About David Leite

The easy essentials you need prior to taking on any recipe, whether simple or high falutin’, that calls for the centuries-old staple ingredient, salt cod.

In this video, Jamie Purviance teaches David that grilling salmon isn’t that hard. It just takes high heat and some patience.

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

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Rotisserie chicken—expertly made at home, thank you very much—is what’s on the menu in this video with grillmeister Jamie Purviance who teaches David to harness his inner griller.

To grill the perfect steak, David turned to grill master Jamie Purviance for essential tricks and tactics. Ever since then, he’s been grilling masterfully and sighing contentedly. You will, too.

This indescribably must-have-more-of-this sauce boasts the complex sweetness of maple syrup and the smoky spice of chipotle peppers. Slather it at will.

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David reminisces about his late friend Deborah Murphy, who brought untold love, joy, and incredible food to her annual July Fourth celebrations.

David explains the comfort he found in a simple Portuguese sandwich whose name or popularity he didn’t know until years later. He simply knew at the time that it tasted like home.

David explains how to make classic Portuguese papo secos, the stuff of everyday eating, that essentially look like cherubic little baby buns and have a taste that’s also divine.

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In the pantheon of great Portuguese foods, there are few sandwiches that are more superlative than the bifana. Essentially pork, bread, and sauce, it’s comfort food at its simplest.

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