Tips for a successful picnic downstairs - 20 Minutes

  • This summer, every Thursday, 20 Minutes offers you a series on the art and how to have a good picnic wherever you are, by the water, on the train, on a hike or in a garden below. from your place.
  • These tips are signed by Raphaële Marchal, culinary journalist and author of the book “Passion Pique-Niques”, published in June by Michel Lafon.
  • This Thursday, the picnic in the park below your home: it may be the end of the holidays, but it is not the end of summer, nor that of the gustatory celebrations ...

This summer, more than any other, the picnic is in tune with the times. And if you feel like rediscovering the joys of the holidays for a picnic, don't hesitate to go down to the park below your home with your favorite ingredients for gourmet and sometimes daring associations, like those by Raphaële Marchal, culinary journalist and author of the book Passions Pique-Niques published in June by Michel Lafon.

"The picnic is everywhere, but especially where you want", estimates Raphaële Marchal who never hesitates to "decide, at the very moment when you have just finished preparing a meal, to turn everything upside down" to bring it down in a garden or in a park, sit on the ground or on a bench "and experience, effortlessly, something unique" ...

Anywhere anytime

The food journalist does not want to restrict it to lunch, she also appreciates it at breakfast "with a brioche and jam", at a snack "with lemonade, cakes and cookies", at the end of the day. noon until sunset, "with a bottle of bubbles, garlic rolls, a few hummus crackers and a nice sausage" ... Or, at nightfall, "with plaids and intentions to be happy, surrounded by beautiful salads, savory pies, roasted vegetables, beautiful breads, cheeses, fruits and cakes ”.

And even some nice and good mixes, fruits of his imagination (as in the video): flat peaches, mozzarella or goat cheese, raspberries… Time to let summer slip away, sometimes until the end of the night.

Gastronomy

Nothing like a good sandwich for a picnic by the water

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