A Taste for Travel: The RV Cookbook

Janet Arnett is the former campus manager of adult education at Ontario’s Georgian College. She is the author of Antiques and Collectibles: Starting Small, The Grange at Knock, and 673 Ways to Save Money.

Mini-essays drawn from the author’s travel diary add a sense of place
and personality to this little collection of recipes.

The recipes are scaled down and simplified, making them feasible for
the miniature kitchen in a trailer or motorhome. Only the most basic
equipment is required: a few small pots and pans, a stovetop burner, and
a tiny oven. Roasting even a small turkey is out of the question, and
making soup stock is a test of ingenuity.

Because people who live in motorhomes are often retirees, limiting
sugar, salt, and fat is probably a concern. The author addresses this
situation with a section on foods for special diets.

The collection rates high in enthusiasm and good intentions but is weak
in substance and originality. The recipes offer little that any
experienced amateur cook couldn’t make without a recipe. Many are
ideas or suggestions rather than recipes. For example, fill celery
sticks with peanut butter as a change from cream cheese; add a slice of
cheese and a pickle to a hot dog; buy precooked lobster tails and warm
them in a steamer.

Anyone who cooks in a confined space (on a boat, for example) will
eagerly reach for this book. Unfortunately, there’s little between the
covers to sustain that first flush of enthusiasm.