Outdoor cooking differs substantially from kitchen-based cooking, the most obvious difference being lack of an easily defined kitchen area. As a result, campers and backpackers have developed a significant body of techniques and specialized equipment for preparing food in outdoors environments. Such techniques have traditionally been associated with nomadic cultures such as the Berbers of North Africa and the Plains Indians and pioneers of North America, and have been carried down to and refined in modern times for use during recreational outdoors pursuits.Currently, much of the work of maintaining and developing outdoor cooking traditions in Westernized countries is done by the Scouting movement and by wilderness educators such as the National Outdoor Leadership School and Outward Bound, as well as by writers and cooks closely associated with the outdoors community.

I can't believe how Trish Posey, a.k.a. Chef Trish, synthesizes outdoor cooking with a Christmas menu. A very intelligent gal who offers cooking classes from Gainesville, FL.

Good forum post looking at camping and outdoor cooking burner types

This article is about how to build a cooking fire if you can not afford a camp stove, oven, grill or outdoor fireplace that can be converted into a grill.

Lazy weekends, outdoor cafes, and daylight past 8 p.m. The kids are away at camp and it’s too hot to cook at home anyway. Something about summer makes the thought of eating out especially inviting. The June issue of Bon Appetit magazine lists 10 restaurants as “summer’s hotspots,” new foodie destinations around the country.

TV dinners never taste as good as they do around a campfire. Wave Box is the first microwave designed for camping. It plugs into your car so you can fire up some popcorn to eat while you watch Vertical Limit on your Tahoe’s DVD player. Ahh, the great outdoors.