Most picnics suck. Yours doesn't have to

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In the summertime, we're confronted with a certain, inescapable reality. Most picnics are not very good. In fact, most picnics are actively bad — uncomfortable afternoons of questionable mayonnaise-packed salads and tepid soda.

As the cold, dark winter months drag out, we forget this unspoken truth, only to emerge alongside the sun, convinced this is the year that things will be different.