Tricked out picnics have become big business lately. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Central Park on a recent Sunday afternoon, where there were no fewer than five ultra-deluxe spreads sprawled ...

Restaurants are getting creative this summer, offering picnic baskets for the park. On the Upper West Side, The Milling Room’s executive chef, Phillip Kirschen-Clark, has created picnic baskets for ...

There were piles of catfish and hushpuppies in Central Park Saturday as hundreds of Mississippians celebrated their home state and encouraged Northeasterners to aid its recovery from Hurricane Katrina ...

The Mississippi Picnic in Central Park, an annual gathering that brought a taste of the Delta to the Big Apple, is gone for good. A note on the website of The New York Mississippi Society, thenyms.org ...

In the lead-up to Juneteenth, Amber Mayfield hosted an outdoor potluck for friends and fellow foodies. By Korsha Wilson It’s early afternoon on a warm Saturday in June, and Sheep Meadow in Manhattan’s ...

The vast green swath of Manhattan from 59 th to 110 th Streets, Fifth to Eighth Avenues was purposely made to be an escape from the bustle of the Big Apple. And that it does. Boasting a lake, ...