Recipe for a Perfect Picnic

"'Southern Food' doesn't really exist, in that there isn't one blob of a South united in its appreciation of grits and greens," say Ted and Matt Lee. "The American Southeast contains at least (we're guesstimating here) 25 cultural regions, as different from one another as Alaska is from Alabama."

A chilled soup, like this White Gazpacho , is an innovative addition to your picnic menu.