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Adventure Picnicking is a sport of unbridled creativity and expression. Whether you are still trying to figure out how to cook Ramen Noodle on a camp stove or are tackling the finest in French cuisine over a campfire, you have come to the right place.

We are hard at work getting together adventure picnicking recipes, cookware reviews, cocktail ideas, and some great tips and tricks to make your next outing tasty and fun!

Not all picnics require cooking, however. So we’ll also check out some great “to go” restaurant options.

Getting hungry? Let’s fire up the camp stove!


  • How to Clean Burnt and Sooty Titanium Camping Cookware
    When it comes to ultralight outdoor cookware, titanium is hard to beat. Despite weighing a fraction of what a stainless pot would weigh, titanium is strong enough to handle the rigors of the outdoors. But if you’ve ever cooked in a thin-walled titanium backpacking pot…
  • Easy Trail Recipes: Bacon, Lentil, and Tomato Soup
    One thing that makes a recipe great for cooking out on the trail is adaptability. This is usually the result of ingredients that are very forgiving to the variable cooking temperatures and cook times we encounter while out camping or adventure picnicking. For backpackers, limitations…
  • The Ultimate Pocket Twig Stove: The Bushbox Ultralight Firebox
    I don’t consider myself a survivalist by any means, but if I had to choose one of my many camp stoves for the zombie apocalypse, it would without a doubt be my Bushbox Ultralight Outdoor Pocket Stove.  This cleverly-designed little firebox stove has all the…
  • Ditch the Paper Picnic Plates for Fozzils Folding Dishware
    “Are you eating out of a dog bowl?” I’ve been asked this question numerous times over the years and you may be surprised to hear that the answer is yes. Sort of. A long time ago I was at a discount gear sale at an…
  • Ultralight Adventure Picnicking: How to Pack and What to Bring
    Adventure picnicking is not always about creating a lavish meal with fresh ingredients out on the trail. Sometimes you just want to take some time out while on a long hike, paddle, or bike ride  to heat up a freeze dried meal and make a…
  • 5 Indie Music Cookbooks to Help You Cook Like a Rockstar
    Have you ever wondered what your favorite indie music artists eat? Well, not only can you find out about some of their favorite dishes, but also get the recipes! The 5 cookbooks below are full of recipes loved by indie music legends like Belle and…
  • The Gerber Big Rock: Is this Budget Camp Knife Really a Bargain?
    Four years ago, while looking for a new general purpose camping and food prep knife to take along on paddle trips and car camping weekends, I came across the the Gerber Big Rock Camp Knife. I like knives with wide blades and ergonomic handles and…
  • Thoughts on the BRS-3000T Ultra-Light Titanium Camp Stove
    I bought the BRS-3000T over a year ago mainly for adventure picnicking, but since then it’s been along on quite a few backpacking and kayak camping trips. So far it has never failed me or caused any issues, and every time I pull it out of…
  • Adventure Picnicking: A Healthy, Fun and Affordable New Sport
    Caught in a rut and looking for a fun, new activity to help you or your family get outside more? Maybe you’ve been dying to take up a new hobby but have been a bit tight on either money or time? Or maybe you’ve been…
  • Tofu Cooking Step by Step for Adventure Picnicking and Camping
    If you are just starting to experiment with tofu and have had some lackluster results, the step by step method below should give you some some confidence for both at-home and out-on-the-trail tofu preparation.   Tofu is a phenomenal food that unfortunately has not garnered…
  • The Adventure Picnicker’s Guide to Freezer Bag Meals
    Freezer bag meals are a fantastic approach to food prep for adventure picnicking and have been a long-time staple of thru-hiking, sea kayaking, multi-day camping trips, backcountry expeditions, and a myriad of other outdoor activities. For an active outdoors person who is carrying all of…
  • Survival Skills: How to Make an Emergency Absinthe Fountain
    Imagine the following scenario: You are sea kayaking a remote coastal area and a storm blows in. You pull ashore on a deserted island to bivouac for the night. Once your tent is set up in the shelter of the trees, you rummage through your…
  • Lightening Your Load with TOAKS Titanium Cookware
    If there is one piece of gear that matters the most in Adventure Picnicking, it’s the lowly cookware set. Not only must it stand up to the sooty flames of camp cooking hell, but also the intense scrubbing needed to remove that blackened Alfredo frittata…
  • Busting a Move with Bustelo Instant Coffee
    A great cup of coffee in the middle of nowhere. Its a conundrum as much as it is an necessity. I mean, if you spent all that time and effort to get to that wildly remote location,  then it’s probably a great place to have a fantastic…
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