Nothing really appealing. Recipes were fairly common and not unique. Typical of many other books in this genre.

No campfire or grilling or Dutch oven recipes here! Firstly, let me say how happy I am that there is an anti-Dutch oven screed in this book. Once I went on a camping trip with a guy who brought a Dutch oven and it was a nightmare. He dumped coals everywhere we went. It was a huge ordeal for something that was really just a freakin pot. Anyway, none of that. The book divides recipes into day trips and overnight trips, but really what you need to know is that there are recipes for you to cook at home before you leave on your trip, and there are some to cook during your trip. The home recipes are mostly energy bars and breads and such. The camp stove recipes include a delicious-looking simple pad Thai, veggie stir-fry, some cookies and breads to fry up in the pan, and lots of oatmeal and couscous recipes. And chocolate and camp coffee! This book seems most useful for adults doing a backpacking trip or car camping with friends and wanting to get beyond hot dogs and eggs. I would definitely want to try some of these recipes on my car camping trips with my kids. The photography is beautiful and makes me want to get outside and chow down. And drink some delicious coffee.

Great recipes for outdoor enthusiasts either to make ahead or on the trail. Ingredients are readily available and require minimal effort or tools to make.

Recipes to make during camping in wild...... So many recipes which are easy to make with few ingredients......

Outdoor enthusiasts looking to spice up their dining options in the trail may enjoy these recipes. An excellent cookbook for adventurers trying to change up their outdoor cooking.

Best Served Wild is essentially a cookbook geared towards those who love and are actively participating in outdoors adventures. All of the recipes are vegetarian and geared to keep you full during your adventuring.

Pros:
The pictures are gorgeous! If they don't motivate you to get outside, then I don't know what will.
The recipes are fairly straightforward and easy to follow.

Cons:
I expected that more of these recipes would be things you could cook WHILE adventuring, but the majority of recipes were make-ahead or things you could need to cook while car-camping (i.e. with large pots and pans and refrigerated items).
As someone who cooks a lot and adventures a lot, most of these recipes were not unique to me. I can make protein bars and granola bars without much effort or need for a cookbook.

I would highly recommend this book for a beginner cook or beginner adventurer. If you are experienced, then I would pass.

I received an advanced readers copy of this book from the Netgalley program in exchange for this review.

Photography is beautiful! Recipes look fantastic and fairly easy to make. It definitely makes you want to get out there and camp!

As an avid backpacker and car camper, new recipes are a must to keep things fresh. While I do like meat in my trail food and this is more a vegetarian cookbook, it is true that a lot of these recipes can be modified to add chicken or tuna etc... While the recipes here are more basic than what I do look for nowadays for outdoor food fare, this is a great beginners guide for people just starting out.

I am not too much into the great outdoors to the extant of the authors anymore, but there are a few recipes I may try in my own home. Back in the day we always has gorp or fruit leather on us when we went anywhere! Some of the recipes and adventures brought back good memories! I may need to get out the old albums and take revisit with past adventures! Younger folks will, those full pf adventure, will enjoy this book. Those who haven't yet gone an an adventure will be inspired!