Easy Authentic Recipes Fully Tested
Spooktacular Treats
Glow in the Dark Jello
The spirits summoned for this ghostly glow-in-the-dark Jello hail from a bottle, not the supernatural. (It’s just a gin and tonic under a black light. Who knew?!)
11 hrs 35 mins
Dinners for Oct 14 ~ 18
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!
Weeknight Quick Recipes
You love to cook & feed the fam. But you don’t want to live in the kitchen. I’ve got your back.
Pumpkin-Cider Soup
This pumpkin soup gets a boost from apples and a bite from a cupful of Irish cider. The soup, with its intense pumpkin flavor, makes for great fall fare.
1 hr 40 mins
Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken with Asparagus
With its prosciutto and luxurious Fontina combo, this is like an updated chicken cordon bleu. (And you get a great cheese pull, too!)
40 mins
Braised Carrots with Orange and Rosemary
Everyday carrots turn shyly sophisticated when infused with flavor and coaxed to tenderness in this no-hassle side dish.
30 mins
Warm Arugula Salad
Caramelized red onions. Pancetta. Pine nuts. A dribble of balsamic vinegar. Peppery arugula. Convinced yet?
20 mins
Most Beloved Recipes
These are the most popular, most loved, and most made dishes over the past 25 years.
Pasta with Butter and Parmesan
Whether you’re five or fifty-five, sometimes nothing is more satiating than a plate of spaghetti with butter and cheese.
20 mins
Julia Child’s Coq au Vin
Coq au vin, aka chicken soused in wine, is a French classic that exists in countless incarnations. This rich, soulful riff is from Julia Child.
1 hr 30 mins
Coca-Cola Brisket
This heartachingly tender brisket draws on just four ingredients, including a can of Coca Cola. Tasting is, truly, understanding.
3 hrs 25 mins
Applesauce Bread
Comfort finds us in unexpected ways. Thank goodness for that. And thank goodness for this not-too-sweet, subtly apple-y, kid-friendly quick bread.
1 hr 30 mins
Portuguese Recipes
Caçoila ~ Portuguese Stewed Beef
A Portuguese classic made with beef and peppers, caçoila de Pico is a slowly simmered affair that’s well worth the wait.
1 d
Portuguese Salad of Black-Eyed Peas with Tuna
Earthy black-eyed peas, Portuguese tuna, sliced onion, garlic, and parsley are tossed together in a vinegar-y salad dressing for a quick, nutritious salad.
5 hrs
Portuguese Coconut Custard Tarts
Sweet custard flecked with flakes of coconut are what you can expect from pasteis de coco, a dessert classic from Portugal.
45 mins
