For years, the Dutch oven has been popular on the grill and barbecue scene, and cooking with the "black pots" over an open fire has become a fashionable cult. Thus, the Dutch oven is more than merely a cast-iron cooking pot. It is a symbol of the Wild West, freedom and adventure, good food by a campfire, and life in the world of nature. With over 100 recipes, now you can learn to cook over open flames in a Dutch oven, conjuring such scrumptious dishes as juicy roasts, hearty casseroles, or baked crisp bread. Desserts, too, as well as typical bean dishes or casseroles, become child's play through simple directions making cooking easy and fun, even for a beginner.

Leatherworking is a craft that is becoming more and more popular and is a hobby that you can get started without making any big expenditure or investment. Besides, it is fun! You can make unique, durable, and sustainable leather products on your kitchen. In a follow-up to his previous book, Practical Leatherwork, hunter and professional outdoorsman Carsten Bothe guides you with richly illustrated step-by-step instructions through sewing techniques, preparing and manipulating the leather, and eight beginner, intermediate, and advanced leatherworking projects, including a leather barbecue apron, dice cup, book cover, canteen, and more. Learn techniques like the saddle stitch, baseball stitch, and how to sew chamois leather, as well as the tools you'll need for tooling, dyeing, wet molding, and sewing. Then you can take the skills you've mastered and create your own stunning sewn leather crafts!

Why make a mess in your indoor kitchen when you can build your own fire pit and eat like a cowboy in the open air? There is something about roasting suckling pig on a spit, duck on a rope, or just chestnuts over a handmade fire pit that makes eating with friends and family even more special. Here are a dozen different cooking methods and nearly a hundred recipes. Learn how to cook beef, pork, and lamb, as well as vegetables, seafood, and eggs, in traditional European and American Southwestern styles, above and sometimes directly in the embers. When you take your family camping, brew your own coffee in the morning and make Brandy Punch at night. The book includes a list of equipment, including different types of firewood, and detailed instructions. Whether you're a veteran outdoor cook or a novice hungry for adventure, you'll fall in love with these rewarding methods.

From the first sparks over blazing flames to red-hot embers - cooking and baking outdoors in nature over the open fire creates a very particular fascination. Combined with a good pinch of adventure and originality, there is more to it than mere food preparation. Outdoor pro Carsten Bothe, together with the innovative but tradition-steeped Petromax company, presents more than 80 recipes for cooking outdoors, and conjures up splendid treats in a Dutch Oven, Skillet or Loaf Pan - from a German farmer's breakfast of pork roast with crackling and vegetables on the Griddle and Fire Bowl, to bread, soups, stews, pastry and drinks. In this book you will find instructions and recipes together with field-tested tips and interesting facts on handling cast iron - all of which enrich the outdoor kitchen experience, but are, of course, also suitable for cooking at home.

Leather is a strong and versatile material, and indispensable when you're working, hunting, or exploring outdoors. Hunter and outdoor professional Carsten Bothe offers the ultimate beginner's guide for this useful hobby. These photo-rich, step-by-step instructions prove that anyone can learn the techniques of cutting, sewing, and finishing to make, or repair, your essential leather items. You'll learn how to make a seam, to wet-form, to apply button studs and rivets, and everything else needed to master the basics. Five useful projects-good looking, and able to be put to practical use-help you put what you've learned into practice: make your own belt, dog leash, belt bag, knife sheath, and leather holster. Whether you are a hunter, reenactor, knife maker, scout, horseback rider, or bushcraft fan, or you use leather in other ways, here is your guide to a new skill.