Hungry Campers
Cooking Outdoors for 1 to 100
Digital Edition 1.0
Text © 2012 Zac Williams
Photographs © 2012 Zac Williams
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Gibbs Smith
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ISBN: 978-1-4236-3029-6
For Jennifer, who always first inspires.
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I would like to thank everyone at Gibbs Smith for the opportunity to have so much fun writing and photographing with special thanks to Hollie Keith for expert editing and Suzanne Taylor for making it all possible. Thanks to Rita Sowins for the terrific design of the book. Continued thanks to my wife, Aimee, and kids, Ethan, Rya and Piper, for putting up with a crazy cooking dad and always waiting to taste until after I get the shot.
Camping is all about taking a detour from day-to-day life. Spending time sleeping outdoors tends to remind us of what’s important. It takes us back to the basics of comfort. A dry bed, good company and of course delicious food are all you need to enjoy yourself in the wild. Delicious food is where this cookbook comes in. By focusing on simple, easy-to-prepare meals, I hope to help campers make the most of their time outdoors.
Recipes are arranged in chapters beginning with ideas for meals that are easy to prepare and teach basic cooking skills, and progress to more advanced gourmet preparations for those camp chefs who are looking for inspiration. Special attention is given to making the job of planning dining operations for scout troops, youth groups and families easier. Along the way, helpful tips are suggested to make your cooking experience even better. For campers and scouts looking for high adventure, an introduction to backpack cooking with recipes and menus is provided in the last chapter.
Hopefully, this cookbook can serve as a primer for new cooks as well as a resource that makes planning easier for experienced campers. Fine dining should be at the center of any great camping adventure. My favorite childhood memories of camping include watching as my dad cooked on the old green double-burner Coleman stove. Now I share my own son’s excitement as he cooks the trout he just caught. Outdoor cooking properly done is one of the many joys experienced by those that trade a roof at home for the starry sky overhead.
