Collective Retreats

Glamping (glamorous camping) is a growing global phenomenon that combines camping with the luxury and amenities of a home or hotel. Collective Retreats is the ultimate glamping experience, they offer all the elements of real camping, by bringing five-star accommodations to some of the United State’s most extraordinary destinations. The concept is simple: give travelers five-star accommodations where traditional hotels can´t be built. Currently you can choose from five locations, each location consists of 5 to 15 furnished tents with their own teepee bathrooms, a large communal tent for group gatherings, al fresco meals prepared with local ingredients, curated on-site activities, a personalized concierge service, and inspiring natural surroundings. Head over to their website for more information.

GIFT IDEAS | THE CHEF

Today´s roundup is a great list of cookbooks that would make perfect gifts for the foodie in your life. Whether they´re destined for the coffee table or the kitchen counter, there´s no such thing as too many cookbooks, we think any food-lover’s shelf would benefit from these. Check out some more photos and product details after the jump......
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nCamp Wood Burning Stove

The nCamp Wood Burning Stove has as its greatest feature its portability. They did it by reducing its weight and size and making a smart collapsible combustion chamber that enabled it to be all the more compact. First of all, to make it handy they settled on the fuel to burn: sticks and twigs always available while outdoors, so no need to carry fuel with you, plus, the collapsible burning chamber ensures you get burning efficiency (hits boiling temps in just 3 minut...
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ROCCBOX

Roccbox is another one of those items where the name says it all, it´s a rock in a box. It´s really a stone in a box, so you get stone baking properties, but you also get the portability made possible by the compact size. You can bake a 12 inch pie in just over 90 seconds, so it´s ideal for pizza fiends. Its special burner enables the inside to heat up to 500ºc in around 15 minutes, which is quite fast, the stone on the inside is a refractory stone, ideal to preserv...
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