The picnic : a history

Summary: Picnics are happy occasions and have always been a diversion from every day cares. We think of the picnic as an outdoor meal, set on a blanket, usually in the middle of the day, featuring a hamper filled with tasty morsels and perhaps a bottle of wine, but historically picnics came in many forms, served any time of the day. This first culinary history reveals rustic outdoor dining in its more familiar and unusual forms, the history of the word itself, the cultural context of picnics and who arranged them, and, most important, the gastronomic appeal. Drawing on various media and literature, painting, music, and even sculpture, Walter Levy provides an engaging and enlightening history of the picnic.

Record details

ISBN: 9780759121805 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 075912180X (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780759121829 (ebk.)
Physical Description: print
x, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-157) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The history of picnics -- Classic picnic fare in the United States and abroad -- Picnics indoors -- Picnics outdoors -- Picnics in the arts and popular media.