Welcome!

Welcome to the online home of A Taste of Mingus: Recipes & Stories from Mingus Mountain Camp, a cookbook and history created by a team of volunteers to preserve a colorful history and legacy and to raise money for scholarships to send children and youth to camp who otherwise could not go.

Thanks to all who have purchased the book, we have raised almost $14,000 for camp scholarships for children and youth to go to camp!

Scholarship information for Summer ’11 is available at Mingus Mountain Camp.  

We invite you to…

• Be transported to a mountaintop Arizona forest at 7,700 feet, rising above valleys to the north and south

• Join children of Arizona’s deserts as they experience a green meadow, wildflowers, and fragrant pines

• Gather ‘round the campfire under the light of countless stars dotting a black velvet sky

• Taste the flavors of food that linger in the memory of campers long after their return home

• Sample tried and true recipes that campers longingly remember from their time at Mingus

• Hear the dinner bell that calls campers to a rustic dining hall where delicious meals are served and all are welcome

• Help make it possible for children and youth to go to camp by buying this collection of recipes and stories

Will you help us help children and youth?

100% of the proceeds from the sales of A Taste of Mingus go to camp scholarships for children and youth who otherwise would not able to enjoy Mingus Mountain Camp.