Behind the Line
Topic: Help for Home Cooks/Bartenders
Entertaining
Picnic panic. Give home cooks some tips about how to pack the perfect moveable feast without overdoing the effort (and don't forget the drinks!)
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- Melissa Trimmer
- Pastry Chef
- Le Cordon Bleu Chicago, Pastry Chef Instructor
- Chicago, Illinois
The perfect movable feast? Hmmm, I’d say that you first need to have some steller cold cuts, artisan bread, and pickles. Once those are packed along with a cutting board and a serrated knife, it’...
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- Nathan Sears
- Executive Chef/Owner
- The Radler and D.A.S.
- Chicago, IL
Subs from Bari.
- Carrie Nahabedian
- Executive Chef/Owner
- NAHA and Brindille
- Chicago, IL
Fried Chicken is a great summer favorite. As seen in "To Catch a Thief", Grace Kelly and Cary Grant snuggle up on the French Riveria with a picnic basket of fried chicken!
I love Salad Caprese wit...
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- Jill Barron
- Executive Chef/Owner
- MANA food bar
- Chicago, IL
cheese, bread, wine, olices. a dried sausage or good salted ham. and wine!
- Paul Virant
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Vie and Perennial Virant
- Western Springs, IL
Cold fried chicken and a bunch if road sodas
- Chrissy Camba
- Chef
- Bar Pastoral
- Chicago, IL
my favorite! i'd make a pressed sandwich w/lots of cured meats, delicious
cheese, artichokes, olives, roasted peppers, olive oil, herbs, vinegar...nom
nom nom. that's not all!
-radishes from the ga...
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- Patrick Sheerin
- Chef/Partner
- Trenchermen
- Chicago, IL
Salt. Hot sauce. Latex gloves. 1 gallon ziplocs
- Jason McLeod
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Box Tree Restaurant, Inc
- San Diego, CA
To me one of the most underrated picnic snacks is cold pizza, It travels
well does not take up much space if you stack the pieces on top of each
other, not much mess, dont need utensils, amazing. A...
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- Gerard Craft
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Niche Restaurant and BRASSERIE by niche
- St. Louis, MO
A perfect baguette, country terrine, freshly cooked and sliced ham, some great cheese, and some chilled vegetables tossed in olive oil and herbs. A couple of cold beers and some ripe fruit would m...
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