The Picnic - by Marnie Hanel & Andrea Slonecker & Jen Stevenson (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A picnic is a great escape from our day-to-day and a chance to turn a meal into something more festive and memorable ... With variations on everyone's favorite deviled eggs, 99 uses for a Mason jar (think cocktail shaker, firefly catcher, or cookie jar), rules for scoring lawn games, and refreshing drinks to mix up in crowd-friendly batches, let The Picnic take the stress out of your next party and leave only the fun"--Amazon.com.

Book Synopsis

Winner, IACP Cookbook Award

A picnic is a great escape from our day-to-day and a chance to turn a meal into something more festive and memorable. The Picnic shares everything you need to plan an effortless outdoor get-together: no-fail recipes, helpful checklists, and expert advice. With variations on everyone's favorite deviled eggs, 99 uses for a Mason jar (think cocktail shaker, firefly catcher, or cookie jar), rules for scoring lawn games, and refreshing drinks to mix up in crowd-friendly batches, let The Picnic take the stress out of your next party and leave only the fun.

Review Quotes

"Smart new ideas include salads on a stick and a dozen kinds of deviled eggs."
--Food Wine

"The Picnic is a gorgeously illustrated cookbook and a treasure trove of inspiration. In addition to its whimsically adorned recipes, there are instructions for solving picnic crises and tips on food presentation."
--Entertainment Weekly

"Terrific. . . . Picnic basket essentials to make everything easy."
--Portland Oregonian

"The Picnic will turn you into a sort of MacGyver of picnics."
--Eater Portland

"Ridiculously pretty . . . this book is your guide to getting food from your kitchen to the great outdoors."
--Epicurious

"A lovely, hand-illustrated cookbook which covers the ABCs of picnicking. It's full of useful tips."
--Design*Sponge

"The only picnic guide you'll ever need."
--Food Network DISH

"Charming. . . . Perusing these colorfully illustrated pages, readers will learn how to select an appropriate site, cope with inclement weather, transport unwieldy or temperature-sensitive foods, and assemble a 'glorious' charcuterie board. The authors' classy recipes for appetizers, salads, drinks, and more (e.g. kale panzanella with burnt lemon Caesar dressing, smoky tea-brined fried chicken, vanilla bean shortcakes with strawberries in basil syrup) all include thoughtful instructions for storage and serving. A fresh look at outdoor entertaining that's just in time for spring and summer. Highly recommended."
--Library Journal

About the Author

Marnie Hanel is the coauthor of The Snowy Cabin Cookbook; Summer: A Cookbook; The Campout Cookbook; and The Picnic, winner of the 2016 IACP Award for Best General Cookbook. Hanel is a journalist who writes about the wild, wonderful way we live. Her essays and articles have been published by The New York Times Magazine, Food & Wine, and Vanity Fair. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Andrea Slonecker is a cookbook writer, food stylist, the recipe editor of Kinfolk, and the author of Pretzel Making at Home and Eggs on Top.
Jen Stevenson is the coauthor of The Snowy Cabin Cookbook; Summer: A Cookbook; The Campout Cookbook; and The Picnic, winner of the 2016 IACP Award for Best General Cookbook. Stevenson eats and tells on her Portland food blog, Under the Table with Jen, and is the author of Portland's 100 Best Places to Stuff Your Faces. She lives in Portland, Oregon.