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Picnics
See also: Barbecue.
 The Wild Table
Connie Green & Sarah Scott
Connie Green finally steps into the spotlight after years of foraging ingredients for such restaurants as The French Laundry, Bouchon and Alinea. Here she provides recipes to use with her foraged wares. Recipes are split up by main ingredient, beginning with an outline of what the ingredient is, and how it is foraged for. Recipes are simple, but complex in flavor. Do not be discouraged if foraged product is unavailable; recipes work excellently with more cultivated ingredients as well. 343 pp. $50.00.
 The Curmudgeon's Book of Skillet Cooking
A.D. Livingston
We've all had that panic moment; you're going camping and you're hard pressed to find something delicious to cook with your limited resources. Livingston's skillet book will show you how a single skillet can be your ticket to delicious dishes, wherever you may be. Forget your worries about complicated techniques, or materials you may not have; here all you need is a good sturdy skillet and a world of gastronomic possibilities is sure to open in your wake. Softcover, 233 pp. $16.95.
 Fit for Table
Mike Robinson
So you've brought home your skillfully hunted catch, but now what? This book walks you through all the steps you'll need to prepare all sorts of game and large fish for cooking, with helpful photographic steps. Coil-bound. 128 pp. $35.95.
 Wanapitei Canoe Trippers' Cookbook
Carol Hodgins
Essential for canoers, hikers, and anyone else cooking out under the stars and over an open fire for one night or all season. With plenty of information on menu planning, choosing and packing supplies, and techniques this is a classic for outdoorsmen (and women) throughout Canada. Who says you can't camp out and bake your cake too? Black & white photos. Coil-bound, 85 pp. $10.95.
 Wanapitei Canoe Trippers' Cookbook II
Carol Hodgins
This second volume of camping recipes, from the Wanapitei wilderness organization based in Temagami, Ontario builds on the valuable information and tasty dishes in the first book. Especially appreciated are the sections on nutrition while on the trail and the environmental implications of life outdoors, like how to dispose of waste water. Black and white photographs. Coil-bound, 101 pp. $10.95.
 The Leave-No Crumbs Camping Cookbook
Rick Greenspan & Hal Kahn
When many canoers, hikers, and other outdoors enthusiasts think of
camp food trail mix, grains, cans, and a variety of commercially prepared
deydrated meal packs often come to mind. Why not make your own? Greenspan
and Kahn guide readers through making their own, unbelievably good,
meals including all kinds of delicious dishes prepped and dehydrated
at home. When was the last time you had risotto under the stars? Black & white
photos, line drawings. Softcover, 232 pp. $19.95.
 Good Day for a Picnic
Jeremy Jackson
Ditch the Kool-Aid! Forget the cold cut sandwiches and the vinegary coleslaw!
Take your inspiration from Jeremy Jackson (also author of The Cornbread
Book, $22.95) and pack your basket with homemade lemonade, pork and
leek tart and strawberry cupcakes. Hardcover, 214 pp, $32.50.
 Retro Beach Bash
Linda Everett
Pineapple (canned, of course) helps you channel your inner Hawaiian. Hilo dogs
with its combination of pineapple slices, tomato sauce, soy sauce and hotdogs
is the quintessential 50 s invocation of eternal summer. Fab graphics. Hardcover,
128 pp, $26.95.
 Picnics
David Herbert
Picture-perfect, occasion appropriate menus for outdoor eating from a former
colleague of Donna Hay. Think Pimm’s and raised chicken pie rather
than burnt burgers and tuna on soggy white. Colour photos. Hardcover, 96
pp, $24.95.
The Urban Picnic
John Burns & Elisabeth Caton
Big city sensibilities meet rural leisure in a collection of picnic history,
trivia, themed menus and recipes. The latter includes contributions from authors
as diverse as Nadine Abensur (author of some of the Crank's vegetarian books)
and dessert maven Regan Daley (In the Sweet Kitchen,$60.00). Paper, 351
pp, $24.95.
 The Big Book of Backyard Cooking
Betty Rossbottom
The respected cooking school teacher shares 250 ways to enjoy outdoor cooking
-- and eating. Crab and pistachio salad sandwiches, fried Vidalia onion rings
scented with rosemary and a daiquiri cheesecake will all help you forget the
heat this summer. Paper, 351 pp, $27.95.
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