An illustration of a spilled bowl of ramen soup. This would be part of the FEAST Collection and not a recipe.

If I were to go on a PIKUNIKKU (Japanese romanization of the word picnic), I would vouch for a nice long hike underneath the sakura blossoms in March. There would be nothing more fitting than an ornate and delicately welcoming Japanese bento box, along with some seasonal mandarins. The "ben" in "bentou" comes from the word convenience, which shows in the cute and compact shapes of each food item. While I was growing up, I was fascinated by the creative ways people would dress up common ingredients, such as cutting up hot dogs into octopus shapes, or the "onigiri"- rice balls "molded" into different forms with a variety of seasonings. Now I can make my bento boxes however I want, but for this illustration I wished to satisfy my childhood fantasy with the picture perfect vegetables and octopus hot dogs, with full on Japanese headband and silly octopus face.

Don't leave your picnic alone! Otherwise, it could be turned into an entertainment complex for ants, as shown in this illustration. It features such experiences as a fruit-themed, theme park, and wine river with cheese rafts, and a ski resort sitting in a cooler.

I just saw this and happy to have made it in under the wire! These are my essential picnic items - jam jars for storage and wine (unbreakable!), sparkling wine (no corkscrew needed), salami, cheese and crackers. My woven basket doubles as a backpack for finding picnic spots off the beaten track :)

Looks like a fabulous feast, only these little guys were not the family it was meant for. Guess they decided to help themselves before there was nothing left!

Sleepy Picnic Friends : Celebrating friends and nature.

The thought of a picnic conjures up images of sitting by water on a long, hot, summer day, with delicious snacks and wine on ice in a cooler.

For the design challenge: Let's have a picnic - I found myself thinking about a picnic from the perspective of ants...

Prefect picnic recipe: some snacks, some wine and good company!

What’s better than a beach picnic?! 😎

A bubbly Under the sea Picnic- with a party crasher lurking

Some characters from fairy tales gathered together to celebrate the bright august.

Let's have a Picnic! It's picnic time, a delicious SPREAD to KETCHUP with friends and RELISH time together... can't resist those food puns...

I’m imagining a picnic for a princess in La-Ti-Dah land! 😂