Leite's Culinaria

recipes

Corn and Green Tomato Salad

For this salad, fresh corn, green Zebra tomatoes, and red onion are tossed in a refreshing Champagne vinaigrette. All hail summer!

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Mini-Muffin Financiers

Financiers—small, buttery almond cakes—are a French favorite. But treats this addictive demand attention. Pop them in your mouth within a day for best flavor.

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A Potato Dish for Julia

A kind of fast stovetop version of classic potatoes Anna, these are nipped by butter, a bit of garlic, and black pepper. It was a favorite of Julia Child.

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Sole à La Meunière

Perfect sole meuniere is golden brown, a result of balance between the brown butter and the lemon. It’s a simple dish—classic bistro cooking at its best.

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writings

I Hate to Cook, and I’m Not Ashamed to Say It

The classic I Hate to Cook Book turns 50, and a line up of writers, take-out lovers, novelists, and bloggers express their vitriol of kitchenly duties.

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Hello, My Name is Karletta Moniz, and I’m a Chocoholic

Karletta Moniz, a chocolate expert and self-confessed chocoholic, discusses her descent into the dark, rich, unfathomably delicious world of 82% cacao sin.

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