In this game-changing camping cookbook, food writer and adventurer Chris Nuttall-Smith introduces an ingenious prep-ahead approach to eating outdoors, with 80 easy-to-make and wildly tasty recipes.

Cook It Wildshowed me I can enjoy our incredible planet and still have a killer meal at the end of the day.Matty Matheson, chef, actor, and author ofMatty Matheson: Home Style Cookery

A BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR: Food Network,Epicurious, Globe and Mail

Say goodbye to ho-hum canned beans and freeze-dried backpacking meals. With prep-ahead recipes and field-tested advice, flavor-packed dishes like herby lemon chicken, vegan dan dan noodles and even fire-baked pecan sticky buns become deliciously doableandfuss-free. Each recipe is divided into at home and at camp sections, so most of the cooking is done before your trip. Extraordinary outdoor eating is often as simple as dropping fully prepped ingredients into a pot or onto a grill. Just like that, youll be feasting on showstopping sweet-tangy lemon ribs, sublime vegetarian pastas, or sizzling cumin lamb kebabs paired with puff-and-serve chapati.

Plus, with fun and savvy camp kitchen advice, youll learn everything you need to become a master outdoors cook, including which cheeses travel best, how to chill drinks when you dont have ice, how to pick (and use) a backpacking stove, and how to make great coffee in the wild!

Whether your idea of wilderness is a beach, a mountain, a rushing river or your own backyard, youll want to make these recipes for friends and family. For cooks and campers of every level,Cook It Wildturns outdoor mealtimes into a cause for celebrationand the highlight of every trip.