A Movable Feast

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THEN: To explore the pleasure and eccentricities of past picnics in America, we set up a roundtable discussion with

·Robin D. Campbell, Supervising Curator New York State Bureau of Historic Sites and author of Mistresses Of The Transient Hearth: American Army Officers' Wives And Material Culture, 1840-1880

·Mary Ellen Hern, of the Norman Rockwell Museum, whose specialty at the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture was late nineteenth-century American picnics

NOW: Russell Cronkhite, a food writer who was for 12 years the executive chef of Blair House, discusses his recent book, A Return to Family Picnics and shares his favorite menus for fall picnics with listeners.

DRINK: Our Guest Oenophile, Tim Elliott of Winecast gives his suggestions for selecting, storing, and transporting picnics wines as well as some tips for pairing wine with our favorite picnic foods.

Music Credits

The Quiet Ones, I Will

Isaac Wardell, Happy All the Time Time

The Lucky Baby Band, After Dinner Drink (from garageband.com)

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