Tanglewood Picnic
Gina’s The Tanglewood Picnic book was featured in the Albany Times Union, Berkshire Eagle, Berkshire Edge, Berkshire Family Focus, Berkshire Food + Travel, Berkshire HomeStyle, Berkshire on Stage, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Record, Berkshire Style, Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Fresh American by Annie Selke, iBerkshires, MassLive, Metroland, Norfolk Now, The Picnic Site, Rural Intelligence, Springfield Republican, Rogovoy Report, Take Magazine, Taste Berkshires, WAMC, Wandering Educators, Westfield News Arts Beat, WHDD, WQRX, WVOX, and Yankee Magazine. Below are some excerpts from the rave reviews, along with a few links to articles.
“Wonderful…a delightful read for both newbies and seasoned Tanglewood pros, the book details 80 years of picnicking tradition with vintage photos, personal stories, and tasty recipes.”–Yankee Magazine
“It’s one of those books that years from now will still be circulating, waiting to be pulled off the shelf in a Berkshire cottage or New York City apartment, sniffed for that good book smell, and opened to remember summer. The book hails not just a picnicking tradition, but the way in which the world stops for music. All that love and beauty makes for a civilized time, and that makes life an art. —The Berkshire Edge
“We encounter the famous, along with the followers over more than 80 years, couples celebrating summer and music then and now, children, perhaps too early to settle in for Mozart, frolicking, church groups and old college chums gathering for annual reunions, allowed by Hyams, a fine writer, to tell their stories in their own words. Photographs – ranging from the expansive panoramic spreads one would expect, to intimate glimpses of precious family moments arrived from official sources at Tanglewood, The Berkshire Eagle and other publications, and from individuals who came forward to Hyams’ many invitations and exhortations for illustrations, representing both the early camera era and modern times when the iPhone is Photo king. The Tanglewood Picnic decidedly is not a coffee-table book. At six inches high and eight inches wide, hardbound, it is at once elegant and solid, much like the Tanglewood Picnic.” –Berkshire HomeStyle
“Tanglewood: The ultimate picnic-in-the-park destination” in the Boston Globe
Radio interview with Gina by Sarah LaDuke about The Tanglewood Picnic on WAMC’s The Roundtable.
“‘The Tanglewood Picnic’ Launches As Tanglewood’s Season Starts” (party photos) on Rural Intelligence
“Berkshire author Gina Hyams packs nostalgia, classic recipes in ‘The Tanglewood Picnic'” on MassLive.com
Who likes The Tanglewood Picnic? Yo-Yo Ma, that’s who! (Seen here with beloved cheesemonger Bob Luhmann)
