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 ...

Dehydrating food has been a practical preservation strategy since ancient times. Today, dehydrated foods pop up everywhere from your favorite snack aisle to your local sporting goods store.

IF ONLY Cheryl Talbert was around for my first college backpacking trip. She would have cringed at the massive block of cheddar, hauled along ostensibly for mac and cheese. But much of the cheese had ...

Adam Roy is the executive editor of Backpacker. He lives in Colorado’s Front Range, where he spends his free time hiking, climbing, and running his home mountains. I’m a former professional chef and ...

When she sets up camp at the end of a long day of hiking in the Rocky Mountains, the last thing Renee Botta wants to do is cook. So she doesn’t. Instead, Botta pulls out a collection of plastic ...

When she sets up camp at the end of a long day of hiking in the Rocky Mountains, the last thing Renee Botta wants to do is cook. So she doesn't. Instead, Botta pulls out a collection of plastic ...

DELICIOUS MEAL! Pasta with cheese in a rich tomato meat sauce makes this a favorite Italian entree. Freeze-dried to lock in nutrients and freshness. No refrigeration needed. NO ARTIFICIAL ANYTHING - ...

I’d heard and read really good things about the Radix Nutrition range of freeze-dried camping meals for backpackers and bikepackers, so I was excited to get stuck into the large menu of tasty sounding ...

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ADD WATER and in minutes enjoy a delicious meal made from clean ingredients, on or off the trail DEHYDRATED FOOD backpacking food, camping food, hiking food, emergency food supply, survival food ...