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.