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Picnic supper for Very Hot Nights and Sunny Afternoons.
This is my favorite supper in the summer: a picnic of great things: a lovely cheese, good bread, a crunchy salad, maybe some avocado spritzed with lime and salt, maybe a plate of ham, maybe a salami. A little bowl … Continue reading
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Tagged bread, butter, ham, olives, picnic, radishes, salad, salami
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The Monday Treat – Pickled Strawberries and a Hipster Trap
As Jon and I walked through the urban wasteland of Gowanus Brooklyn, looking for a disused canning factory, we had to wonder; had we fallen into a Hipster trap?
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Tagged bbq, Brooklyn, canning, hipster, pickle, picnic, preserving, sandwich, strawberry, summer, vinegar
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The Monday Treat – s’mores bars to inspire happiness even in indoorsy types
I was a reluctant camper as a child. Bugs, rain, sleeping on the ground – not really my scene. On my return from my first guide camp I sat on the bathroom floor sobbing as ants marched out of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th July, baking, bbq, camping, chocolate, easy, marshmallow, picnic, s'mores, sweet treat
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This picnic will get you laid – If the caviar and salmon don’t do it, the crepe suzette will
There are some picnics that cry out for excess. If you’re watching opera while wearing black tie in a field, you might as well bring the candelabra with you. Once you’ve got over the idea of picnic extravagance it becomes … Continue reading
Sweet treats to end a picnic with style
The fact that I love picnics so much must surely have something to do with my Mum, who would regularly slap some Marmite on a roll and take my sister and I out to Isabella Plantation to swing on the … Continue reading
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Tagged brownies, cake, desert, lemon cupcake, picnic, spiced apple cake, sweet, victoria sponge
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The Wednesday Tipple – Sloe Gin and Tonics and picnic perfect sausage rolls
A few years ago my friend Hector, famous for his hospitality, invited Jon and I to join him on a rug at the Blenheim Horse Trials. This is not something we usually do. Questions flooded into our minds; what is … Continue reading
5 Favorite Picnic Salads
Heavily into picnic mode, Jon and I went for a walk on the High Line – not some kind of strange circus stunt, but rather a modern park elevated on disused railway tracks above the city, meandering through the buildings … Continue reading
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Tagged arugula, black beans, corn, cucumber, feta, HighLine, interrupting a first date, olives, picnic, salad, tomato, zucchini
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The Monday Treat – Picnic Sandwiches (my 5 favorites)
It has been said that all you need for a really great picnic is a baguette, a ripe brie, a bunch of grapes and a bottle of wine. But why would you want to stop there?
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Tagged BLT, bread, cheese, ciabatta, coronation chicken, mozarella, olives, pesto, picnic, pressed sandwich, radishes, sandwich, shrimp roll, sundried tomato
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This dinner will get you laid – 6 Menus for Valentines
Jonathan and I officially “don’t do†Valentines Day. We will not be taken in by cards with kittens on them, or by Snoopy-themed chocolates. No set price menus including duck, a chocolate dipped strawberry and a swirl of raspberry coulis … Continue reading
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Tagged antipasti, bacon, candle lit, carbonara, champagne, chick peas, chocolate, chocolate pots, cocktail, cous cous, fennel, orange, pasta, picnic, pomegranate, prosecco, ragu, red snapper, romance, strawberries, tagine, tiramisu, valentine's
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