The Picnic ─ Recipes and Inspiration from Basket to Blanket

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.

Marnie Hanel writes for The New York Times Magazine, W Magazine,Departures, and Marie Claire. Andrea Slonecker is a cookbook writer, the recipe editor ofKinfolk, and the author of Pretzel Making at Home and Eggs on Top (Chronicle Books). Jen Stevenson runs the Portland food blogUnder the Table with Jen and is the author of Portland’s 100 Best Places to Stuff Your Faces. Together, Hanel, Slonecker, and Stevenson lead the Portland Picnic Society, a group that was founded to celebrate the art of picnicking.