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Easy Campfire Cooking, 2nd Edition (2022) is a revised edition of Easy Campfire Cooking (2012), published by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. Revisions include new recipes and photographs.

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Print ISBN 978-1-4971-0283-5
eISBN 978-1-6374-1086-8

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The best meals Ive eaten have been around a campfire. In part it was the ingredientsa whole hog, smothered in molasses and draped in bacon, steaming over hot coals for a day until the meat fell from the bone, for example. But in part what made it memorable was the act of lighting that fire and cooking the way our early ancestors did, the act of tapping into our original human instincts. As life becomes ever more fast paced, we seem to drift further away from those original instincts, and it can sometimes be hard to find the way back. Easy Campfire Cooking is a roadmap. Full of handy how-tos, tips, and recipes, it is accessible to everyone, no matter how strapped to city life you are. It is a reminder that the simplicity of campfire cooking is satisfying not only because we are going back, but because we are gathering together around the fire among friends.

Food is ultimately about community, about bringing people together. I would argue that the campfire is equally so. No matter the culture or geography, the campfire, like food, draws people in. The fact that we as humans learned how to combine the two is what made us more sophisticated cooks, and more sophisticated minds. We learned that by bringing food back to the tribe and feeding the community around the fire, we were elevating our place in the world. It is safe to say that combining food with fire was the very act that made us the humans we are today.

What is nice to see is that these types of pioneer skills are experiencing a renaissance. A renewed demand for books like this is a reflection that society is craving what is real and lasting versus what is fake and manufactured. People are looking for ways both large and small to step off the grid even just once in a while.

This desire to experience food within the outdoors is a wonderful thing because those who spend hours every year pondering and studying nature around them and discussing the events of the day around food and fire are reflecting something that is essential in human natureit is the purest way of being human on this planet.

If youre looking for a taste of that, let this book be your guide. Happy cooking!

Georgia Pellegrini is the author of Food Heroes:16 Culinary Artisans Preserving Tradition. Visit her blog at georgiapellegrini.com

Welcome to Easy Campfire Cooking! This book is full of delicious and easy-to-make recipes for your next campfire. Whether youre a new camper or a seasoned outdoor veteran, you can cook up tasty fare for breakfast, main dishes, sides, and even desserts. With more than 250 recipes to choose from, you cant go wrong. Try Tropical Seafood Skewers (), and more! Whether your favorite way to cook over a fire is with a stick, skewers and kebabs, foil packets, pie irons, skillets, Dutch ovens, or using a grate, this book has you covered. So build the perfect fire, grab your cooking implements of choice, and get cookin in the great outdoors!