Food for the Sole Blog

What is a Cottage Company?

What is a Cottage Company?

What exactly is a cottage company and why are they important? Here, we dive into the big world of small companies and how by supporting them we in ...

5 key reasons why choosing to dehydrate is best.

We cover 5 important reasons why dehydrating could be the best choice when deciding to lighten and preserve your food.

Bikepacking the San Rafael Swell

A bikepacking journey through the mysterious San Rafael Swell territory becomes a narrative of history, beauty and bewilderment in this comprehensi...

Is Backpacking Food Good For Airline Travel?

With these helpful tips we show how backpacking food can become the next best alternative to costly airport food.

Spicy Hot Cocoa Recipe!

Warm in more than one way, this drink is both comforting and invigorating! Spicy Cocoa - serves 9 1¾ cup whole milk powder ½ cup coconut sugar ¼ c...

Tamarack Loop Montana: A cold soak story

Tires slipped on steep wet gravel track peppered with the leaves of golden yellow poplars. Pedals churned and our breath became visible in the air...

Cooking Dehydrated Meals in High Altitude

What is up with high altitude food? Dehydrated food- every outdoor enthusiast’s favorite. Whether you’re biking along the coast, skiing a day in t...

4 Black Individuals in Environmental History: A look in into an often overlooked genre of environmentalism

Given the heightened enlightenment of the non-color society toward racial social segregation, it seems fitting to address a community that is often...

Bikepacking and Adventure Bike Tour: Two types of two-wheel wayfaring

The first time I ever traveled a long distance with a vehicle that had less than four wheels, it had two wheels and two cylinders. Many hours of be...

Conservation vs. Preservation

The difference between two paths of approach to the values of nature. Rain pops on the hood of your rain coat in the midst of a blissful late after...

Cold Soak Recipe: Lemony Lentil Salad

This recipe is something of a spinoff of one of the original meals Julie made for Henry and Mark when the idea for starting a food business origina...

Guest Post: Renee Patrick

In normal times, we would look to Renee for long distance hiking advice, fun tales from the trail, or bits of vicarious living through the unbelie...

Dehydrated Meal Recipe: Mushroom Farro Pilaf

Vegan • Nut Free • Soy Free • Sugar Free PREP TIME: 20 minutes COOK TIME: 45 minutes DEHYDRATION TIME: 7 to 10 hours REHYDRATION TIME: 15 to 20 ...