Vanderbilt doesn’t care whether your picnic is a cookout or you bring food prepared. Menus in  Complete Book of Etiquette are tried and true cold fried chicken, little cold veal or English ham pies, chicken, or potato salad. If you pack in a thermos, Vanderbilt suggests filling it with spaghetti, mushrooms, chicken livers, baked beans, […] read more

“Regard for Others” is Post’s picnic advice heading. It’s not what you might expect because it’s about trash! “People who picnic along the highway leaving a clutter of greasy paper and swill (not a pretty name,” Post sputters, “but it is not a pretty object! for other people to walk or drive past, and to […] read more