Spatula Diaries: The Chicken Salad Template

“I recently stopped by Calvin’s Market at Bocage to interview owner Calvin Lindsly for an upcoming story on independent grocers for the Baton Rouge Business Report,” writes 225 food writer Maggie Heyn Richardson. “As we stood at the front of the store talking about the supermarket’s distinct identity and its staying power in a competitive market, four of five customers in the check out queues were leaving with tubs of Calvin’s signature chicken salad.” Find out what makes this salad so special, and find out what makes chicken salad’s summer appeal so enduring in this week’s Spatula Diaries.