Pasta el’Moundo Salad: A Story

Let’s face it. When you’re invited to one of my dinner parties, you are sure to be greeted with more food than you can imagine. Unless your jaw was wired shut and you drank meals through a straw, there is no way you would leave my dinner table hungry. Even then, I would pull out [...]

Tuna Pasta Salad: Remixed

Attend any small town summer potluck and you are sure to find a Tupperware bowl full of tuna pasta salad. These small town pasta creations always seem involve “famous, world class, or Big Dave’s”. Every small town has a Big Dave right? Believe me, I’ve had my fair share of small town potluck pasta salads [...]

Roasted Corn & Black Bean Salad

You’re considered part of the “really good friend” category when you’re invited to a messy meal at my house.  Not too long ago, I hosted rib night.  Say it with me folks….. “Riiiiiiiiiiibbbbs”.  There were only three of us for dinner, but I made enough ribs for 20.  Imagine a pile of tender, fall-off-the-bone, pork [...]

Orange BBQ Shredded Chicken Sandwich

This post is going to be short, sweet and savory.  I love really good barbeque.  There’s a strange feeling of satisfaction when I lick the tangy sauce from my fingers just after taking an enormous bite.  The challenge with great barbeque is it takes time…lots of time to get it just right. Well, with a [...]