Cooking Wild in Kates Camp or Sweetness and Light

Cooking Wild in Kate's Camp

Author: Kate Fiduccia

Cooking Wild in Kate's Camp contains over 150 easy-to-prepare recipes ideally suited for meals on the shore of your favorite lake or stream, at the deer hunting shack, on a backpacking trip, or on the grill during a weekend at the cabin. Some of the tantalizing recipes make use of the day's catch or last fall's venison or game birds. All of the recipes use basic ingredients and short, simple preparations. After all, when you're on vacation, who wants to spend hours making a complicated meal?

Satisfying dishes like grilled hickory trout, venison hash, hearty trail mix, and campside crepes with fresh berries will ensure that you eat well with a minimum of fuss. Sidebars provide a wealth of valuable information on topics such as meal planning and packing for your trip, keeping food fresh in the field, and finding and utilizing edible plants.

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Sweetness and Light: A Book of Desserts

Author: Kip Wilcox

A wonderful collection of delicious and satisfying desserts that emphasizes the use of fresh fruits rather than sugars and fats, Sweetness and Light contains recipes that range from simple to challenging--with an emphasis on health.

Publishers Weekly

Wilcox, a member of the Moosewood Restaurant team, and Cowden, a papercut artist, pool talents and interests in this illustrated book of healthful, flavorful desserts. Chapters (e.g., Pies; Cakes, Cobblers, Crumbles, Crisps and Their Relatives; Fruit and Fruit Sauces) are laced with the authors' recollections of first encounters with a particular dish or other personal memories related to various desserts and sweets. Fat and cholesterol contents are reduced with the use of low-fat milk and canola oil; calorie, fat and cholesterol counts are given per serving. The collection serves as an ample introduction to the last sweet course, with recipes ranging from the very simple (e.g., Classic Apple Pie; Pear Crisp; Marsala Sorbet and Toasted Cashew Cookies) to the more demanding (Sweet Tamales, made with peaches, masa harina and apricot preserves; Apple Strudel with Homemade Dough). Chapters on fruit sauces (Plum Puree; Fresh Orange Sauce) and drinks (Mango Lassi; Sparkling Cherry Lemonade) are included. Although the authors mention freezing fruit for later use, recipes calling for fruit (Cranberry Poached Pears; Rhubarb Ginger Pockets) are generally seasonal, taking advantage of fruit at its best. Recipes and tips for additions, such as Faux Whipped Cream, made with nonfat dry milk, ice water and lemon juice, are welcome additions. Illustrations not seen by PW. (July)

Library Journal

From Wilcox, dessert chef at the popular Moosewood Restaurant (e.g., Moosewood Cooks for a Crowd, LJ 4/15/96, Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant, LJ 9/15/90), and coauthor Cowden comes a collection of more healthful dessert recipes, low in fat and sugar. Although these may not be as mouthwateringly irresistible as the recipes in the other two books, they are more than a cut above those in other low-fat dessert books: Lemon Shortbread, Shoofly Pie, Raspberry-Peach Turnovers, Pecan Madeleines. The authors focus on fruit desserts and substitute some reduced-fat ingredients for higher-fat ones, but they are not willing to sacrifice taste, using butter, for example, in small amounts. With low-fat desserts that promise real flavor, this is recommended for most collections.