by Helene Siegel
Let’s get our priorities straight. This is a book for those who care more about what they eat than how they can pack the most efficient backpack or how to air-drop a parcel of food onto the tundra. Other more rugged individuals have tackled those subjects with greater authority. When it comes to outdoor cooking, good taste has played second fiddle to strange priorities for long enough. Who really wants to eat foods named gorp, pemmican, or jerky – or a dehydrated slice of pizza or ice cream packed in tin foil? It seems to me that when American set out for a weekend of sleeping under the stars, they should reward themselves with naturally delicious real foods that are as good as anything they would eat at home. Eating well on a camping trip need not be complicated. All of the recipes found within this book are good enough to eat at home, but under the stars or on a crisp cool morning, they will taste much better!
