Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking

by Molly Absolon

Overview

Outward Bound Backcountry Cooking is a handy resource on the fundamentals of great trail food, including information about food preparation and storage, cooking tips for different weather, keeping food fresh, and planning and packing meals plus recipes for great outdoor meals. In partnership with outdoor leader Outward Bound, this book combines expert instruction with practical tips to ensure a fun and a satisfying meal for your next outdoor adventure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762792757
Publisher:	FalconGuides
Publication date:	01/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Molly Absolon has worked as a climbing, backpacking, mountaineering, and winter instructor. Her background includes rigorous outdoors training and years of experience sharing her wilderness know-how with a wide range of audiences. She is a freelance writer on projects ranging from communications materials for environmental groups to marketing copy for tourism promotion and just about anything in between. In her spare time, she loves to ski, bike, and hike, and occasionally she still gets out to go climbing.  She lives with her daughter, Avery, and husband—another FalconGuides author—Allen O’Bannon, in Lander, Wyoming.

Table of Contents

About Outward Bound vii

Introduction xi

1 Menu Planning 1

2 The Backcountry Kitchen 19

3 Lightening Your Load 33

4 Leave No Trace 37

5 Setting Up Camp 42

6 Basic Backcountry Cooking 49

7 Baking 66

8 Cooking over Fires 81

9 Camp Cooking Where Weight Is No Concern 88

10 Prepping Food at Home 95

11 Harvesting Wild Edibles 98

12 Water 105

13 Final Word 108

Recipe Index 110

Index 111