At first glance, the Eden Village Camp dining hall
might not strike you as so different from any
other camp’s dining facility. Look closer and you’ll
see something else. Yes, that is a green curry with
cucumber raita for dinner. Yes, those are housebaked
granola bars and banana cookies for snack.
Step into the extraordinary kitchen and what wasn’t
already clear will soon be. This isn’t like any camp
kitchen you’ve ever seen before. The Eden Village
kitchen is a kitchen that never sleeps. You’ll see
chefs and prep cooks everywhere - chopping, slicing,
mixing and starting from scratch with whole, real
foods. Farmers whir by, dropping off the day’s
harvest and collecting the kitchen scraps for compost.
And once the sun goes down, the bakers take over,
making the next day’s breads in overnight shifts.
Eden Village: The Cookbook is a celebration of a
transcendent food culture at Eden Village Camp and a
vision for a better way of making and serving food,
even at summer camp. At long last, founding Chef Tom
Hidas generously shares a lifetime of recipes which
richly illustrate the meals of camp. A bounty of photos
brings to life the spirit of summer at Eden Village.
For everyone who has always wanted to experience the
smells and tastes of Eden Village, this cookbook will
take you there.