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Home | Chiyo Ueyama

Chiyo Ueyama

First and foremost, Chiyo Ueyama loves to eat. She grew up in a three-generation household where food was the most frequent conversation starter. Meal prep was always in progress in the small urban kitchen where written recipes were rarely seen.

Fast forward to 2008, all grown up and still thinking a lot about food, she stumbled upon Leite’s Culinaria during a random recipe search and became a recipe tester. Having no experience as a professional cook and no formal culinary education, she calls herself an “enthusiastic home cook” and embraces her small minimally equipped kitchen. Her tools for testing and reviewing recipes are her inquisitiveness and love of words. (Visit museums much? She has many years of experience writing and editing descriptions of artwork, like those labels you see in exhibition spaces.) She credits her longevity with Leite’s Culinaria to her friends who are always happy to serve as “tasters,” and are good sports when the results are less than impressive.

Some of her favorites on Leite’s Culinaria are Spiced Maple Pecan Pie with Star Anise, Moroccan Lentil Soup, Orange Olive Oil Cake, Buttermilk Drop Biscuits, Lemon and Thyme Risotto, Portuguese Mini Lemon-Orange Cakes, Masala Chai Crème Brûlée, Sheet Pan Chicken with Apples, Bacon, and Brussels Sprouts, and Buttery Crab Pasta.

Chiyo Ueyama
Pieces of browned chicken topped with garlic and rosemary leaves on a white oval platter.

Roman-Style Chicken Cacciatore

1 hr 30 mins

An apple and celery salad in a creamy dressing, garnished with mint leaves in a yellow scalloped bowl.

Apple and Celery Salad

15 mins

A white and brown plate filled with beef and leek stir fry, topped with peanuts.

Buttery Beef and Peanut Stir-Fry

50 mins

A glass pie plate filled with chocolate wacky cake with a piece cut from it on a white plate beside it.

Chocolate Wacky Cake with Chocolate Frosting

1 hr 30 mins

A slice of icebox cake with condensed milk whipped cream and sprinkles with the rest of the cake in the background.

Icebox Cake with Condensed Milk Whipped Cream

7 hrs 20 mins

A rectangular easy mixed berry snacking cake with one piece cut from it and blueberries on the side.

Easy Mixed Berry Snacking Cake

1 hr

Several plates with slices of pistachio-lime polenta cake topped with confectioners' sugar and chopped pistachios

Pistachio-Lime Polenta Cake

1 hr 30 mins

An oval platter containing sliced pork with chanterelles and apricot jam sauce

Pork with Chanterelles and Apricot Jam

55 mins

A round dish filled with Ukrainian garlic bread rolls, topped with garlic-parsley oil

Ukrainian Garlic Bread ~ Pampushky

13 hrs 40 mins

A fork resting in a tangle of gorgonzola and walnut linguine on a green and white plate with a bowl of toasted walnuts on the side.

Gorgonzola and Walnut Linguine

25 mins

Five sweet potato patties stacked on a plate with a dollop of crème fraîche on top and a fork on the side.

Sweet Potato Patties

50 mins

A tray of one-pan spaghetti puttanesca

One-Pan Spaghetti Puttanesca

50 mins

Easy shortbread cookies cooling on a wire rack, beside a rolling pin and a large shortbread petticoat.

Easy Shortbread Cookies

1 hr 45 mins

Orecchiette with chickpeas, turmeric, and greens in a large pot with a wooden spoon, on a countertop.

Orecchiette with Chickpeas, Turmeric, and Greens

1 hr

Sicilian-style roasted cauliflower on a sheet pan with a bowl of dressing.

Sicilian-Style Roasted Cauliflower

40 mins

Tagliatelle with lemon on a large serving pate beside a smaller plate with noodles being twirled on a fork. Next to it, there are more forks and some lemons and a chunk of Parmesan.

Tagliatelle with Lemon

35 mins

Tex-Mex migas topped with avocado in a white and blue bowl with a fork, beside a second bowl sitting on a tea towel.

Tex-Mex Migas

30 mins

Three sweet and spicy tacos on a white plate with wedges of lime alongside.

Sweet and Spicy Tacos

30 mins

A blueberry custard pie in a pie plate, with 2 dessert plates with a slice of pie on them, one with a fork and a bite missing.

Blueberry Custard Pie

4 hrs 10 mins

A plate with parchment paper filed with squares of vegan walnut fig bars.

Vegan Walnut Fig Bars

1 hr 15 mins

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