If you're headed for the outdoors for a day trip, overnight, or a few days, you'll need to plan for food. NOLS Backcountry Cooking provides how-to steps for menu planning and packing tips for tasty meals, snacks, and beverages to prepare during short wilderness trips.

The National Outdoor Leadership School embraces a total outdoor living experience, of which the camp kitchen is a large part. This book will help you eat well and enjoy the outdoors the NOLS way.

Recipes include Tabouli Salad, Vegetarian Meatballs, Cowboy Coffee, and No-Bake Eskimo Cookies.

Claudia Pearson also edited NOLS Cookery, now in its 5th edition.

Editor Joanne Kuntz serves as book publishing coordinator for the National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander, Wyoming.