Several of the posters mentioned going “gray”, which I agree with to a point. No reason to advertise your prepping, but everyone’s circumstances are different. I live in a very rural in UpState New York with dirt roads and spotty electricity. Everyone here keeps several weeks of food and supplies on hand. I don’t buy my groceries at the same stores. I rotate and drive the 20 minutes in different directions. To me being “gray” is just fitting in with my neighbors.
In a rural setting, I definitely want to be part of the community. Here, community bands together.
As for the wood stove, I have a Vermont Castings Defiant. It is a wood stove that can be used for minor cooking, but it is not a cook stove. One Defiant owner posted a recipe for bread that she makes on her Defiant. It’s on my list to try. Cooking on a wood stove is very tricky. It is fairly easy to heat things up. I have mastered eggs in the morning along with bacon and potatoes. I have several woodstove cookbooks that i found at local thrift stores. I do not have the one that @AmyDixon mentioned. My best source for all things woodstove is my elderly neighbor.