Photograph from uberculture on Flickr

What could be a better way to spend Memorial Day than a picnic in the sun? Shake out that red and white gingham tablecloth, fill up a cooler with the beer of your choice and maybe a pitcher of fresh lemonade, and load up your picnic basket with this delicious, portable lunch.

• Blue Smoke Deviled Eggs
• Sweet Potato Salad
• Jicama Slaw
• Scott Peacock's and Edna Lewis's Miraculously Good Fried Chicken
• Fresh-Pickled Vegetables
• Zesty Lemon Bars