The The Lost Superfoods sales page, captured 2026-09-23
The Lost Superfoods review
A book of 126 foods and methods for storing food for years without refrigeration
By the RJ Editorial Team. Sales page checked 2026-09-23. Last updated 2026-09-23.
Is it worth it?
Most people don't go looking for a book like this on a calm Tuesday. Usually there's been a storm, or a week of empty shelves, or a news cycle that made you open the cupboard and realise there's about three days of food in there. That low hum of "we'd be stuck" is what this is aimed at. The Lost Superfoods is a book by Claude Davis about food that keeps without a fridge. Not gear, not gadgets. It runs through 126 or so foods and preservation methods, each with instructions, photos and nutritional values so you can work out what a stockpile actually feeds you. The headline pieces are a homemade version of a Cold War military ration (the page says it feeds an adult for 37 cents a day, which is the seller's figure, not a tested one), a preserved meat dish from the Leningrad siege, and a shelf stable fat. It's genuinely useful as a starting point if you've never stockpiled and don't know where to begin. Reading it and doing nothing changes nothing, though. The real work is buying, making and rotating. One honest caution: preserving meat at home without refrigeration is the part where mistakes matter. Botulism is not theoretical. Cross-check any meat or low acid recipe against a tested source like the National Center for Home Food Preservation before you eat it.
Pros
- Concrete recipes and methods, not just a shopping list
- Nutritional values included, so you can plan properly
- Cheap foods and ordinary ingredients, no specialist kit
- Useful even if you only ever build a two week store
Cons
- The page never says the price, format, page count or refund terms
- Big claims like food that "probably never spoils" are offered without evidence
- Home preserving meat carries real safety risk and needs tested guidance
- Plenty of this information exists free from extension services
What you get
A digital book (a PDF you read on screen or print, with a physical copy sometimes offered) covering roughly 126 shelf stable foods and preservation methods. Each has step by step instructions, colour photos and nutritional values. Includes the homemade military ration, the Leningrad siege meat dish, a long keeping fat, and general advice on building three, six or twelve months of stores.
Before you buy
- Check whether you're getting a download, a printed book or both, and what shipping adds
- Check the refund window and how you request one before paying
- Make sure you actually have a cool, dark, dry place to store food, or the book won't help much
Who it suits
Someone who has never stockpiled and wants one organised starting point, as long as they treat the meat preservation chapters with care
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