I never thought I’d see the day Silas asked for seconds on anything with the word “pickle” in the title. The man used to pick dill pickles off his burger like they’d personally wronged him. Then I made this dill pickle pasta salad for a Fourth of July potluck last year, and I watched him … Read more
Chicken Pasta Salad: Silas has a rule about potlucks. He calls it the “sad bowl test.” If a dish sits out for two hours and starts looking sad and watery, it’s not coming back to the next gathering. This pasta salad with chicken passed his sad bowl test on the first try, and now it’s … Read more
Silas came home from a work barbecue last summer and would not stop talking about a pasta salad someone brought. Not the sauce. Not the ribs. The pasta salad. I laughed at first. Then he described it. Salami, little balls of mozzarella, olives, peppers, a tangy dressing that hit every single bite. By the time … Read more