Folk-Festival Picnic

Evoke the free spirit of the legendary Newport Folk Festival with a feel-good picnic of quinoa-and-snap-pea salad and cool red-pepper soup.

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3 Top Festivals

Galax Old Fiddler’s Convention; Galax, VA

A sprawling bluegrass–folk music event. oldfiddlersconvention.com.

George Wein’s Folk Festival 50; Newport, RI

The renamed Newport Folk Festival, founded 50 years ago. folkfestival50.com.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass; San Francisco

A free festival with icons like Doc Watson and iconoclasts like Gillian Welch. strictlybluegrass.com.

Wine Pairing

Sauvignon Blanc—Vegetable-focused dishes like this quinoa-and-snap-pea salad are terrific with Sauvignon Blanc’s lightly herbal, citrusy flavors. Pour something from New Zealand, like the 2008 Babich Marlborough; its bell pepper–like flavors would also be wonderful with the red-pepper soup.

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1. Bubble Party
2. French Riviera Party
3. Folk Festival Picnic
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5. Bikini Party
6. Fireworks Feast
7. Camp Care Packages
8. Street-Fair Party
9. Ice Cream Sundae Potluck
10. Garden Swap Party

Published August 2009