Sweet and Spicy Roasted Nuts

These sweet and spicy nuts are addictive, so serve with care. The sweet comes from sugar, the spicy is the result of red pepper flakes. Use any kind of nut.

35 mins

Dorie Greenspan’s Rugelach

These butter and cream cheese pastries are filled with cinnamon-sugared nuts, a slick of jam, currants, and a handful of chopped chocolate.

3 hrs 35 mins

Reviews and Press

A collection of the reviews and press for The New Portuguese Table by David Leite.

Where Do I Sign?

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.

Lemon Israeli Couscous

These pearl-like couscous are cooked in chicken stock for extra flavor and tossed with peas, mint, parsley, and lemon zest. A simple, yet elegant, side dish.

45 mins

Korean Beef Barbecue

Beef ribs take a bath in a marinade of puréed Asian pear, scallions, garlic, soy sauce, and rice vinegar before being grilled to sweetly salty excellence.

2 hrs 20 mins

Perfect French Fries

We're not kidding about these being perfect French fries. We're also not going to lie to you. Perfection takes time. We swear it's worth the wait.

30 mins

New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies

We're bewitched, thanks to this aged cookie dough--yes, aged COOKIE DOUGH--that indulges us in an adult cookie with notes of rich butterscotch and bitter dark chocolate.

1 d 12 hrs

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Origins of the Common Fork

Chad Ward, an expert in all things cutlery, turns his attention to the history of the world's most taken-for-granted eating implement.

New Portuguese Table

The home of the cookbook The New Portuguese Table by David Leite, filled with Portuguese recipes, cooking tips, and ingredients info.

About Us

Browse the bios and personal histories of the staff at Leite's Culinaria.

Cranberry-Orange Cheesecake

Sweetly tart cranberries make an unexpected yet inspired match for this rich, creamy, vanilla-inflected, perfect-for-fall cheesecake. Bye bye, pumpkin pie.

1 hr 15 mins