4 Fast, Delicious Picnics―Part Homemade, Part Store-Bought

A Picnic and a Concert in the Park

A sophisticated occasion calls for a meal that can go from the office refrigerator to a blanket on the lawn.
 
 

The Game Plan

Divide-and-conquer is the strategy. You bring the main course and the dessert (recipes, below); enlist friends to pick up the extras on the way. Ask them to buy:
 
 

• A baguette and cheeses (such as Brie, marinated bocconcini, and goat cheese)
• Potato chips
• Cherry tomatoes
• Fruit (such as peaches, apricots, nectarines, and plums)
• Wine

Recipes

• Eggplant Pasta Salad (shown, bottom left)
• Peanut Butter Cup Brownies