The Picnic: Recipes and Inspiration from Basket to Blanket

This book is worth ten times its weight in actual gold. I made a recipe already, and it was DELICIOUS and easy to follow. I'd never made a quiche in my life and now I've made 12 perfectly delicious ones! The best part is that this ISN'T JUST RECIPES! It's fully planned themed picnics of varying effort to make, it's how to package and transport and display foods when you get done making them. It's drinks and desserts and salads and meals. It's cute ways to display things, portion sizes for the number of guests. I thought I would be getting one of those cookbooks with a few good things in it and a whole lot I would never use, but I want to try almost EVERY recipe! Especially if they're even half so good as the quiche.

"The Picnic..." is filled with new and delightful recipes and ideas to make you the envy of fellow picnic goers. The writing is light, witty, and informative of picnic etiquette and know how, while gorgeous illistrations grace the pages. I bought a copy for myself and each recipe I have tested is one I will make again. It also makes a lovely gift - I have already gifted three copies! (And for the record, the tip about the standard picnic table size has saved me trips to the park with my measuring tape!)

I can’t wait to try out some of the recipes this spring! This book is beautifully illustrated with helpful pointers. I will most likely purchase the authors other books as well.

I really love the concept of this book--all about picnics. The artwork is simple, charming, and inspiring. The cover itself is a treat for book lovers.The menus, notes, suggestions, and recipes are lovely and sophisticated but not complicated. The authors are part of the Portland Picnic Society, so they really enjoy picnics and it shows. I only wish the authors would publish a sister cookbook for those of us who are vegan and gluten free. Most of the recipes contain dairy, meat, eggs, gluten, or fish, so I gave this book to my mother who eats all of those foods. And she loves it! I highly recommend this book to omnivores everywhere!

I was pleasantly surprised by just how gorgeous this little book is. It has a wealth of recipes and suggested menus. Very well written and lovely illustrations, I've shown it to several friends and family. I've even given it to a niece as part of her picnic wedding gift that I put together in a Scout hardbottom cooler. It would work well for tailgates or porch parties, too. I've only made one recipe--the Elderflower Pimm's Cup cocktail, but it was delicious and aesthetically pleasing. I look forward to using this for many years.

Got this last night and read it all the way through it in one sitting. Beautiful cover, cute and quirky illustrations, and Portland of course! I like the wide variety of meatless or almost-so dishes, and easy-sounding (to me, anyway) takes on things like quick pickled veggies and salads on a stick, which cracked my husband up, right before he asked if we could make the 'potato salad' one for lunches. I even got two or three good tips in general right away, like using a pizza cutter to cut pita bread for chips; and multiple clever uses for the various sized mason jars I've accumulated. I also enjoyed the section on making and bottling your own drinks; we are beer people and empty bottles and a manual bottle capper are super easy to obtain. Overall it was a fun read and I'm looking forward to trying the recipes.

This book is delightful . Wonderfully organized with good ideas . I also liked he recipes , artwork and suggestions The salad with strawberries is delicious . Helpful suggestions re transporting Foods Etc even the art work is a treat

Beautiful book both inside and out. Lovely illustrations with great wit, ideas and recipes. GIving it as a gift as part of a picnic-themed wedding present.

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Beautiful and thoughtful book

Lovely book. Unique & beautifully illustrated. Fabulous recipes for a very different type of Picnic. Love this book.

A lovely variation of a picnic cook book. Soft watercolour illustrations add that touch of serenity to a picnic preparation. Slightly damaged corner when it arrived.

The book was part of a Wedfing gift. It arrived quickly but upon close examination it appeared to be a bit worn on the edges. I had no time to repurchase so I had to wrap it as is.