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

Easy Authentic Recipes Fully Tested

Newest Recipes

Classic Shrimp Scampi

A garlicky, buttery shrimp scampi recipe with extra sauce for bread-dipping or tossing with pasta. Made with shell-on shrimp for ultimate flavor.

20 mins

Slow Roasted Boneless Leg of Lamb

Even if you’re new to roasting lamb, this one is a cinch to pull off. Just 4 ingredients and 15 minutes of effort to a wow-worthy meal.

1 hr 50 mins

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes ☘️

More St. Paddy's Recipes

Corned Beef Hash

David comes to understand that for some, corned beef hash is about far more than mere sustenance or ridding the fridge of leftovers. Far, far more.

45 mins

Irish Soda Bread

A sweet nuttiness, a dense crumb, a crunchy crust, and bags more flavor than normal bread. Whatcha waiting for?

1 hr 30 mins

A black pouch of Leite's Culinaria Corned Beef Cure and Cook Kit.

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Corned Beef Cure + Cook Kit

If you can boil water, you can make homemade corned beef. Crafted with a pre-measured amount of salt, sugar, and spices, my kit ensures you’ll create the perfect St. Patrick’s Day meal at home. Bold and spice-forward, each ingredient infuses your brisket with irresistible flavor.

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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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Winter Ingredients

A caramelized onion and Gruyère galette with a rye crust and sprigs of thyme.onion+Five small tarts filled with orange curd and topped with candied orange slices on a cooling rack.CitrusNine colorful braised carrots on a white platter.Root VegA ceramic bowl filled with mashed kabocha with a spoon resting in it.SquashStuffed mushrooms with chives and black pepper on a white plate, garnished with chopped cashews.'ShroomsA bowl of white beans and Tuscan kale, sprinkled with grated Parmesan cheese, with a spoon.Beans+

Winter Dinners

Peruvian Roast Chicken

This anything-but-boring bird borrows its Peruvian accent from a technicolor dream coat of paprika, lemon, garlic, and cumin.

1 hr 45 mins

Portuguese Recipes

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Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa

Marcel Proust had his madeleine. David Leite has his Portuguese salt cod, potato, and egg casserole.

2 hrs 10 mins

Portuguese Deep-Fried Green Beans

In Portugal, deep-frying beans is a long-standing tradition. Serve these peixinhos da horta as a starter, snack, or, as the Portuguese do, a side dish.

45 mins

Pastel de Nata ~ Portuguese Custard Tarts

Not Portuguese? Not a problem. It won’t lessen your appreciation for these little lovelies with the shatteringly crisp pastry cradling ridiculously creamy custard.

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

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