As more outdoor enthusiasts push the boundaries of exploration, the demand for lightweight and highly packable backpacking cooking gear has surged. In pursuit of traversing vast landscapes with ease, ...

My backpacking trips tend to involve two markedly different approaches to eating. If I’m backpacking alone, I favor dehydrated camping meals (usually Firepot Mac n’ Greens) that I can whip up quickly ...

Personal cooking systems (PCS) such as Jetboils have the best efficiency due to their integrated design. But they tend to be ...

Cooking in the backcountry is a delicate balance of luxury and weight-savings. Will a plastic, $5 spork suffice? Probably, but we'd rather dine in style. We gorged on cozy pasta dinners, sipped canned ...

Should you go for convenience or culinary creativity? We compare cooking at camp vs dehydrated camping meals to help you decide what to do on your next adventure. When you purchase through links on ...

There's no reason that the best backpacking food can not only fuel your adventures but also taste amazing. When we’re out hiking in the wild, we tend to work up a ferocious appetite. Long descents are ...

One of my favorite parts of a backpacking trip is the food: It just hits different after a full day of hiking. As a previous backpacking guide who cooked for up to ten guests at a time, I love making ...

The other day I wrote an article on cooking while backpacking. Right after writing it I was at the July 4th Fireman’s Breakfast in Middleton and saw Steve Weston who is a really good chef and ...