Folding Picnic Basket & Table

...it’s both! This handmade wooden picnic basket carries your snacks and sips one minute, then magics into a little table the next. Here’s how: Once you’ve found a picture-perfect spot and unloaded your precious cargo, just unlatch the sides and extend the legs of this folding table, then pull up a comfy blanket or two to sit on. (We like to think it’s how Mary Poppins would picnic.) Once set up, it'll happily hold wine and cheese, a board game, or a cup of tea and a book. It’s all handmade from cherry wood, to boot—as if it didn’t have our hearts already.

Life's a walk in the park now.

We've got plenty of ideas for picnics of all sorts, but here are a few to start—just be sure to let the ants know they're not invited. First off, a French-inspired outdoor feast, eight perfect picnic foods even newbies can whip up, and a Food52 Shop special roundup of all your picnic essentials.