Leite’s Culinaria

A cast-iron skilled filled with choriqueso, a cheese dip topped with queso.AppetizersA sliced air fryer prosciutto-wrapped pork tenderloin covered in mustard-fig sauce on a white platterMainsA large yellow Dutch oven with a roast chicken on a bed of cooked shallots, topped with lemon zest and herbs.ChickenA white bowl filled with peach, burrata, and basil salad.SaladA loaf of Everything Bagel Bread in a Challenger Bread PanBreadsA pineapple upside-down cake on a white plate with a slice taken outDesserts

Mother’s Day Recipes

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The viral NY Times cookies

Finally, they’re here! The virtual sensation from the article I wrote for the New York Times. Now, you can make them at home with the very same hard-to-find ingredients as the original. All you need are melted butter and eggs! They’re a great Mother’s Day gift!

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Brand-Spanking New Recipes

Batter-Fried Chicken

Proof that it doesn’t take buttermilk or an insufferably long overnight brine to make insanely tender, crazily crisp, gosh darn perfect fried chicken.

1 hr 30 mins

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These are the most popular, most loved, and most made dishes over the past 25 years.

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Pastéis de Nata ~ Portuguese Custard Tarts

Not Portuguese? Not a problem. It won’t lessen your appreciation for these little lovelies with the shatteringly crisp pastry cradling ridiculously creamy custard.

2 hrs 30 mins

David Leite

Hey, I’m David Leite

I’m a three-time James Beard Award-winning food writer, cookbook author, memoirist, podcast host, and publisher. I created this site in 1999 to help you find simple, quick, and wicked flavorful recipes. For the past 24 years, I’ve been cooking, teaching, and writing about all types of food, including those from my Portuguese heritage. Let’s eat! Vamos comer!

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Say Hello to Spring

Welcome warmer weather with these spring-inspired dishes featuring seasonal ingredients.

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Rhubarb Vodka

Rhubarb vodka. Yep. It’s a thing. And you’re going to want to make this tipsy spring tonic again and again and again.

15 mins

Shrimp and Leek Pasta

So long, noodles that are buried beneath heavy cream sauces. This shrimp and leek pasta is made with a barely-there broth enhanced by the sweetness of leeks.

30 mins

Chive Blossom Vinegar

Remember your mom telling you, “Pretty is as pretty does…”? This lovely elixir knows no distinction–it’s just pretty through and through.

5 mins

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Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa

Marcel Proust had his madeleine. David Leite has his Portuguese salt cod, potato, and egg casserole.

2 hrs 10 mins

Bifanas ~ Portuguese Pork Sandwiches

In the pantheon of great Portuguese foods, there are few sandwiches that are more superlative than the bifana. Essentially pork, bread, and sauce, it’s comfort food at its simplest.

2 hrs

Weeknight Winners (Quick Recipes)

You love to cook & feed the fam. But you don’t want to live in the kitchen. I’ve got your back.

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