- After so many home meals imposed by the quarantine, the luxury of holidays in Italy is this year to relax with designer baskets for a gourmet picnic under an umbrella, in the vineyards but also in urban parks. For example, on Capalbio beach ,radical-chic destination in Maremma, at the historic factory, without the risk of gathering at the counter or buffets, you can order a basket to be consumed at your umbrella. "Customized, artisan baskets purchased in London - explain Silvia Sperduti and Michele Pepponi, owners of the Enoteca La Torre Group - that our staff will deliver directly to the umbrellas after guests have chosen from a menu that includes fresh pokè salad, sandwiches classics and our seafood sandwiches with delicacies such as red tuna tartare, burrata, cherry tomatoes, capers and basil pesto or seared prawns, baked eggplants and fiordilatte ".
For those who do not give up on the table on the sea view terrace, find the seafood cuisine by Francesco Rivoglia, with informal "forays" such as the Hamburger La Dogana, which has already become a symbolic dish, or a perfect Bun, in a double meat version or fish, made with mother yeast and all to taste.
Moving towards the interior of Tuscany, in Cortona , Tenimenti d'Alessandro is not just wine. Within the queen of Syrah there is Creta Osteria, a contemporary, well-kept and informal restaurant, which stands out for the attention and care of the raw material and for the intimacy of the arrangement of the spaces. For Sunday lunch the Gourmet Picnic is offered, all week a la carte menu and Meetings, the tasting dedicated to the Under 35 at the price reserved for them of 35 euros.
Even in Milan you can reconcile the relationship between food and nature, bringing brunch and an aperitif in one of the most suggestive parks in Milan, with a new Peck Citylife Picnic to be consumed between lakes, cycle paths and admiring the skyline of the Lombard capital. Once booked, the wicker basket - with six different options on the menu, from the meal to the aperitif - can be collected directly from Peck CityLife, in Piazza Tre Torri, at the set time. Among the proposals we find fresh dishes such as caesar salad, Catalan sturgeon, sea rice or the sandwich with Peck roast beef; there are some of Peck's icons, such as mondeghili, prawns in cocktail sauce, Parmigiano Reggiano 24 months and paninetti with prawns and veal with tuna sauce.
Also in Lombardy, on July 24 the doors of the Tenuta de l'Annunziata reopen: the green oasis of Uggiate Trevano returns to welcome its guests to offer them a break of well-being and taste in absolute safety, less than an hour from Milan and minutes by car from Lake Como. News of the summer 2020 in fact the "Pic-Chic in the woods", which allows you to have a delicious packed lunch in the green of the 13 hectares of the Bioenergetic Forest, a place of reflection and personal research that also becomes a space for sharing and the pleasure of senses. In each basket a healthy and balanced meal prepared with zero km ingredients from the farms and agricultural activities of the estate. The pic-chic thus becomes an integral part of that Forest Therapy
And in the mountains of South Tyrol, in Merano , equipped with their own plaid, On 7 and 14 August, it is also possible to book a picnic to be consumed in the evening on the lawn surrounding the water lily pond, in the Castel gardens Trauttmansdorff.