Test Kitchen Open This Weekend

Back nearly a quarter century ago I moved from South Bend, IN to Indianapolis--thinking I'd stay for a couple of years and then move on to a "real" city like Chicago. 20+ years later, I'm still here and love my city. One of my first jobs was as a server at a restaurant called Rick's Cafe Americain. It was a decent waitressing job where I met some good friends, as well as Hubby-Bubs. The restaurant is no longer in existence, but my marriage is.

The menu was vast, but one particular dish was one of my faves--Pesto Tortellini. It was a creamy pesto over cheese tortellini with ham and artichoke hearts. I used to take out the art hearts until I actually tried them one day and realized what I was missing.

For some reason I thought of this dish recently and decided I want to try to recreate it this weekend. I'm sure as I'm tinkering in the kitchen, I also be wondering where all those people I knew ended up (besides Hubby-Bubs, of course - smile!)