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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 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 14th, 2011
I hit the bonanza this week at our local libraries library guild book sale. Not only did I score guidebooks I didn’t have I also found a vintage copy of an outdoor cookbook – and I paid a meager 50ยข a book for nearly all of them. I get good books and the library guild [...]
Posted in Gear, hiking, Trail Cooking on Sep 21st, 2010
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 [...]
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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