Evan Kleiman

Evan Kleiman initially chose cooking over talking. “I was a very shy kid,” she said. “I learned you could still be in the room and serve people, but you didn’t have to actually talk if you made the food.” Before becoming known for doing both – as host of KCRW’s Good Food and owner and chef of Angeli Caffe – Kleiman baked cookies to sell at her high school and put herself through college catering. Read more about Kleiman below.

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