When the Cook-out Becomes a Cook-IN...

JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING: Help! It's a cold and rainy Sunday here in Maine, and it's going to be a cool Memorial Day - no rain, but with highs peaking in the sixties and a brisk wind, I'm reconsidering entertaining outside in the wet backyard.

The problem is: what to serve? Our usual Memorial Day cookout fare consists of 

with plenty of

for our vegetarian friends.

I make my mother's

and we usually pick up some fancy

from the Hanneford. Ross will make

and I usually put together

(not from scratch. I use the pre-made biscuits.) We'll serve

and

and of course

for the kids. So you see my problem. Just looking at the pictures makes me shiver, and not in a good I-just-can't-wait way. More like a Put-on-another-sweater way.

Help, dear readers! I need a Memorial Day get-together menu that cooks well indoors and works when it's 50 degrees out and everyone wants to revert to their winter eating habits. Any suggestions?