Georgia Straight bookman John Burns has teamed with Elizabeth Caton for his first book, Urban Picnic (Arsenal Pulp $24.95), a light-hearted, illustrated history of the picnic. Burns invited contributions from Georgia Straight cronies including Jurgen Gothe, Christina Burridge and photographer Phil Chin, plus some chefs like Rob Feenie and Umberto Menghi. "I say in the book that The Urban Picnic is like a picnic itself,"; he says, "little bits contributed by friendly folks."; 1-55152-155-5

[BCBW Summer 2004]