Move over, dehydrator. Homemade freeze-dried meals last longer, are lighter, and are more versatile—and assuming you hike ...

½ cup corn or potato starch 1.25 ounces (5 packets, or 4 tablespoons) powdered unflavored gelatin ¾ cup warm water, divided 1 dry pint fresh strawberries, hulled (or 2 cups frozen/thawed) ½ cup ...

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Rivera, of course, has his own $3,500 Harvest Right freeze-dryer so he can fiddle with these things with abandon, but there are all sorts of freeze-dried foods available online.

Freeze-dried chicken and dumplings with a healthy sprinkling of paprika. Christopher Muther/Globe staff Mrs. Davenport samples beef stroganoff in a taste test of freeze-dried foods.