How Not to Talk to a Fat Person

This tactful treatise is David Leite’s attempt to school the rest of us on the right way to communicate with a fat person.

Goodbye, My Pet

David mourns the loss of his beloved cats, Chloe and Raja, and anticipates life without them. Kleenex required.
David Leite

I’m a three-time James Beard Award-winning food writer, cookbook author, memoirist, podcast host, and publisher. I enjoy sharing recipes and stories of all kinds, including those of my Portuguese heritage. Let’s eat! Comamos!

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The One

Love Food: Pork and Pie

Love food is food you cook for the one you love. Not just lobster and Champagne. The day-to-day stuff, too. As David finds, after 17 years with The One, they’ve still got it.

My Mystery Date With The One

On their 24th anniversary, David recounts his nearly disastrous mystery date with The One, and how their life together almost didn’t happen.

Grandma’s Silver Spoon

Despite something of a Dickensian upbringing, The One recalls his happiest moments with his hero and her favorite utensil.

My Personal Fave Recipes

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


Call Me Puff Daddy

David divulges his fetish for puff porn, a habit that conveniently requires no confession with Father Fraga come Saturday afternoon.

Most Recent Posts From The David Blahg

My Problem with Balls

David recounts his doomed career in Little League baseball which, he suspects, has less to do with innate ability and more to do with the lack of a concession stand in the outfield.

They’re Alive!

David finds he may have a green thumb after all as he looks upon the chlorophyl duking it out in his garden in Darwinian style.

How To Grill Salmon

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

How to Make Hummingbird Nectar

David becomes sugar daddy to the local hummingbirds by keeping his feeders topped off with a simple syrup of very kind-hearted proportions.

In Defense of Grandmother Cooking

Standing and stirring at the stove, patiently allowing something to take its time, seems to be a thing of the past. David Leite explains why it's not.

Saying Goodbye to Devil Cat

The story of a neighborhood-terrorizing cat and how love and care can change even the most devilishly difficult of hearts.

Remembering Windows on the World

Windows on the World was one of New York City's finest restaurants. David, a former waiter, remembers a special moment: a private sunrise breakfast from the 107th floor.

Whole Hog Barbecue with Ricky Parker

David travels south to apprentice to whole-hog barbecue pit master Ricky Parker and learns more than he ever imagined possible about the great pig.

Lasagne Bolognese

Think you know lasagne? As Giuliano Hazan explains, what you know may be sadly mistaken. His recipe will fix that.

5 hrs