Modern Nomad Teaches How To Cook Gourmet Cuisine On the Road

The Buslife Kitchen Cookbook Features International Recipes

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A.J. Forget is a modern nomad, living out of a 90-square-foot bus named Sweet Bea and traveling across the United States full-time. The Buslife Kitchen: Cuisine for the Modern Nomad is a compilation of recipes he created in his tiny bus kitchen with a three-burner stove and no oven. From stovetop baking to how to roast a Thanksgiving turkey on propane burners, Forget shares helpful tips for cooking on the road in addition to his delicious recipes.

Many folks who camp or live in vans, buses, or RVs tend to cook basic meals. It makes sense because there is not much room in the pantry or the fridge, and no one likes doing dishes in a tiny sink. Forget’s goal is to show others that many recipes from around the world do not require a big kitchen or fancy equipment. He believes a lot of the best food is made very simply.

The variety of food in The Buslife Kitchen cookbook includes Italian, Vietnamese, Mexican, Japanese, French, Thai, Costa Rican, Vegan and Forget family recipes. Alongside tantalizing color photographs, this global cookbook contains recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert, including:

• Chicken Tinga – made by simmering chicken thighs in broth, tomato, and chipotle until easily shredded
• Gratin Dauphinois – a decadent potato dish that will knock everyone’s socks off at the next vanlife gathering
• Shakshuka with Goat Cheese – a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomato, pepper, onion, and fresh herbs that originated in northern Africa
• Egg Flower Soup – a nice broth, lightly thickened with starch, and filled with lovely ribbons of egg
• Chifrijos – a Costa Rican taco bowl made with crispy, fried pork belly
• Ahi Shoyu Poke Bowl – made with ahi tuna dressed with soy sauce, sesame oil, and a variety of other flavors, it is a real crowd pleaser
• Thai Tea Pudding – brings the unique flavor of Thai tea to a dessert that is easy to make ahead and have waiting in the fridge to cap off an amazing meal
• Grandma’s Impossible Pie – the “impossible” part of the name refers to how it must be impossible for such an easy pie to be so dang good

“I wanted to create a book that would show people some of the spectacular food they can cook in their tiny kitchen. I want to help these folks broaden their culinary horizons so that they can eat better and also to help them connect with other people around them,” explains Forget.

Food is a universal connection point. Sharing food is the most basic and ubiquitous form of altruism and is often the first way that we meet new groups of people and new cultures. By writing this book, full of global recipes, Forget hopes to open the door for people to feel curious about new cultures and cuisines and also to give them an excuse to invite their neighbors over to share a delicious meal that they cooked up.

To learn more about buslife and tiny kitchen cooking, please visit TheBuslifeKitchen.com.

About the Author

A.J. Forget is a modern nomad, living out of a 90-square-foot bus named Sweet Bea and traveling across the United States full time. In the autumn of 2017, Forget left a career as a wildland firefighter in order to pursue his other passions of cooking, travel, and writing. He is a self-taught chef, creating gourmet fare in his tiny kitchen with a three-burner stove and no oven. Forget’s goal is to empower others to realize that cooking international cuisine in a tiny kitchen is easy and anyone can do it, whether in a bus, van, RV, or boat.

Forget lives with his fiancée Ayana and their dog, Tori. When he does park for an extended period of time, he considers Boulder, Colorado his home base. To learn more, follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @the.buslife.kitchen.

About the Book

Title: The Buslife Kitchen: Cuisine for the Modern Nomad

Author: A.J. Forget

ISBN (paperback): 979-8985708301

Price: $22.00

Pages: 160

Release date: July 22, 2022

Available on Amazon