The Essential Camping Cookbook: Or How to Cook an Egg in An Orange and Other Scout Recipes

Drawing on the know-how and expertise of the Scout Association, this fully illustrated inspirational cookbook takes the art of eating outdoors to a whole new level

Perfect both for beginners in al fresco cooking as well as seasoned campers, there are step-by-step guides to explain all the essential techniques needed to make a glorious feast. Whether you're at a festival, camping, or just on a day trip to the beach this guide includes tips on how to cook backwoods-style, without conventional equipment, on open fires, in pit ovens, and using improvised utensils. Alongside traditional campfire favorites, you will find recipes for curries, spicy stews, couscous, exotic BBQs, risottos, and delicious one-pot dishes. It also includes popular campfire songs to make your outdoors eating experience complete. Includes metric measurements. 

Nick Allen is a professional chef who has been involved in Scouts from the age of six. Currently a sous chef at the Dorchester Group's Coworth Park Hotel, when he's not running the kitchen of Michelin-starred executive chef John Campbell, he is often to be found cooking eggs in oranges over an open fire at Scout camp. As Assistant Scout Leader, he has traveled the world on Scouting expeditions, and cooked at many a jamboree.