food

Hello, friends! I hope you haven’t given up on me. I’m devastated that is has been OVER a week since I’ve posted last. The truth is I have been utterly…

Well, friends, I’ve decided to make up for my week absence with a down home recipe directly from my mom’s (Terri!) kitchen. This is a real winner – simple and…

So I had a bunch of ingredients left over from the salad I made earlier this week. It’s still no-cooking kind of weather, so I wanted to make another salad…

So I was feeling in the mood for something a bit indulgent, but I was not in the mood to buy anything that would inevitably cause me to overindulge. I…

When the weather is really hot like this, there is nothing more satisfying than ice cream. Admittedly I come from a long line of ice cream lovers, so whether it’s…

Happy Monday, friends! Hope everyone enjoyed the weekend. The weather continues to be unbearably hot in LA, so I continue to be unbearably lethargic and uninterested in most aspects of…

The obnoxiously hot summer weather has been inspiring me to dream up cold and classy concoctions that won’t empty my bank account. Yes, I know a lot of you live…

Even though I’ve been in Los Angeles for three years now, I’m still tickled by the amazing food one can find in strip malls. This is exactly where you’ll find…

It is a very rare occasion that I find myself eating authentic French food, mostly because it doesn’t even come close to a starving artist’s budget, even for a splurge…

I gotta tell you, I love LA in the summer. This weekend was a showcase of my favorite summer activities, both of which happen to involve picnics – no surprise…