Camp Crackers

Reluctant siblings Sunny and Gil are persuaded to spend their summer holiday renovating their uncle's shabby country cottage only to discover an invasion of mad campers in his back garden.Sunny McIntosh is a redheaded, offbeat 23-year-old who dabbles in laziness. She has spent her life overshadowed by Gil - her perfect nerd of a brother. But this is her story - how she is thrown into hosting "e;the worst campsite in Scotland"e;, battles to restrain a fanatical sci-fi brigade and is desperate to finish the DIY so she can return home to Edinburgh and her precious Mathew.Four townies, two weeks, one field.

Easy, delicious, family-friendly recipes to cook at your next campout—whether that’s in the woods or in your own backyard! The Family Camp Cookbook is a book for everyone who enjoys cooking and eating outdoors. Whether you need to learn how to pack your first cooler or you’re looking for kid-friendly recipes to enjoy after a day spent outdoors, you’ll learn how to plan, prep, and cook as a family when you don’t have the comforts of a full kitchen. Start out by learning how to build a fire easily at your campsite, or use the “sure-fire” guides for mastering any grill. With planning lists and prep steps for the recipes, you’ll quickly go from unpacking to firing up your first meal. The recipes inside include a wide variety of updated camp classics and dishes you’d never have thought to cook at camp. Cooking techniques range from live-fire roasting and foil-pack cooking to family-style dinners in the Dutch oven. (Yes, you can almost “set it and forget it” like a slow cooker if you know what you’re doing!) Chapters and recipes include: Breakfasts cover a whole range of options to start the day right, like Make-Ahead Granola, The Best Fluffy Pancakes (with topping bar!), Dutch Oven Coffee Cake, Skillet Biscuits, kid-friendly Frittata, Chilaquiles, and a Hash Brown Breakfast Burrito. Lunches and packables: If you’re camping, chances are the mid-day meal is fuel away from the campsite. (These ideas are also great for day trips and picnics!). Recipes feature a variety of handhelds such as Farmer’s Lunch Sandwiches and Chickpea Salad with Pitas as well as easy-to-eat salads and soups and a few trail mixes and snacks to eat by the handful. Dinners: Ah, the main event after a hard day of hiking, paddling, or whatever else floats your boat (or inner tube). Settle in with DIY Ramen Bowls, One-Pan Picadillo, Naan Pizzas, Italian Sausage Burgers, loaded Foil-Baked Sweet Potatoes, or a Skillet "Lasagna," among other options. Treats: Break out the S'mores Galores, but don’t stop there! Build a Banana Boat, fire up a Dutch Oven Strawberry Cake, or treat everyone to a Campfire Cobbler or Cracker Crust Pudding Pie. Of course, there’s nothing quite like waking up in the woods…unless you don’t know how to make camp coffee. Not to worry: tasty (and essential) beverages are included as well, from that rustic cowboy cup of caffeine to restorative fruit punches. There are even a few cocktails for the adults to enjoy by the fire a little later in the evening. No matter the size of your group or the time you have to spare, make your next adventure a delicious one!

The New Camp Cookbook is a book for day trippers, adventurers, campers, and anyone who enjoys cooking outdoors. You'll find organizational advice and cooking techniques, from planning your meals, packing a cooler, and stocking a camp pantry to building a fire, grilling in foil packs, and maintaining heat in a dutch oven. There's nothing quite like waking up in the woods and making breakfast in the open air or gathering with friends around a fire after a long day of hiking. Good food makes for great camping! The two can and should go hand in hand, and the recipes and tips in this book, will guide you along the way. The recipes are presented by meal: breakfast, lunch, snacks, sweets, and all-out feasts.You can choose your own adventure for each occasion, with recipes as easy as Mexican Street Corn Salad and Tin Foil Seafood Boil to more involved dishes like Korean Flank Steak with Sriracha-Pickled Cucumbers and Dutch Oven Deep-Dish Soppressata and Fennel Pizza. All recipes use a standard set of cookware to streamline your cooking in camp, and are marked with icons to help you quickly find a suitable recipe for your cooking style. Whether you're an aspiring camp chef or a seasoned Scout, you'll find plenty of inspiration in these pages for getting outside and eating well under the open sky. Editors’ Pick for Amazon Best Books of the Month of July 2017

Breaking with the traditionally white-centric and politician-, military leader-, business magnate-dominated portrayal of American history, Still Casting Shadows: A Shared Mosaic of U.S. History presents a holistic overview of American history, giving equal weight and emphasis to the viewpoints and experiences of Native Americans, African Americans, and other marginalized groups. Rather than simply parading forth facts and figures of what "important" people accomplished or perpetrated, Still Casting Shadows delves into what life was like for "average" families in America-from 1620, when the Mayflower landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, up to the present day. The lives of the individuals portrayed are cast in the context of hundreds of events of national import that occurred in the times and places in which they lived. Among those whose lives are thus illuminated in this broad outline of American history are John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, passengers on the Mayflower who subsequently married; Capt. John Gorham, a notorious Indian fighter in Colonial New England; Susan Lucky, an Indian woman whose tribe was massacred in northern California; James Shannon, a Civil War sharpshooter who was at Gettysburg and Appomattox; and Theodore Shannon, a California Highway Patrol officer who was awarded that state's Medal of Valor in 1980.

Make your next hike your best hike with recipes for drinks, snacks, and even some meals that are completely portable and completely delicious. After a long day outdoors, there’s nothing better than a cold drink or hot meal as the sun starts to set. And there’s also something special about that midday meal on the go, whether your view is the mountains or the sea. In New Camp Cookbook On the Trail, author Emily Vikre shares dozens of all-new recipes as well as a few greatest hits and remixes from Camp Cocktails and The Family Camp Cookbook, so you’re sure to find just what you are craving for your next trip, including: Packable Snackables: Apricot cherry energy balls, homemade granola bars, toaster pastry bars, camper's cookies, and four trail mixes from unfussy fuel to downright fancy. Pre-Prepped Meals: How to make ready-to-use spice mixes, just-add-water pancakes, minestrone soup, fried rice mix, couscous with olives, and falafel patty mix. Easy to Assemble: Matpakke, summer sausage sandwich, curried tuna wrap, almond butter wrap with dried fruit and cinnamon, bagel with apple butter and raisins, and fried wrap a la Norway. This + That: Tuna casserole (mac and cheese, dried peas, tuna), Caccio e Pepe (alfredo, parmesan, and lots of black pepper), vegetarian shepherd's pie (herby lentils and mashed potatoes), and more. Backpacker Bevvies: True lime gimlet, powdered tea Arnie Palmer Collins, instant Irish coffee, spiked tea, and the toddle off toddy as well as flask-friendly versions of the negroni, Shetland sweater, old fashioned, manhattan, the duke, and red rum. Add to that a quick and easy guide to using a dehydrator for culinary adventure, with recipes for jerky, fruit leathers, and dehydrated fruits and veggies, you can add flavor to any outdoor adventure with New Camp Cookbook On the Trail. Also available in this series: The New Camp Cookbook, Camp Cocktails, The Family Camp Cookbook, The National Parks Cookbook, New Camp Cookbook Fireside Warmers