I count the day my wife said she’d like to go on an extended backpacking trip with me as one of the happiest of my life. And to a lesser degree, a stressful one. Kat eats gluten-free. On previous ...

There’s a moment that happens at almost every campsite where someone tears open a foil pouch, pours hot water into a bag, and stirs the result with a spork while looking slightly defeated.

I tried freeze-dried meals, and they changed my camping trips with their convenience, lightweight packing, and surprisingly ...

Like all good ideas, Itacate started in a tent. Martha Y Díaz was on a rainy backpacking trip in the Santa Cruz mountains when a downpour forced her and her friends under their rainfly for several ...

These packable meals will last for months and have way less sodium. This is where DIY dehydrated meals come in. By using a dehydrator, which costs about $40, cutting your food into thin slices, making ...

Figuring out what to eat on a camping or backpacking trip can become its own adventure, especially in the backcountry, when access to civilization is limited. Sure, there are plenty of tasty ...

In the beginning, there were cans: very heavy cans. “This was before my time—before I was even born,” says Soraya Smith. “The Girls Scouts were putting cans of cans of beans, cans of tuna, cans of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Oso Meals is bringing “abuelita-approved” food to the mountains. A couple years ago, friends Dominque Barrera and Felipe Vieyra took a backpacking trip in ...

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This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to what people in the food industry are obsessed with eating, drinking, and buying right now. Last summer I threw our camping gear in the car and drove ...