How to throw a perfect picnic plus three easy recipes from Perry Street Café

Paul Coffey and Brian Drinan have just opened their fifth Perry Street cafe, complete with fully stocked picnic bags. They share their advice and recipes for the perfect outdoor lunch with Mary Cate Smith
How to throw a perfect picnic plus three easy recipes from Perry Street Café

Paul Coffey and Brian Drinan of Perry Street Café: go through the picnic-season basics. Pics: Miki Barlok

Dining al fresco has come a long way in Ireland. 

From boiled eggs atop the coal bunker in the back garden to Taytos and tea in the lay-by on the motorway, the Irish picnic has gone and got itself a bougie upgrade. 

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