Guide and Cookbook Trailside cooking Backpacking: A Hedonist’s Guide Complete book of outdoor cookery The book contains such hilarious late 1970 era photos as the one above. Nothing like cut off jean shorts, baseball shirts and the lady [...]
Updates On The Trail Library
Posted in Book Reviews, Other, Trail Cooking, tagged books, cookbooks, trail library on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A smattering of vintage trail and outdoor cookbooks showed up today and have been added to our ever expanding Trail Library. You just don’t see covers like this anymore! Love the Beefcake pose in jeans I also updated our list we have on what we are looking for here. ~Sarah
Book Review: Trailside’s Trail Food
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Book review, Book Reviews, books, cookbooks, trail cookbooks on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Book Review: The One Burner Gourmet
Posted in Book Reviews, tagged Book review, Book Reviews, books, cookbooks on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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, [...]




