Toast with cream cheese, peas and bacon
Peas on Toast (with Bacon) -
Evan Kleiman

It was one of those days.  I had run all over town doing errands when suddenly it was 5 o'clock and I remembered that the fridge was uncharacteristically empty.  I got home, ran up the stairs, ran into the kitchen slightly panicked (the Mom must be fed) and saw that the ...read more

Handkerchief Pasta with Spring Veggies
Silk Handkerchiefs, the Queen of Fresh Pasta -
Evan Kleiman

Silk Handkerchief pasta or in the Genovese dialect Mandilli de Sea (Seta in Italian) are lovely floppy casual folds of delicate eggy fresh pasta draped on a plate.  They are also the easiest and quickest fresh pasta to make at home.  If you want to taste a template of how ...read more

spring veggies
Spring Vegetable Sauté -
Evan Kleiman

This is what spring looks like.  Truly.  So why not make a dish that takes the best of those green, grassy, sweet flavors, adds garlic, great olive oil and a hit of salt and serve it up in one dish? The subtle beauty of all these colors of green tangled ...read more

Farmers Market Shopping: Spring -
Evan Kleiman

When I was a kid my mom used to always tell me that my eyes were bigger than my stomach.  Nothing has changed really.  This is what I bought last Wednesday at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.  When I unpacked and realized that there was enough vegetable matter to fill ...read more

Fried Baby Artichokes
Artichokes Jewish Style – Carciofi alla Giudia -
Evan Kleiman

If you've been to Rome the chances are you've meandered to the ghetto to eat Carciofi alla Giudia the emblematic fried artichokes of the Jewish community there.  Somehow they manage to combine several  opposing elements in one simple dish. They are meaty and vegetal, crisp and yielding, subtle and sharp ...read more