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.

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I’m a former professional chef and food writer, and I used to agonize over my backcountry meals. How much water-laden fresh produce was I willing to haul into the wild? How many microcontainers of ...

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 ...

Master Food Preservers of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties sponsor a series of free classes every year, online and in person. Taught by students who went through their multi-week training program, ...

The backpacking meals you eat on the trail can make or break the experience, which is why trail food is one of my priorities when planning. Quality food is not only necessary to maintain energy and ...

We tested 44 brands to find the best backpacking meals for Spring 2026, from Stowaway Gourmet’s $18 "Drunken Noodles" to ...

Four years ago, on the first night of her first solo backpack trip, Julie Mosier sat herself in front of an alpine lake, mixed up her store-bought freeze-dried meal, and took her first bite. “Nope!” ...