Cooking

Ginkgo helps with altitude sickness and cold.

Kick the coffee and toss the tea and try yerba mate.

Water treatments defined.

Rice and pasta are nice, but if you want variety, add some millet, kasha, or quinoa to your trail menu.

With simple planning, you can turn your bare-bones backcountry meals into satisfying, energy-boosting successes.

Is this health-food-store item really needed in those recipes?

Your daily cups of java seem innocent-until you hit the trail and don't get your normal caffeine buzz for a couple of days.

Tired of freeze-dried? Try hardtack and corn dodgers for a tasty change of pace.

This vegetarian burger recipe will suit your palate and clean-up the environment.

Rice takes on the flavor of whatever you add to it, so no wonder it's such a tasty, versatile trail food.

Use streams, snow, rivers, and ponds as chilling grounds for enticing backcountry desserts.

When it comes to punching up a bland menu,there's a whole world of flakes, granules, and sprinkles waiting to be tried.

Eggs on the trail, stoveless oatmeal, and other breakfast miracles from readers.

Winter activities demand more of your body's energy.

That's essentially what the outdoors is, so use those cold temps to carry tasty foods that wouldn't stand a chance in summer.

Tofu has been much maligned, but the simple truth is that it's tasty, nutritious, and an ideal trail food.

It's tasty, nutritious, and will survive being crammed in a pack. Might pasta be the perfect trail food?

Cooking tips from readers.

Rather than tearing open an envelope, wouldn't you rather slice and dice something fresh?

Time it right and you can harvest fresh greens every day of your trip.

Boil, pour, stir, eat. Camp food doesn't get any easier than this.

Nothing cramps your style like a knotted muscle. Here are simple ways to stay pain-free.

Choose your fuel wisely to keep your engine running strong.

Break down your calorie intake for maximum energy on the trail.

Wrap your dinner in a tortilla and you've got an appetizing and tidy way to satisfy those hunger pangs.

Fearless campers sacrifice their taste buds to determine which instant breakfast is best.

Stock these 25 essentials for grab-it-and-go meals.

These spices add zest to bland camp meals.

Spice is the variety of life, so add ground pepper, ginger, and other taste bud tinglers to your camp meals.

Here's how to make your morning cup of joe the best in camp.

Just because you're in the woods doesn't mean you have to sacrifice dessert. Here are a few recipes for tasty end-of-the-meal treats that'll satisfy anyone's sweet tooth.