WINNER OF 2007 GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD - Best First Cookbook, Canada
Learn how to successfully plan and prepare meals for camping trips of all kinds! Includes over 70 recipes.
Whether you're a beginner at camp cooking wondering how to create a menu and set up a kitchen in the woods, or a more experienced camper looking for some new techniques and recipe ideas, Camp Cooking: The Black Feather Guide can help.
Wendy Grater, Mark Scriver of Black Feather Wilderness Adventures and senior guide Joanna Baker have been feeding groups of all sizes, on all kinds of outdoor trips, for well over half a century combined. In Camp Cooking: The Black Feather Guide, they share their extensive knowledge, favorite recipes and proven methods so that you too can make your "on trip" meals successful. Beautiful photographs, clear instruction, expert advice, and a lot of great recipes make this an indispensable guide for anyone who wants to eat well in the wild.
Learn About: - Choosing and using equipment
- Assessing the food needs of the group
- Planning and preparing meals with flavor, variety, nutrition, and style
- Packing techniques and recommendations
- Managing waste and respecting the environment
- And much more...
Wendy Grater, owner and director of Black Feather Wilderness Adventures, has been guiding and feeding people on camping trips for over 25 years. She's pioneered sea kayaking routes in Greenland, hiked remote Arctic wilderness and paddled almost every river Black Feather has run. Easygoing, yet committed to excellence, Wendy's energy and enthusiasm for sharing her love of the wild is contagious.
Mark Scriver is one of the most respected and accomplished paddlers in the world. He has taught whitewater canoeing, sea kayaking and other paddling and outdoor skills, and has been leading commercial trips for Black Feather since 1983. More recently, Mark co-authored Canoe Camping: An Essential Guide, co-authored Thrill of the Paddle - an instructional whitewater canoeing book. He won the World Freestyle Canoeing Championships in 1997.
Joanna Baker has a passion for playing and cooking in the outdoors. Her quest for adventure has led her on many journeys, both professionally as a former instructor for the Canadian Outward Bound School, and personally as an avid traveler. Not satisfied with the standard canoe trip menu, she strives to add a twist of creativity to her meal planning. Joanna contributed recipes, tips and tricks for this book in hopes of inspiring others to get creative too!
