In Outdoor Cooking, Gill Meller explains every aspect of cooking out in the open. He will take you back to basics with a guide to building the perfect fire, and reinvigorate your summer barbecue by cooking bread on it, grilling Indian-style kebabs, smoking fish or roasting succulent joints of meat. You can also find out how to make the most of a pizza oven or Kamado-style clay barbecue (popularised by the Big Green Egg) and, if you're feeling adventurous, there are comprehensive instructions for spit roasting larger pieces of meat or making a smouldering earth oven.

With an introduction by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and plenty of mouth-watering photographs, this book will rekindle your passion for the great outdoors and spark new ideas for creative cooking in the wild.

Gill Meller is a chef, writer, food stylist and cookery teacher. He has been part of the River Cottage team for over 12 years, working closely with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Gill is the author of two books in the River Cottage Handbook series, Pigs & Pork and Outdoor Cooking, and is also the author of two solo cookbooks, Gather and Time. He lives in Dorset with his family.