The Urban Picnic is designed for modern gourmands and kitchen newcomers alike, to inspire them to introduce a little pleasure and picknickery into their lives. With an irreverent and highly opinionated history of the picnic, strange accounts from the 19th and 20th centuries, original illustrations, and over 200 recipes - many contributed from well known chefs such as Nigella Lawson - it's the essential how-to for anyone who was ever looking for a tasty little morsel to eat in the urban setting. A whimsical and informative book, it is sure to delight.
About the book
The Urban Picnic is designed for modern gourmands and kitchen newcomers alike, to inspire them to introduce a little pleasure and picknickery into their lives. With an irreverent and highly opinionated history of the picnic, strange accounts from the 19th and 20th centuries, original illustrations, and over 200 recipes - many contributed from well known chefs such as Nigella Lawson - it's the essential how-to for anyone who was ever looking for a tasty little morsel to eat in the urban setting. A whimsical and informative book, it is sure to delight.