Across the eastern seaboard, picnics are the new dinner parties as eased COVID-19 restrictions allow small groups of people to gather outside.

It’s been a long, tough winter for millions of Australians subjected to extended stay-at-home rules, so as the warmer months approach we are taking full advantage of our newfound freedoms.

Today on Please Explain, Good Food reporter Emma Breheny joins Bianca Hall to talk about picnic season, and some of the recipes that have been most popular with readers in the past few months.