Years of backpacking in various parts of the United States have taught me that while a box of organic macaroni and cheese is easy to prepare after a long day of lugging a heavy pack up and down mountains, it's not nearly as satisfying as quinoa chowder or fresh vegetables roasted over a fire.

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Traditional porchetta involves a whole pig that's been gutted and boned, stuffed with its own offal, seasoned with a heady mix of wild fennel, herbs and garlic, neatly trussed and then slowly spit-roasted over an open fire.

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Coffee growers had beans roasted on the bush when the peaty soil caught fire.

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He wanted the warmth the fire promised, and he wanted whatever food might have been roasted on it, and he wanted more than anything else to find out just what was going on.

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Sesame and almond crusted crab cake on a roasted corn and ricotta goat chest tower with avocado in a fire charred salsa surrounded by a guajillo sauce.

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