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New Class 12/8
I hope you’ll join me on Sunday, December 8th, from 2 to 5 PM EST for a LIVE online baking class. I’ll be making one of the world’s most beloved sweets: the pastel de nata!
In this fun class, you learn how to layer and roll the dough to make that perfect spiral shell, cook the custard, fill the shells, and bake the tarts to get that gorgeous brown mottling on the top.
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!
Most Beloved Recipes
These are the most popular, most loved, and most made dishes over the past 25 years.
Pasta with Butter and Parmesan
20 mins
Julia Child’s Coq au Vin
1 hr 30 mins
Coca-Cola Brisket
3 hrs 25 mins
Applesauce Bread
1 hr 30 mins
Portuguese Recipes
Caçoila ~ Portuguese Stewed Beef
1 d
Portuguese Salad of Black-Eyed Peas with Tuna
5 hrs
Portuguese Coconut Custard Tarts
45 mins