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Pasta e Fagioli from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

An easy and delicious soup. I used lardons for the meat. We were thinking that chicken sausages would be good, saucisse de volaille or merguez de volaille, cut in quarters lenghtwise, then into little... read more >

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Totally Picnic Cookbook (Totally Cookbooks)

By Helene Siegel, Carolyn Vibbert
Celestial Arts - 1996

This is a very nice little cookbook, with interesting recipes for, yes, taking on a picnic. They work equally well, of course, if you're just eating them at home.

The instructions can be a bit weak or presume some knowedge of cooking, e.g., an ingredient might be "1 bell pepper, roasted, peeled, seeded, and diced" with no information about how one might roast a bell pepper. No problem for an experienced cook, but if you've never done this, you might like more of a clue.