outdoor gourmet: how to bring your love of good food to the campsite, the backyard, and beyond

Bring great eating to the great outdoors with more than 100 delicious recipes you can cook at your campsite--but will want to keep making at home!

Getting in touch with nature doesn’t need to mean subsisting on energy bars, canned beans, and prepackaged meals. With these easy-to-follow recipes, you can use your camp stove or firepit to whip up restaurant-worthy food that will satisfy any gourmand.

Toss the trail mix, leave the hot dogs at home, and plan a totally new approach to outdoor eating.

• Wake up to Bananas Foster French Toast cooked on the camp stove
• Pack Smoked Salmon and Wasabi Aram Sandwiches for an on-the-go hiking lunch
• Relax by the fire with a Savory Cheese S’mores snack
• Feast under the stars on Mustard and Rosemary Lamb Chops and Roasted Beets with Citrus Dressing
• And cook dozens more delicious recipes right at your campsite!

Outdoor Gourmet includes advice on choosing a camp stove and stocking your kitchen-away-from-home, storage strategies for fresh foods, and tips for making your new favorite camping meals in a traditional kitchen or on a backyard grill so you can keep vacation going all year.

Previously published as Campfire Cuisine, this edition has a fresh new look.

Robin Donovan is a food and travel writer, and an experienced camper who has successfully experimented with campsite cooking for more than 20 years. She lives in San Francisco.