Calicamp kit turns VW camper into go-anywhere gourmet grilling machine

A Volkswagen California camper van with a built-in charcoal grill – what could possibly exemplify “summer” and “great outdoors” better than that? Perhaps a VW California with two charcoal grills. Belgian company Calicamp has prepared an impressive add-… Continue reading Calicamp kit turns VW camper into go-anywhere gourmet grilling machine

Grayl titanium multitool bottle purifies water and cooks dinner

Grayl launched into mountains and forests back in 2013 with a filter bottle built to collect water in the wild and make it safe to drink in seconds. In the nine years since, the company’s line of backcountry products has grown to include a variety of t… Continue reading Grayl titanium multitool bottle purifies water and cooks dinner

Light, packable rotisserie raises bar for backcountry campfire cooking

On a recent search to find some cooking accessories for my annual fire pit rotisserie Thanksgiving turkey roast, I happened upon a new piece of gear that can bring that style of rotisserie cooking to a distant campsite reached only by foot, bike, raft … Continue reading Light, packable rotisserie raises bar for backcountry campfire cooking

Solo Stove’s Fire Pi turns open fire pits into wood-fired pizzerias

Since arriving on the scene in 2011, Texan outfit Solo Stove has established an impressive lineup of smokeless fire pits and backpacking stoves. More recently, the company has rolled out cooking accessories to go with them and the Pi Fire is the latest… Continue reading Solo Stove’s Fire Pi turns open fire pits into wood-fired pizzerias

Earliest evidence of humans cooking with fire dates back 780,000 years

An artist's impression of early humans cooking fish at Lake Hula in what is now Israel

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of humans cooking food through the controlled use of fire, dating to almost 800,000 years ago. An archeological site in Israel contains fish remains that, on closer examination, show clear signs of having been cooked.

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Digital Kitchen Spoon Makes Weighing Your Ingredients a Snap

There seem to be two camps when it comes to recipes: those based on volume-based measurements, and those based on the weight of ingredients. Gravimetric measurements have the advantage of …read more Continue reading Digital Kitchen Spoon Makes Weighing Your Ingredients a Snap