Three Square

Dirty Gourmet is a camp recipe partnership of three friends, Mai-Yan Kwan, Emily Nielson, and Aimee Trudeau. Their dishes are uncomplicated, outdoor-friendly versions of their favorite recipes from home. Their cookbook, Plant Power, features all plant-based camp recipes. We’re featuring recipes from Plant Power and profiling a different member of the Dirty Gourmet team over a three-issue stretch. For the second in the series: Emily Nielson

Emily Nielson

Emily Nielson lives in Upland, California, which, depending on traffic, is an hour or three’s drive due east of Los Angeles. That means she has easy access to the good stuff: rock climbing, mountains, deserts, beaches, and the art scene in Pasadena. Big Bear Lake is a frequent haunt, and so is Joshua Tree National Park. Anywhere her three kids can run around and scramble