by Don Philpott (Author), PamPhilpott (Author)
The complete backpacker's food and cooking guide.
The Trailside Cookbook is a practical guide to eating well on trips to the great outdoors. This book covers everything from planning to cooking to finding food in the wilderness. The book explains how food choices are affected by weather as well as by the length and type of the expedition, the number of participants and facilities of the base camp. Setting up a minimum-impact kitchen is explained along with storage, fire building and dousing. Cooking methods are detailed as well as essential cooking equipment. The book also covers packing light with basics and staples, instant foods, what to avoid taking, and sample item lists for a day, a weekend, and a four-day trip. For the adventurous, The Trailside Cookbook shows how to catch fish without a rod, scale and clean the catch, make birchbark containers, and purify natural water. The main part of this book is the collection of delicious recipes, including:
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Published: 05 Feb 2005
ISBN 10: 1552979520
ISBN 13: 9781552979525
Don and Pam Philpott live in Florida, and between them have written more than fifty-five books on food, drink and travel.