The Wilderness Chef: The Art and Craft of One-Pan Lightweight Trail Cooking

by John R. Weber

Soups, stews, casseroles, biscuits, muffins and desserts can all be prepared in one pan over a single burner stove in the wilderness. John Weber's latest volume of The Wilderness Chef, The Art and Craft of One-Pan Lightweight Trail Cooking is a collection of more than 200 unique recipes that are easy and fast to prepare, lightweight and have the taste, texture, color and variety of meals cooked at home. All the meals can be prepared using ingredients found in almost all medium to large grocery stores; no more expensive, hard-to-find commercially prepared outdoor foods. Best of all, by using TVP (textured vegetable protein) as a meat substitute, the meals can be made entirely from lightweight dry ingredients. You don't have to carry cans, jars or fresh foods into the wilderness to have great tasting meals anymore.In addition to the recipes, John discusses camp sanitation, drying your own foods, pre-trip packing of foods and how to use the Outback Oven. He is truly a Wilderness Chef and with the help of The Wilderness Chef, The Art and Craft of One-Pan Lightweight Trail Cooking you can be too and change boring camp meals into culinary celebrations using only one pan.

316 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2002

About the author

John R. Weber is currently Director of Secondary education programs at a private school in the mountains of Honduras. After receiving his MA in computer science, John spent twenty-two years working in higher education administration in information technology, and studied fiction at Missouri University.

When he’s not in Honduras, John lives in northwestern Illinois, where he bicycles and teaches whitewater kayaking and backpacking to teens and preteens.

Orphan is his first young adult novel.