All Hail the Slacker Picnic

Nerdette

Greta Johnsen

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

This week, two of our favorite eaters — Bon Appetit senior staff writer Alex Beggs and New York Times restaurant critic Tejal Rao — tell us why the best picnics might just be the least photogenic ones. They’re all about tiny swimsuits, big sandwiches, cold wine in insulated water bottles, and minimal, minimal effort.

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0:00.0	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdad.
0:05.4	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:06.4	We are deep in the dog days of summer, which means we thought it would be a great time
0:10.4	to kick back, chill out, completely ignore what's going on in the outside world, and ask
0:15.4	some food nerds about what makes the perfect picnic.
0:20.2	How much effort should we really be putting into the food that accompanies us during what
0:24.2	is also very important lounging time?
0:27.5	New York Times Restaurant Critic Tadial Row has a pretty great answer.
0:31.6	You don't want fishy juice on your picnic blanket, you don't, you know, you want to be
0:34.8	able to read a nap.
0:36.6	True wisdom, y'all.
0:37.6	We'll hear from her later in the show, but first up with her own mind-blowing picnic advice
0:41.8	is Alex Begs, she's a senior staff writer at Bon Appétit.
0:45.0	Alex, hey.
0:46.0	Hi, thanks for having me.
0:47.5	How strongly do you feel about Bon Appétit versus Bon Appétit?
0:50.8	Oh, that's a great question.
0:53.3	I have heard my own people call it Bon Appétit, and I always call it Bon Appétit.
0:59.0	So I just, it feels like how much, you know, Julie, a child have you watched, maybe, maybe
1:04.2	you go full-bone, but that's on up to you, fair enough.
1:08.3	Okay, so, picnics, do you consider yourself to be like a big picnic person?
1:12.6	Well, when you asked me about this, I was like, am I going to pretend that I actually
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