Catastrophic Cooking

Catastrophic Cooking provides an economical, organized approach to providing tasty, nutritional, well balanced meals, using food products familiar to everyone and available in most super markets. The recipes are designed to be used under the most challenging conditions such as: lack of refrigeration, lack of home cooking appliances (no gas or electricity), restricted food source (your pantry), and limited water source (what you have stored). This book includes recipes (115), menus, and shopping lists which will enable readers to set up their own emergency pantry. Included are instructions for making a cardboard box oven that will bake everything from bread to pizza at temperatures up to 475 degrees.

BACK COVER: Are you prepared to provide for your family in times of crisis ?

Catastrophic cooking will give you the necessary tools to stock your pantry and to prepare nutritionally balanced meals during adverse times.

Grocery stores destroyed in a hurricane? No problem. By following the steps in this book you will have provisions for up to 60 days for your family.

Earthquake knock out your gas and electricity? No problem. Our Cardboard Box Oven which was designed by an Aerospace Engineer will bake everything from bread to pizza at temperatures up to 475 (.

And what about Y2K (year 2000 computer crisis) that could potentially cripple transportation, utilities, and economic systems? Y2K could mean no food in the grocery stores, no gas or electricity to prepare meals, and restricted cash flow.

This book is not about enduring tasteless emergency rations. It is about using food available in any market that you can rotate into your regular cooking regime before the expiration of its shelf life. As the author Carol Reid says, "During times of crisis, it's important that your eating habits stay as close to normal as possible."

Carol Reid is a graduate of Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Foods and Nutrition. During her career she has counseled low income families on preparing low cost, nutritious and tasty meals.

Purchasing this book is a vital step in making sure your family will be prepared in the event of an emergency. Anyone who has survived catastrophic situations, such as the author has, can tell you that you cannot rely on the grocery stores, power companies, or the government to provide for your family during catastrophic times. It's up to you!