"Americana" Picnic

Use items you already have in your own home for stylish touches to a casual picnic with layered richly colored wool throw blankets as table linens, traditional woven picnic baskets, stylish black iron lanterns with candles, and greenery.

Grilled Chicken and Dried Cherry Salad

by Executive Chef Colin Crowley

Chicken dried fruit salad – a twist on the old standby includes dried cherries, fennel bulb and no mayonnaise! Use croissants to dress it up further.

Serves 4 as a sandwich

• 2 cups grilled chicken, boneless skinless breast and thigh, diced
• ¾ cup diced celery
• ¾ cup diced fennel
• ¾ cup diced dried cherries
• 1 tablespoon chopped chives
• 1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley
• Juice of ½ orange
• Zest of ½ orange
• ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 Croissants

Mix all ingredients and let marinate for 1 hour. Serve on croissant.

An Entertaining Tutorial
by Monica Pedersen

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Wine Pairing

Rutherford Hill Rosé
Dry fresh flavors and aromas of cherry and plum pair well with the sweetness of the dried cherries in the Chicken dried fruit salad.

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