the starving artist

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…

After hearing much hype about the Los Angeles burger chain known as Umami, I finally had the occasion to visit this past week with an old friend from high school…

So I told you I had a plan for that leftover pork and brown rice. Well here it is. This is one of my favorite uses for short grain brown…