Basic Illustrated: Cooking in the Outdoors

by Cliff Jacobson, Clarissa Jacobson (Narrator)

As the Boy Scouts of America will attest, Cliff Jacobson wrote the book on campsite cooking. Basic Illustrated Cooking in the Outdoors is the official handbook for the Boy Scouts' cooking badge!

A veteran of the outdoors and a guide of young people into remote areas of both Canada and the United States, Cliff Jacobson knows more about the routines of cooking than most adventurers. His unique ideas and sensible solutions to typical campsite dilemmas will make food stay edible longer and taste better.

In Basic Illustrated Cooking in the Outdoors, you’ll learn how to

- Make great meals for large groups in the outdoors.

- Keep cooked foods hot long enough for second helpings.

- Make delicious pizza in just two minutes!

- Bake bread and cookies using a variety of portable ovens.

- Plan and pack meals for a wilderness expedition.

- Save stove fuel and cooking time with simple techniques.

- Cook effectively in the rain, wind, and snow.

- Prepare freeze dried foods.

- Protect food from bears.

- Obtain safe drinking water,

- and properly dispose of wastes.

Audible Audio

Published November 18, 2024

About the author

Cliff Jacobson is one of North America's most respected outdoors writers, wilderness guides, national and foreign consultants, and is the most published canoeing/camping writer of this century. He is a professional canoe guide and outfitter, a wilderness canoeing and camping consultant and the author of over a dozen top-selling books on camping and canoeing— numerous titles have been translated into Spanish, German, French and Turkish with sales approaching one million copies.

An accomplished canoeist in his own right, Cliff was recently recognized by the American Canoe Association (ACA) which presented him with the Legends of Paddling Award and inducted him into the ACA Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Annette · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm totally biased because my uncle is the one who wrote this book. But he sent it to me after I told him I was going on a camping trip to the Channel Islands, we'll be there for 4 days, and the ferry won't be able to pick us up before then, and have to walk 1.5 miles with a 3 year old so we MUST PACK LIGHT.

There's awesome practical advice, totally sweet "recipes" (in quotes because he insists that there is no one perfect way of doing something in the woods), and no-nonsense endorsements which he receives no funds from.

Excellent book for camping when packing light. And we're testing the recipes while we're here at home in Hollywood.