Provisions

(n.) food drink, or equipment, especially for a journey.

O-YAKI GRILLING ACCESSORIES

If you like to grill on the go, whether it’s out in the boonies camping or at a backyard barbecue, a portable grill set makes whatever you’re cooking so much easier. The Perfectly Portable Grill Set ($55.99) from O-Yaki comes with all the barbecue accessories you could want for outdoor cooking: tongs, a carving fork, a carving knife, skewers for kabobs, a spatula, and a basting brush. All the tools come stored in a convenient, zippered storage case that holds each tool in its place. No more forgetting one or more grilling tools when you’re on the go.

The O-Yaki Skewer System is another O-Yaki product that makes for an innovative way to cook kabobs and vegetables on a grill without scorching the hell out of everything. This stainless-steel skewer system ($39.99) has a standing design that shelters delicate foods from the intense heat of a grill and frees you from having to endlessly rotate individual skewers to keep food from sticking and burning. You can use the O-Yaki Skewer System on any outdoor grill and for indoor cooking in the oven. Find both of these O-Yaki outdoor cooking accessories at O-yaki.com. (Wil Wheaton)

KHALA & COMPANY REUSABLE FOOD WRAPS

All of Khala & Company reusable food storage products are handmade in Colorado with artistic, original designs and safe and sustainable materials. These zero-waste provisions include reusable food wraps, cloth coffee filters, sandwich wraps, fire starters, and more. Reduce your plastic consumption and support a cool small business in the process.

I’ve been using the food wraps that came in a four-size combo pack and the sandwich wrap. Both are made from organic hempcotton fabric, and the food wraps are infused with candelilla and soy waxes, tree resin, and pesticide-free jojoba and organic coconut oils. The sandwich wraps are infused with sustainably-sourced beeswax, tree resin, and organic coconut oil.

The food and sandwich wraps are pliable and easily wrap around whatever food you want to store for later eating. The wraps keep food 5-7 days longer than when using plastic wrap when wrapped correctly, and they are easily washed in cool water with eco-friendly soap. And at the end of their 1+-year life, the cloths can be cut into strips and composted. Learn more about Khala’s products or order some for yourself at Khalaco.com. (Derrick Knowles)

KATE’S REAL FOOD BARS

If you head into a store like Huckleberry’s or Natural Grocers, the selection of energy bars can be a little overwhelming. There are a few, however, that stand out above the rest. Kate’s Real Food bars is one of the few top-shelf options thanks to real food ingredients that are sourced organic, including nut butters, a wide range of fruits, and complex carbohydrates including organic oats and brown rice crisps. Kate’s Real Food bars check those boxes and they’re gluten free, soy free, and only use whole ingredients including natural honey with no artificial sweeteners or flavors.

These bars also score high for nailing a texture that lets you know you’re eating something healthy and delicious that’s made from real food ingredients, not unintelligible food-industry-created Frankenfoods that feel like they just oozed out of a test tube. Kate’s bars range around 250-300 calories per bar, which is great for taxing, calorie-burning adventures or on-the-go meal replacements. There are also plenty of flavors to choose from, including the new dark chocolate mint as well as peanut butter dark chocolate, lemon coconut & ginger, and several more options. Pick some up at Katesrealfood.com. (Wil Wheaton)

FAT TIRE TORCHED EARTH ALE

What will brewing and beer be like if we are unwilling to pull back from the climate change apocalypse we’re seemingly barreling towards? New Belgium Brewing gave us a glimpse into what we might expect from beer in a heat-plagued future when the brewery launched its new Fat Tire Torched Earth Ale on Earth Day 2021.

The beer, described as a sad alternative to the original Fat Tire by New Belgium R&D brewer Cody Reif, is made from the type of limited ingredients that may be all that’s available in a not-too-distant climate-ravaged future: smoke-tainted water, dandelions, drought-resistant grains like buckwheat and millet, and malt and hops extract. To add insult to injury, and to demonstrate what such climate change impacted beer of the future may cost, two 16oz 4-packs of Torched Earth Ale cost $40. Thankfully all profits from each purchase support the snow sports-loving, climatechange-fighting non-profit Protect Our Winters.

Order some for your next backyard barbecue or family get-together as a conversation starter. Hopefully Fat Tire Torched Earth Ale will inspire more beer lovers to get involved and take action on climate change. Last year, the original Fat Tire became America’s first certified carbon neutral beer, and New Belgium is also moving forward with plans to achieve netzero emissions across the entire company by 2030.

Now they want beer drinkers like you to step up and do your part by supporting the company’s “Last Call for Climate” campaign. As of this year, 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies lack a meaningful plan to address climate change by 2030, the year scientists say that climate change impacts could be irreversible. Fat Tire has an easy online tool that allows you to see which companies are falling short and to Tweet your favorite brands to push for change. Learn more at www.drinksustainably. com. (Derrick Knowles)

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