Thursday, June 28, 2012
Stocking Your Picnic Basket at Brooklyn's Best Gourmet Shops
Posted by Sarah Zorn on Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Photos Erin Boyle
One of the best parts of summer is ditching the kitchen and dining al fresco — at an outdoor concert, a park, a beach, or maybe just as part of an imagined getaway on the roof of your pre-war walkup.
Luckily, what the city lacks in rolling green spaces, it makes up in prime spots to pack a killer basket of eclectic goodies — whether your taste runs to sheep’s milk cheese, artisan chocolate and local honey, or pickled okra, chicken kiev, and babaganoush.
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