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Picnicking with Samin and Luke: All You Can Eat

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It’s just about summer and time to dig out the red-and-white checkered blanket for a picnic. From banh mi sandwiches at the beach or pork buns at a city park, the Bay Area has no shortage of picnic spots and foods. As part of our All You Can East series, we’ll talk with chef and picnic enthusiast Samin Nosrat and KQED food editor Luke Tsai about how to plan the perfect picnic. Whether you’re headed to the waterfront or Washington Square Park, tell us: what’s your favorite place for a picnic, and what food are you bringing? Guests: Luke Tsai, food editor, KQED Arts & Culture Samin Nosrat, chef and author of "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat," host of the Netflix special with the same name. Her new podcast is "Home Cooking." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED.

1:00.6

From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

1:02.6

Ah, picnics.

1:08.1

Just sitting on a blanket on some grass with your family or friends or strangers or even all by yourself.

1:11.7

There are two components to the perfect picnic, in my humble opinion. One, you need a good spot, though that could take a lot of forms, rural, urban, and in

1:16.1

between. Two, you need good food. We're counting on all of you to deliver us great locations,

1:22.3

but we're bringing the heat today with food expertise. Our food editor, Luke Syye, has written

1:26.7

the guide to Bay Area Picnicing,

1:28.9

and we'll be joined this by the dynamite chef, Samin Nosrod, of salt, fat, acid heat fame.

1:34.3

Get your blanket, pull out your All Trails app, drag the sun from behind the fog. It's time for a

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