Family Reunion Foods ~ 2011

I try to make things for my big (gargantuan) family reunions that even hardcore meat-eaters like, which is usually no problem - I keep it simple. I made a huge vat (the only way to describe it, really) of pasta salad, worked 7 or 8 days on sourdough loaves(!), and made rainbow cake & cupcakes. The rainbow cupcakes were so cool, they're getting a post of their own!

         A cup measure next to the tub of pasta salad for scale, after half or so was devoured.

Rainbow cake...Yummy, yet my icing piping skills leave a bit to be desired!