I’m one of those people who grills year-round despite the cold weather in Wisconsin, which is why I accepted an offer to review Easy Campfire Cooking, as well as RV Camping Cookbook, both of which will be released in 2022.
Easy Campfire Cooking
Although I don’t go camping often, I do enjoy it because I get to bring all my tools and gadgets. Thus, I liked that the 250+ recipes in Easy Campfire Cooking ($14.99, Fox Chapel Publishing) were divided by cooking devices such as pie irons, foil packets and even sticks.
For example, on p. 18, author Georgia Pellegrini explains how to prepare and cook a fish that you’ve caught, how to insert a stick into the fish and how to position rocks to help hold the stick in place.
Impressively, the hobo-style recipes using foil packets include jungle jambalaya (p. 44), sweet & sour chicken (p. 49) and tomato & chicken tortellini (p. 59).
At home, I made the pizza pockets (p. 78) but used a George Foreman grill instead of a pie iron. Next, I plan to make the cowboy casserole (p. 99), consisting of bacon, ground beef, cans or pork n’ beans and biscuits in a skillet, as well as the breakfast pizza (p. 110) using crescent rolls for the crust in a Dutch oven.
Pellegrini also has written the book, Food Heroes: Sixteen Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition and is the host of the TV show, “Modern Pioneering.”
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RV Camping Cookbook
While I don’t own an RV, the more than 100 recipes in RV Camping Cookbook ($7.99, Fox Chapel Publishing) are meant to be used anytime you’re away from home (e.g. camping, tailgating, etc.).
I was pleased to see comfort foods such as the bacon & cheddar pull-aparts (p. 17), which use Pillsbury Grands and can be made in a Dutch oven, and American tuna hot dish (p. 53), which does require the use of an oven.
Although I don’t have a sweet tooth, I have my eyes set on the many versions of S’Mores, starting with the party pastry (p. 70), which uses Pop-Tarts instead of graham crackers, then the cinnamon sensation (p. 71), which uses a cinnamon sugar cake donut instead of graham crackers, as well as the cashew brownie (p. 74), which uses a brownie instead of a chocolate bar.
Of note, Fox Chapel Publishing put together and designed this book.
Photos by Fox Chapel Publishing
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