Old-school campfire favorites Americans grew up eating are making a comeback

For Paul and Caroline Lacitinola, vintage camper trailers aren't just restored pieces of Americana — they're rolling memory machines.The California couple, publishers of the Vintage Camper Trailers magazine for the past 15 years, have spent two decades immersed in the vintage trailer community.Their latest project, a cookbook filled with more than 120 family recipes, camper favorites and restaurant classics, celebrates the meals that have long brought people together around campsites across America.FROM YELLOWSTONE TO YOSEMITE, NEW COOKBOOK REVEALS RECIPES INSPIRED BY AMERICA'S MOST ICONIC PARKS"We've talked about doing it forever because we're kind of foodies," Paul Lacitinola said. "A cookbook just seemed like the natural combination of our vintage trailers and cars and classic stuff along with our other hobby — eating."But the Lacitinolas said the Vintage Camper Trailer Cookbook is about preserving something much bigger than recipes."I really feel like the trailers have so much relationship in them that it's all about the people, and camping has a lot of emotional connection," Caroline Lacitinola said."A lot of times it was something people were raised doing.
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For Paul and Caroline Lacitinola, vintage camper trailers aren't just restored pieces of Americana — they're rolling memory machines.The California couple, publishers of the Vintage Camper Trailers magazine for the past 15 years, have spent two decades immersed in the vintage trailer community.Their latest project, a cookbook filled with more than 120 family recipes, camper favorites and restaurant classics, celebrates the meals that have long brought people together around campsites across America.FROM YELLOWSTONE TO YOSEMITE, NEW COOKBOOK REVEALS RECIPES INSPIRED BY AMERICA'S MOST ICONIC PARKS"We've talked about doing it forever because we're kind of foodies," Paul Lacitinola said. "A cookbook just seemed like the natural combination of our vintage trailers and cars and classic stuff along with our other hobby — eating."But the Lacitinolas said the Vintage Camper Trailer Cookbook is about preserving something much bigger than recipes."I really feel like the trailers have so much relationship in them that it's all about the people, and camping has a lot of emotional connection," Caroline Lacitinola said."A lot of times it was something people were raised doing. And, so, they walk into these vintage trailers and they remember their childhood. They remember their parents.
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- For Paul and Caroline Lacitinola, vintage camper trailers aren't just restored pieces of Americana — they're rolling memory machines.The California couple, publishers of the Vintage Camper Trailers magazine for the past 15 years, have spent two decades immersed in the vintage trailer community.Their latest project, a cookbook filled with more than 120 family recipes, camper favorites and restaurant classics, celebrates the meals that have long brought people together around campsites across America.FROM YELLOWSTONE TO YOSEMITE, NEW COOKBOOK REVEALS RECIPES INSPIRED BY AMERICA'S MOST ICONIC PARKS"We've talked about doing it forever because we're kind of foodies," Paul Lacitinola said. "A cookbook just seemed like the natural combination of our vintage trailers and cars and classic stuff along with our other hobby — eating."But the Lacitinolas said the Vintage Camper Trailer Cookbook is about preserving something much bigger than recipes."I really feel like the trailers have so much relationship in them that it's all about the people, and camping has a lot of emotional connection," Caroline Lacitinola said."A lot of times it was something people were raised doing.
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