In this video, you’ll learn how to brine a Thanksgiving turkey.

In this video, you’ll learn how to stuff a Thanksgiving turkey.

In this video, you’ll learn how to make Thanksgiving turkey gravy from pan drippings.

In this video you’ll learn how to make gravy for a brined Thanksgiving turkey. The secret: fried mushrooms.

In this video, learn how to tell when the Thanksgiving turkey is done.

In this video, learn how to carve a Thanksgiving turkey.

The ads for the 2009 Sydney International Food Festival–flags made of indigenous ingredients–has David Leite almost nostalgic for his Mad Men days.

Nothing’s finer than getting a book published. Nothing’s worse than the day it comes out. David Leite documents the highs and woes of publishing.

David Leite’s first tomato harvest proves smaller than hoped for. The tomatoes are luscious and ripe, but few in number. A harvest or a tasty travesty.

Signing his first cookbook, David Leite is unsure of where to place his John Hancock. A frantic search through books in his library turns up the answer.