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| Lipsmackin' Backpackin': Lightweight Trail-tested Recipes for Backcountry Trips | 
 enlarge | Author: Christine Conners
Publisher: Three Forks
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 35486
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 1560448814
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.578
EAN: 9781560448815
ASIN: 1560448814
Publication Date: February 1, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good recipes & information June 12, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Still haven't tried all the recipes, but there's something for everyone!
 Hardy but Heavy January 15, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Some very good suggestions and recipes, but for an ultralight hiker without a frying pan many items are not adaptable.
 Lots of tasty meals. January 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wouldn't take all of them on a serious backcountry trip. Too many pots or pans needed or they're not very lightweight with their ingredients. Quite a few are pre-trip prepared meals. Even the most picky of eaters will find something to enjoy in this book. I tested the book out on a Boy Scout trip and the boys loved the meals that they chose. Well worth having in my library.
Not Just for Backpacking, Truly Lipsmacking Recipes! January 21, 2005
58 out of 59 found this review helpful
We have 8 backpacking cookbooks including both of Christine's books. Lipsmackin' Backpackin' is by far our most used book in our kitchen. The recipes are easy to follow, use easy to obtain foodstuffs, are tasty, quick to prepare, and are even great out car camping where storage space is still at a premium in our little VW campmobile or for a quick busy nite at home dinner.
We bought this book in 2000 just before a 50 mile rim to rim extended hike in the Grand Canyon. Most of our older books dating back to the early 70's called out items that were hard to find early on and next to nonexistent now days. Freeze dried meals may be light but are expensive to use for the number of nites we spend out on the trail every year. Not to add 1 meal isn't enough and 1 for each of us is way too much, meaning that we have always had to repack 3 freeze dried meals into 2 meals or add extra ingredients to bulk them out. Rice mixes and couscous get old.
The recipes in Lipsmackin' Backpackin' were so yummy sounding that we packed a weeks worth of them into the Grand Canyon, without even trying them at home first. Every one of the recipes we tried has been a keeper. Except for a few recipes of our own that we have come up with over the years, or a few favorites, we have hardly used our other books since. It is our gift of choice for Christmas, wedding and birthday presents.
We are the backpacking coordinators for a local hiking club and the first thing we recommend to beginners trying to think of something to eat when backpacking, is to buy this book.
Note that while Christine makes good use of a dehydrator, we have found that preparedness stores carry a wide variety of dehydrated or freeze dried vegies, fruit, or meats to buy in bulk (even peanut butter powder and the ever elusive sour cream powder) so it is possible to produce many of the meals with a well stocked backpack foods pantry. On the other hand, we didn't buy our two dehydrators just to make apple rings with. With a little planning and a spring weekend of assembly line packing each year, we have a whole seasons worth of meals packed and ready to go down in our basement. Then all we have to do is make our minds up on which meals to take when we pack our packs. Cooking our meals usually does not take any longer than it takes our friends to cook what ever red or white glop they are making. Plus we can control portions so much easier and rarely have leftovers to pack out.
Perfect expedition kayak cookbook August 17, 2004
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book will become my bible for simple, fast & tasty outdoor meals.
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