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What to Pack For a Picnic at Hog Island
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What Would You Serve?

Entertaining is one of my favorite activities of all time, but as with all hobbies, it requires lots of thinking ahead and decision-making, from planning a prep schedule to coordinating the menu.
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Entertaining is one of my favorite activities of all time, but as with all hobbies, it requires lots of thinking ahead and decision-making, from planning a prep schedule to coordinating the menu. In this series, I'll present a dish and ask you to share what you'd serve alongside it.

Here's the scenario: I've heard from PartySugar about how picturesque it is to picnic at the Hog Island Oyster Company Farm, so this weekend I'll be scoping it out for myself. I'm rounding up eight close friends for an idyllic lunch, where we'll buy live oysters by the bushel and fire up the grill for barbecued bivalves. What would you serve the guests to complement the oysters? See what I'm thinking of bringing when you keep reading

All the News That's Fit to Eat — Sept. 17, 2008
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All the News That's Fit to Eat — Sept. 17, 2008

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Off to Market Recap: Picnic Gear
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Off to Market Recap: Picnic Gear

Picnic season is in full swing and if you plan on packing a meal and heading to a local park, you'll need the proper picnic gear.
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Picnic season is in full swing and if you plan on packing a meal and heading to a local park, you'll need the proper picnic gear. From a basket to a blanket, planning a picnic requires the essential tools. To ensure that everyone hosts fabulous picnics, you headed off to market in search of the most perfect picnic gear. You looked for picnic baskets, plastic serving ware, and anything else that screams picnic. You saved your discoveries in the Yum Market on TeamSugar with the keyword tag, Picnic Gear.

I love this fun, floral bag that jspeed found. The matching plates are festive and the colors outdoorsy. Not to mention its tote like shape is very modern picnic basket. For more picnic gear, scroll to the right below.

No-Risk Picnics
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No-Risk Picnics

Click to ReadNo-Risk Picnics 'Tis the season for picnics and cookouts, and also the season for increased risk of food poisoning.
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No-Risk Picnics
'Tis the season for picnics and cookouts, and also the season for increased risk of food poisoning. Before you pack your picnic basket or cooler, remember these simple food-safety tips.

Picnic With The Masses
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Picnic With The Masses

If you love picnics as much as I do, head on over to Picnic Mob and get in on the picnic of the year.
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If you love picnics as much as I do, head on over to Picnic Mob and get in on the picnic of the year. Part art, part neighborhood community building, and part picnic party fun, the folks at Conrad's Blog have come up with a unique social experiment. It takes a few minutes, but here's how it works: you answer 30 random questions about your tastes and interests and then enter your location. Your stats get added to a gigantic database and once they have a thousand people per town, you'll get an invite to a nearby park for a picnic with the masses! To ensure fun, they plan each section of the picnic based upon your answers. I know I'll be at the San Francisco picnic mob whenever it happens and I hope to see you there!

Source: BA Blog