A Perfect Day for a Picnic: Over 80 recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends
Over 80 delicious recipes presented in creative themed menus for portable feasts to share outdoors with family and friends.

Tori Finch understands the joys of a carefree picnic. There’s nothing quite like eating outdoors to capture a sense of adventure and add a little excitement to the feast. Whether you are entertaining a relaxed crowd or preparing a surprise romantic feast for two, hopping on your bike to work up an appetite, hitting the beach for a cook-out, or walking on a frosty day with a flask of hot soup; these all appear in themed menus, each featuring recipes for delicious, portable food as well as drinks to serve alongside. Wherever you are, whatever the occasion, armed with this book you will always pack the perfect picnic!
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A Perfect Day for a Picnic: Over 80 recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends
Over 80 delicious recipes presented in creative themed menus for portable feasts to share outdoors with family and friends.

Tori Finch understands the joys of a carefree picnic. There’s nothing quite like eating outdoors to capture a sense of adventure and add a little excitement to the feast. Whether you are entertaining a relaxed crowd or preparing a surprise romantic feast for two, hopping on your bike to work up an appetite, hitting the beach for a cook-out, or walking on a frosty day with a flask of hot soup; these all appear in themed menus, each featuring recipes for delicious, portable food as well as drinks to serve alongside. Wherever you are, whatever the occasion, armed with this book you will always pack the perfect picnic!
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A Perfect Day for a Picnic: Over 80 recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends

A Perfect Day for a Picnic: Over 80 recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends

by Tori Finch
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A Perfect Day for a Picnic: Over 80 recipes for outdoor feasts to share with family and friends

by Tori Finch

Overview

Over 80 delicious recipes presented in creative themed menus for portable feasts to share outdoors with family and friends.

Tori Finch understands the joys of a carefree picnic. There’s nothing quite like eating outdoors to capture a sense of adventure and add a little excitement to the feast. Whether you are entertaining a relaxed crowd or preparing a surprise romantic feast for two, hopping on your bike to work up an appetite, hitting the beach for a cook-out, or walking on a frosty day with a flask of hot soup; these all appear in themed menus, each featuring recipes for delicious, portable food as well as drinks to serve alongside. Wherever you are, whatever the occasion, armed with this book you will always pack the perfect picnic!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788790802
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
Publication date: 04/09/2019
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Tori Finch is a Sussex country girl who lives besides a river with her husband, chickens and a colony of bees. She has been around food her whole life and was owner of a very successful restaurant. She is now a full-time food and lifestyle writer. This is her first book.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Planning Your Picnic 8

1 Vintage Garden Party 10

Crostini two ways

Ham hock, bean & mint salad, with a creamy mustard dressing

Asparagus & salmon frittata

Simply dressed green salad

Buffalo mozzarella, beef tomato & basil puff tart

Rosewater pavlova

Potted amaretti tiramisù

Strawberry slush

2 Bohemian Picnic 24

Mezze platter of baba ghanoush with flatbreads

Rack of lamb stuffed with feta & mint

Spiced citrus couscous

Wild rocket, pomegranate & squash salad with a balsamic dressing

Grilled halloumi cheese & Mediterranean vegetable stack

Caramelized figs with saffron honey & vanilla mascarpone

Pear & almond tart

Mint tea cocktail

3 Bike Ride Picnic 36

Goats' cheese, thyme & red onion tartlets

Salad jars

Sweet potato falafel with homemade toum

Hand-risen pork pies

Squidgy date cake

Peach iced tea

Choosing Your Menu 48

4 Luxe Picnic 50

Gravlax with gin & beets

Buckwheat blinis with horseradish cream

Summer terrine drizzled with mint oil

Porchetta

Salad of truffled French beans

Raspberry & chocolate ganache tart

Fizzy floral cocktail

5 Teddy Bears' Picnic 64

Sausage & squished tomato rolls

Ham, pickled gherkin & lettuce wheels

Stuffed potato skins with bacon, Cheddar & sour cream

Scotch quails' eggs

Cheese straws with a creamy dip ' Rainbow slaw

Gooey triple chocolate brownies

Banoffee plant pots

Homemade pink lemonade

6 Romantic Picnic 76

Potted crab with Melba toast

The lobster BLT

Asparagus wrapped in Parma ham with a lemon mayonnaise

Basil, mozzarella & orzo salad

Elderflower pannacotta

Lime & mint spritzer with cucumber ribbons

Packing Your Picnic 86

7 Indochine Picnic 88

Vietnamese summer rolls

Salad of soy, wheat berries & cashews

Lemongrass chicken brochettes with Thai pickled cucumber

Sweet chilli noodle salad with crunchy Asian greens

Caramelized pork ban mi baguettes

Exotic fruit salad with fresh coconut

Mango syllabub with passion fruit - Watermelon cooler

8 Woodland Walk Picnic 100

Spiced squash soup

Homemade grainy bread

Courgette & vintage Cheddar quiche

Salad of roasted toot vegetables

The New York deli sandwich

Sailed caramel bites

Heavenly gingerbread cake

Hot apple cider

Setting The Scene 112

9 Provençal Picnic 114

Globe artichokes with aioli

Salad Niçoise with roasted vine tomatoes

White bean dip

Mediterranean bread

Chicken Iotisserie

Parmentier potatoes

Frittata lorraine

French strawberry tart

Bloody Caesar

10 Beach Barbecue 128

Scallops cooked in their shells with Thai Juices

Rosemary skewered sausages

Lemon, garlic & chilli potato salad

Langoustines with harissa mayo

Tennessee boozy campfire chicken

Tabbouleh salad with feta

Combread with mango guacamole

Baked banana splits with peanut butter & chocolate

Cowboys' hot toddies

Index 142

Stockists & Acknowledgments 144

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