Leite's Culinaria

Drowning gelato in espresso has got to be the most spectacular sort of tragedy ever to take place at the dinner table. Here's how to add a little drama to your dessert.

We're not sure what The King would say about this frozen riff on his fave sandwich. But with all due respect—as well as banana, chocolate, peanuts, and bacon—does it really matter?

Summertime and the cooking is easy. Even when you crave pasta. Here, quick and simple recipes that come together easily without long, slow simmering.

SLIDESHOW: Crisps and cobblers and crumbles and slumps, oh my! Or shall we say, oh yes!

Sweet! Gooey! Easy! Yum! Those are just a few of the lovely things we're hearing about these coconutty beauties. Taste for yourself.

Wanna outclass every other appetizer you know how to make? Try this little number. Deceptively simple. Infallibly impressive.

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

SLIDESHOW: Does your heart race at bloody horror flicks? Or does it only quicken at the sight of a bloody rare cut of meat? If it's the latter, here's a little something to make your heart go pitter pat.

Ethereally airy biscuits. Sweetly spiced stone fruits. This riff on classic shortcake swaps strawberries for the unexpected to really quite surprising and clamor-for-more effect.

This quick refrigerator jam doesn't require canning and processing and preserving. It just requires strawberries, sugar, a pot, and a fridge.

Never again tussle with that teensy tin can that always contains too much or too little paste for your recipe. Nope. Never again. Not with this mellow, caramelized homemade conserva.

A glimpse at author Boris Fishman's Russian family and its complicated and yet simple summer vacation food and dynamics.