If you think going to the local green market is foraging for food and the guys who sell Christmas trees are outdoorsy, please read this book.The adventures of Steven, three guys all named Matt and their friends will provide an eye-opening, vicarious diversion from city-life. 

What starts as a search for one good snapping turtle recipe, culminates a year later in a 45 course feast based on Auguste Escoffier’s Le Guide Culinaire.  

Sure, Rinella is skilled at hunting and fishing, but French language and cuisine are new territory. An exciting and sometimes grueling year is spent stockpiling acceptable ingredients.  Rinella’s respect for Escoffier’s purpose and aesthetic is not surprising as the story reveals his own proclivities on these topics.  

While it is doubtful this book will turn the North American pigeon into locavore fare, it’s funny, thought provoking and the closest many of us will come to that fantasy Gorp Adventure Vacation.