"Brilliant." "Simply astounding!" "Sublime." "Perfect." That's what folks are saying about this avocado sorbet recipe.

Luca, David's youngest staffer, heralds World Elephant Day with a lemonade stand, a batch of brownies, and the sweetest intentions.

David brags about his latest harvest and expresses dismay at blight and Japanese beetles and creepers and other garden horrors.

David's not a poet and he knows it. Still, he was inspired to try his hand at poetry when he harvested his first vegetables.

David 's dad, Papa Leite, died this weekend. To honor him, we're rerunning this essay in which David explains why, after 40 years, he's finally decided to follow in his father's muddy footsteps.

David interviews Shauna Sever, aka the Next Door Baker and author of Real Sweet, who discusses alternatives to refined sugar.

In 2003, Tara Whitsitt converted a school bus into a fermentation lab called Fermentation on Wheels and teaching across the country.

Depressed, David turns to bread making and finds that dough holds no grudges, turning out lovely even after the worst of manglings.

David tells the story of these charming Portuguese artisans who design and replicate beautiful patterns in a nearly lost art.

David meets Portuguese chef Ilda Vinagre, the Michelin-starred mastermind behind A Bolota who is as talented as she is humble.

David surprises himself and all of us by trying something that's actually healthful—quinoa. His response surprised us all even more.

This tactful treatise is David Leite's attempt to school the rest of us on the right way to communicate with a fat person.

David explains how you--yes, you—can come to understand the breadth, importance, and uniqueness of your life.

David details how he HATES to fly—save for those quiet and contemplative moments when he flies off into the sunrise.

Yep. We smoked, pickled, and fried these spuds. And we've no regrets. David divulges—and indulges—all in this blog post.

David divulges why he bothers to make his own ingredients, from breakfast sausage to, well, you'll just have to read about it.

David reveals his gratitude to the late, great Julia for all that she gave him. (Hint: It was a heck of a lot more than kitchen know-how.)

David measures his friends on how true, honest, and kind they are—and how superlative their baking skills. His friend Cindi measures up.

Guess who David blames for his inability to be the epitome of calm in the hours leading up to Thanksgiving dinner? (Hint: Not himself.)

David reveals his pie-crimping obsession and admits he's been outcrimped by baker Libbie Summers and her 20 cool and classy pie crust tactics.