Learn how to dehydrate food for camping hikes with Maytal Agasi's simple guide. Discover the four rules of dehydration and ...

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.

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 ...

For many, taking food on a hike can be a toss up between al fresco dining or dehydrated meals (see our guide to the best dehydrated backpacking meals). But the delights of a good meal in the outdoors ...

If sliced bread was a clever invention, dehydrated meals are genius. Lightweight, compact, long-lasting, and high in energy, all of the meals listed below can be prepared by simply adding hot water.

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 ...

The farmers market is an obvious place to get food to cook at home, but Farm to Summit is making meals to take off the beaten path. “We make dehydrated meals,” said co-founder Jane Barden. “They’re ...