Campfire Cuisine To Fire Up Appetites

Over The Open Fire cookbook introduces traditional open fire cooking as a family-oriented recreational activity recharged for today. This book captures the camaraderie and culinary adventure of campfire cooking with an approach that informs and inspires, while teaching a life skill that can be critial to survival in times of disaster such as that being faced in this country.

(PRWEB) September 12, 2005 -- Finding activities that bring friends and family together with today's busy livestyles is challenging. Open fire cooking can be an entertaining social event, while also being an excellent occasion to teach children fire safety, responsibility, and cooking as a valuable life skill. Since everyone has to eat, this traditional lost art can now be approached as a healthy leisure activity to be shared and enjoyed by everyone.

Successful open fire cooking requires detailed instruction, helpful photos of preparation, and a variety of tips and techniques on various cooking methods, food safety, and ingredient selection. Whether at home in the backyard, away on a camping trip, or pursuing other outdoor activities, readers will benefit from directions for both open fire and kitchen cooking. Over 230 surprisingly easy gourmet recipes from the popular Campfire Café TV program will help anyone learn to cook like a pro in no time. An especially good skill to have should disaster strike, resulting in extended periods of time without electrical power.

This 264-page coffee-table format cookbook is beautifully designed to appeal to outdoor cooking enthusiasts of all ages, male or female, as well as everyone who loves to eat. Black casing with red foil stamping, embossed letters, and a fingerprint/scuff resistant dust jacket make this a gift book to treasure both inside and out, as well as a significant resource for outdoor cooking.

Author Pamela Alford has over 35 years of cooking experience and is the creator and executive producer of the Campfire Café television show. Show host Johnny Nix is the nations leading expert on open fire cooking, instructing millions of viewers nationwide each week with tips and techniques for safe, successful outdoor cooking. Johnny has been enjoying open fire cooking for over 25 years.

Available October 2005 at bookstores, from on-line retailers and at www.campfirecafe.com.

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