Best Served Wild

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!

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

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

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.

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.