PICNIC COOKBOOK - Softcover

Whether your picnic is a spur-of-the-moment decision or has been planned in advance, whether it is for several people or just a family, you'll find The Picnic Cookbook packed with practical advice on everything from essential equipment, how to throw together a quality picnic using a mix of store-bought products and homemade foods, to eating outside in cold weather. With recipes such as Quinoa Tabbouleh, Basil Burgers, and Cherry Pie, plus tips on how to partially prepare a picnic at home and then do the rest on site, this book demonstrates that you can create a mouth-watering outdoor eating experience without spending hours in the kitchen.

Annie Bell, having begun her career as a chef, has been a full-time cookery writer and author for more than ten years. She has written a number of books including Annie Bell's Vegetable Book, and Evergreen shortlisted for the Andre Simon and Glenfiddich Awards. She collaborated with the architect John Pawson to write Living and Eating and more recently has written Gorgeous Cakes. She spent several years as Cookery Writer at Vogue, then as Food Writer on the Independent, she is currently the Cookery Writer on YOU Magazine in the Mail on Sunday and also contributes to Country Living and Waitrose Food Illustrated. Annie is married to landscape architect Jonathan Bell, and they have two sons Rothko and Louis. She divides her time between London and her seventeenth-century farmhouse in Normandy.