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Campfire Cookery: Adventuresome Recipes and Other Curiosities for the Great Outdoors
Camping fare typically includes burgers and hot dogs, and while these are certainly easy, get ready to rethink the cuisine that can be savored over the open flame. With recipes like Spiced Currant Scones, Maple-Glazed Salmon, and Tomato Tarte Tatin, Huck and Young celebrate delicious food and the great outdoors. They also include step-by-step instructions for activities such as stargazing, foraging for woodland berries, and minding one's fruits of the sea (or, how to clean a fish). Campfire Cookery proves that the campfire can not only be a blissful escape but a true culinary destination.
Praise for Campfire
“Co-authors Sarah Huck and Jaimee Young provide the inspiration and wherewithal to make campfire cooking civilized and delicious.” — Wall Street Journal
“Get inspired by the outdoor culinary flair.” — InStyle "Sarah Huck and Jaimee Young were wise enough to put a photo of the old-fashioned campfire favorite on the cover of their new Campfire Cookery . They also were wise enough to include campfire cocktail recipes to wash the s'mores down."
-USA Today
“ Campfire Cookery is one of those cookbooks you need to buy two of.” —Edible Brooklyn
“The beauty of this book is that it evokes a simpler era when things weren’t automatic, when all cooking required the primal flame, and when cooking and eating was more than just about the food.” —Epicurious.com
Praise for Campfire
“Co-authors Sarah Huck and Jaimee Young provide the inspiration and wherewithal to make campfire cooking civilized and delicious.” — Wall Street Journal
“Get inspired by the outdoor culinary flair.” — InStyle "Sarah Huck and Jaimee Young were wise enough to put a photo of the old-fashioned campfire favorite on the cover of their new Campfire Cookery . They also were wise enough to include campfire cocktail recipes to wash the s'mores down."
-USA Today
“ Campfire Cookery is one of those cookbooks you need to buy two of.” —Edible Brooklyn
“The beauty of this book is that it evokes a simpler era when things weren’t automatic, when all cooking required the primal flame, and when cooking and eating was more than just about the food.” —Epicurious.com
304 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 2011
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June 9, 2015
Q: What happens when you hand a hipster a dutch oven, a laptop, and access to your liquor cabinet?
A: Crap books like this. If you're looking for pretentious titles, impractical ingredients, and poorly organized recipes, Campfire Cookery is for you. If you'd actually like to eat well in the woods, seek out something different.
On the plus side:
If your glamping trip fails because someone couldn't carry the cast-iron skillet the authors recommend for keeping fairies from your bedroll...
Campfire Cookery will prepare you to unpack your acadian absinthe, rustic rye, and country-livin cocktail shaker, so you can forget camping ever sounded like a good idea in the first place.
A: Crap books like this. If you're looking for pretentious titles, impractical ingredients, and poorly organized recipes, Campfire Cookery is for you. If you'd actually like to eat well in the woods, seek out something different.
On the plus side:
If your glamping trip fails because someone couldn't carry the cast-iron skillet the authors recommend for keeping fairies from your bedroll...
Campfire Cookery will prepare you to unpack your acadian absinthe, rustic rye, and country-livin cocktail shaker, so you can forget camping ever sounded like a good idea in the first place.
October 19, 2017
Ok, some of the detail & directions on some scratch made stuff I like but most of the recipes are too fancy or fussy (ie too many ingredients).
June 14, 2011
I really wanted to love this book; my two favorite things- camping and cooking- all in one book. My former camping meals consisted of hotdogs and hamburgers, but in the past couple of years, I've been introduced to eating gourmet camping meals. With that being said, I had obviously been anticipating this book's publication for months and was the first person to check it out of the public library. Maybe my expectations were too high? Don't get me wrong- it's still a beautiful book with a clever concept and many of the recipes are wonderful. I will forever be grateful to the authors for The Seven Wonders of the S'more (pg 247-8) which features several fantastic variations on the classic s'more- of which I tried almost all seven varieties multiple times on a recent camping trip and I don't know that I will ever go back to the classic s'more again. The Grasshopper S'more might be my favorite. We didn't have any after-dinner mints, so instead we substituted junior mints to create one of the best s'mores I've ever tasted. I also recommend the White Chocolate and Strawberry S'more which was equally fabulous. Throughout the course of our camping weekend we also cooked Bananas Foster Pancakes (pg 92) and Off-to-the-Races Irish Porridge (pg 100). Both were excellent breakfast meals and both included liquor which I appreciate. I plan to try the Caramelized Tomato Tarte Tartin a la Clark and Foil-Roasted Mushrooms at future camping trips. Both look delicious and somewhat easy to make while camping.
Okay, now for the downside to this book- it might just be a little too whimsical for most campers out there. In the first couple of pages it features a picture of the authors in a backyard wearing dresses and holding a picnic basket. Is that the intended audience? People who camp in their backyards? Because some of these recipes are just too impractical for most people camping in a campground in the middle of nowhere. For example: Sweet Cinnamon Beignets. Who is deep frying in a typical campground firepit and who wants to clean up the mess afterward? Also, expect to travel with most of your ingredients since your typical grocery store in the country does not stock half the ingredients in most of these recipes. Almost all the main dishes rely heavily on meats such as duck, squab and venison which can be difficult to find and will alienate your vegetarian friends (there aren't many main dishes for vegetarians in this book). The additional material in the book varies from fascinating (A Connoisseur's Guide De Bois) to cute (Spirit-Awakaning Seances and Gothic Story-telling) to just plain silly (Essential Philosophical Quandries) but overall a nice touch to a camping cookbook.
I recommend this book highly if you camp in an RV or take decadent picnics where you have access to a campfire, but you might be disappointed with this book if you are a tent camper and will probably need to heavily adapt many of these recipes if you plan to use them in the wild.
Okay, now for the downside to this book- it might just be a little too whimsical for most campers out there. In the first couple of pages it features a picture of the authors in a backyard wearing dresses and holding a picnic basket. Is that the intended audience? People who camp in their backyards? Because some of these recipes are just too impractical for most people camping in a campground in the middle of nowhere. For example: Sweet Cinnamon Beignets. Who is deep frying in a typical campground firepit and who wants to clean up the mess afterward? Also, expect to travel with most of your ingredients since your typical grocery store in the country does not stock half the ingredients in most of these recipes. Almost all the main dishes rely heavily on meats such as duck, squab and venison which can be difficult to find and will alienate your vegetarian friends (there aren't many main dishes for vegetarians in this book). The additional material in the book varies from fascinating (A Connoisseur's Guide De Bois) to cute (Spirit-Awakaning Seances and Gothic Story-telling) to just plain silly (Essential Philosophical Quandries) but overall a nice touch to a camping cookbook.
I recommend this book highly if you camp in an RV or take decadent picnics where you have access to a campfire, but you might be disappointed with this book if you are a tent camper and will probably need to heavily adapt many of these recipes if you plan to use them in the wild.
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July 27, 2011yum! what a beautiful book, they are a bit overwrought for campfire cooking but it is filled with helpful ideas, fantastic sounding recipes and lovely images. i wish i had the balls to campcook like these ladies want me to!
June 11, 2014
This book on cooking over an outdoors and on an open fire could not be further from the logistics of actual outdoor cooking. In recommended tools to bring on your outdoor cooking adventure, the authors list snail forks and caviar spoons...
June 22, 2012
This book was most notable for great fonts, not for any of the recipes or prose. In fact, I'd venture to say that the people who wrote this book have never camped outside of their backyards.
September 7, 2013
Scrumptioulicicious!
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September 27, 2011totally baroquely ridiculous. right up my alley.
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