Trailside Cookbook or Parties That Wow

Trailside Cookbook: A Handbook for Hungry Campers and Hikers

Author: Don Philpott

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:

• Ultimate trail mixes


• Morale boosters


• Emergency comfort food


• Breakfasts


• Soups, snacks and lunches


• One-pot suppers and side dishes


• Main courses and desserts for gatherings of four to ten people


• Bread and biscuits


• Drinks, warming brews, cool refreshers and nightcaps.

The book also recommends what to do if a bear eats your food and how to cook in a rainstorm, dust storm or blizzard.

The Trailside Cookbook is an essential reference for all outdoor enthusiasts.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Way to Go

• Leave only footprints


• A word on weather forecasting


• Nutrition


• Food planning

Trailside Kitchen

• Setting up camp


• Cooking methods


• Essential equipment


• Making the most of serendipity

Get Set... Pack

• Pack light


• Sample menus and pack lists

Trail Mixes, Boosters and Drinks

Breakfasts

Soups, Snacks and Lunches

One-Pot Suppers and Sides

Breads and Biscuits

Weekend Gourmet

Resources and Acknowledgements

Index

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Parties That Wow: Setting the Stage for Creative Entertaining

Author: Jonathan Fong

Do you have fear of parties? Afraid that your home isn’t nice enough, that your cooking isn’t good enough, that your themes aren’t creative enough? Let go of your fear...with help from home-style guru Jonathan Fong. In Parties That Wow, Fong explains that throwing a party is just like putting on a show--and so the parties presented here are theatrical, imaginative, and entertaining, packed with expert guidance and dramatic surprises from the world’s greatest party director. Eighteen fabulous theme parties include Pretty in Pink, Starfish and Stripes, Big and Easy, Come to the Cabaret, and many more. Full "stage directions" include ideas for invitations, décor, table accents, flowers and centerpieces, food, and activities. Just one example: Rock Like an Egyptian features invitations on papyrus, an impressive but inexpensive pyramid of light, chocolate mummies, and a sofa transformed into Cleopatra’s barge (don’t forget the asp!). With show-stopping ideas like these, every party is sure to be a hit.