A person holding a platter of fried pork dumplings and bowl of dipping sauce.AppsA cut sheet pan taco bake in a rimmed sheet pan topped with pico de gallo and sour cream.MainsA citrus fennel salad assembled on a white and blue serving platter, topped with fresh herbs.SaladA round dish filled with Ukrainian garlic bread rolls, topped with garlic-parsley oilBreadsA pile of cheese crackers on an old metal grater.SnacksSeveral chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream frosting piped on top.Dessert

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Ultimate Margarita

A simple, clean break from tradition, this margarita eschews cloying Cointreau in lieu of a splash of sweet agave.

10 mins

Steak Tacos

Finally a steak taco recipe that let’s you determine whether you want it with a little or a lotta heat. Just how much is entirely up to you.

1 hr 15 mins

Pico de Gallo

A Mexican staple, this sauce of sorts is essentially fresh salsa that’s named, curiously, for a rooster’s beak.

45 mins

Shredded Beef Enchiladas

Shredded beef and gooey cheese and a pretty mild sauce. Just 20 minutes in the oven, then compliments all around. Thanks, Homesick Texan.

5 hrs

13 Mother’s Day Recipes

13 Mother’s Day Recipes

Always wanted to be Mom’s favorite? It’s all but guaranteed with these impressive, foolproof, yet completely doable recipes to make.

Newest & Updates Recipes

Spring Ingredients

A cast-iron skillet filled with asparagus frittata on a wooden table with a fork on the side.AsparagusAvocado chutney in a bowl with a large spoon, beside half an avocado, chilies, and garlic.AvocadoPea in a PodPeasOven roasted radishes topped with herbs on a baking sheet.RadishesA white bowl of rhubarb and pistachios over thick yogurt on a patterned tablecloth.RhubarbYellow plate with four lemon bars sprinkled with powdered sugar, one with a bite take out of it.Citrus
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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Portuguese Recipes

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Portuguese Salt Cod and Chickpea Salad

A no-fuss meal, this Portuguese salad–full of meaty chickpeas and flakes of salt cod–is tossed in a cider vinegar dressing and topped with chopped egg.

2 hrs 30 mins

Most Beloved Recipes

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

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Roast Pork Butt in the Oven 

This roast pork butt, coated in a simple rub of brown sugar, paprika, cumin, and red pepper flakes, is an incredibly easy recipe to make and yields enough pulled pork to feed a small army.

10 hrs 50 mins

Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese Sauce

Is anything more soothing than standing before a burbling pot of Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese sauce? (Hint: Our answer is absolutely not.)

6 hrs

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