This is sunshine and lazy afternoons in book form, updated for the way we eat now. Picnics serves forth fresh, flavorful, and portable recipes for today's casual to elegant outdoor entertaining. Picnickers can choose from more than 45 recipes for savory salads, sumptuous sandwiches, mouth-watering main dishes, and decadent desserts -- and whip up outdoor menus in no time, guided by easy-to-follow instructions and 24 inviting color photographs. Imagine: Open with tasty tidbits such as Crusty Focaccia with Rosemary or Curried Deviled Eggs. Let the serious feasting begin with Spicy Turkey Burgers or Grilled Beef Skewers (paired here with black pepper -- lime dipping sauce). Top it all off with a piece de resistance dessert such as Brown Sugar Blondies with Pecans or Moist Chocolate-Walnut Cake. At the park, at the beach, in the woods, or in the backyard garden, the gang will be back for more whenever the fabulous fare in Picnics is on the menu.
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Cheerful and appealingly sized (just small enough that it could actually be taken on a picnic), this book by Deseran (Asian Vegetables) contains more than 45 recipes for picnic fare that go far beyond the standard sandwiches and potato salad. Not that there aren’t recipes for potato salad: there’s German-Style with Bacon and Mustard and Cajun. As for sandwiches, Roasted Pork with Fennel and Apple and Pan Bagnat with Tuna, Tomatoes and Olives will excite discriminating palates. Easy elegant entree offerings include Cold Slow-Roasted Salmon with Cucumber-Cumin Raita, and Grilled Shrimp, Zucchini and Tomato Skewers. Desserts such as Toasted Almond Bundt Cake with Raspberries and snazzy drinks like Mojitos and White Wine Sangria with Cherries provide a sweet touch. Color photographs by Jonelle Weaver make dishes like the Nectarine Tart jump off the page.
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About the Author
Sara Deseran is the food editor of 7x7 magazine in San Francisco. She has contributed to such publications as Saveur and The San Francisco Chronicle as well as serving as food editor for Taste magazine.
Jonelle Weaver -- whose clients include Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, and Gourmet -- lives in New York City.
Jonelle Weaver -- whose clients include Food & Wine, Martha Stewart Living, and Gourmet -- lives in New York City.
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This review is from: Picnics: Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Entertaining (Hardcover)
This is one of those cookbooks where every recipe turns out really, really well. The chicken salad recipe is awesome, I get asked for the recipe wherever I take it. The asparagus/pea/cucumber/avocado salad is delicious and the cajun potato salad is original and easy. Awesome cabbage and apple slaw and the chocolate cake and nectarine tart are quick and delicious. I give out these recipes by request constantly. I find myself reaching for this cookbook anytime I have to bring something to a spring or summer event: shower, work event, family event, or picnic. Highly recommend!
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Alright,
By Always a rocker "Always a rocker" (West Spfld, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Picnics: Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Entertaining (Hardcover)
I think I only liked one of her recipes. The rest of them weren't original.
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SOME OF THE BEST PICNICS ARE MADE UP OF BITS AND BITES of this and that: A nibble here of good and salty prosciutto draped over a juicy slice of melon, a bite there of bracing crisp pickles, and a handful of pine nuts and pecans. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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SOME OF THE BEST PICNICS ARE MADE UP OF BITS AND BITES of this and that: A nibble here of good and salty prosciutto draped over a juicy slice of melon, a bite there of bracing crisp pickles, and a handful of pine nuts and pecans. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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