David Leite
{{Short description|Portuguese-American writer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = David Leite
| birth_name = David Joseph Leite
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|07|18}}
| birth_place = Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| other_names =
| partner = Alan Dunkelberger "The One" (1993—present)
| occupation = writer, memoirist, web publisher
| years_active = 1999–present
| citizenship = United States and Portugal{{fact|date=August 2024}}
| notable_works = *The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast
- Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food Love and Manic Depression
| website = {{Official website|https://leitesculinaria.com}}
}}
David Joseph Leite (born 18 July 1960) is a Portuguese American food writer, cookbook author, memoirist, and founder of the two-time James Beard Award-winning website Leite's Culinaria.{{cite web |url = http://www.leitesculinaria.com |title = Leite's Culinaria • Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog |author = |date = |work = leitesculinaria.com |accessdate = June 1, 2016 }}
Early life
Leite was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and raised in Swansea, where he graduated from Joseph Case High School in 1978.
Career
He has written for The New York Times,{{cite news |last = Bellafante |first = Ginia |url = https://www.nytimes.com |title = NYtimes.com |work = The New York Times |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} Martha Stewart Living{{cite web|url=http://www.marthastewart.com/living |title=Marthastewart.com |publisher=Marthastewart.com |accessdate=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823040612/http://www.marthastewart.com/living |archivedate=August 23, 2010 }} Bon Appétit,{{cite web |url = http://www.bonappetit.com |title = Bonappetit.com |publisher = Bonappetit.com |date = August 1, 2011 |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} Saveur,{{cite web |url = http://www.saveur.com |title = Saveur.com |publisher = Saveur.com |date = November 9, 2011 |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} Food & Wine,{{cite web |url = http://www.foodandwine.com |title = Foodandwine.com |publisher = Foodandwine.com |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} Gourmet,{{cite web |url = http://www.gourmet.com |title = Gourmet.com |publisher = Gourmet.com |date = August 1, 2011 |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} Food Arts,{{cite web |url = http://www.foodarts.com/Foodarts/Home/ |title = Foodarts.com |publisher = Foodarts.com |accessdate = November 13, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180423170026/http://www.foodarts.com/Foodarts/Home/ |archive-date = April 23, 2018 |url-status = dead }} Men's Health, The Los Angeles Times Magazine,[http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/?track=leftnav-magazine LAtimes.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023214008/http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/?track=leftnav-magazine |date=October 23, 2007 }} Chicago Sun Times,{{cite news |url = http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/food/index.html |title = Suntimes.com |work = Chicago Sun-Times |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} The Washington Post,{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artsandliving/foodanddining/?nav=left |title = Washingtonpost.com |newspaper = The Washington Post |accessdate = November 13, 2011 |first = Jane |last = Black& }} and other publications in the United States and abroad. Leite won the 2008 James Beard Award for Best Newspaper Feature Without Recipes. He also won the 2006 and 2007 James Beard Award for Best Internet Website for Food. Leite is a four-time nominee for the Bert Greene Award for Food Journalism, which he won in 2006. He is also a recipient of several awards from the Association of Food Journalists.{{cite web |url = http://www.afjonline.com/ |title = AFJonline.com |publisher = AFJonline.com |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} His work has been featured in Best Food Writing ({{ISBN|1-56924-416-2}}) 14 times since 2001. Leite was a contributor to The Morning News. He was also a recurring guest on the Today Show, the Martha Stewart Radio program Living Today{{cite web|url=http://www.marthastewart.com/radio/living-today |title=Marthastewart.com |publisher=Marthastewart.com |date=July 19, 2011 |accessdate=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127110800/http://www.marthastewart.com/radio/living-today |archivedate=November 27, 2011 }} hosted by Mario Bosquez, and Connecticut Style. He has been heard on Good Food with Evan Kleiman, Lucinda Scala Quinn's program, Mad Hungry Monday and various NPR programs. Leite has appeared on History Channel 2's United Stuff of America and Food Network's Beat Bobby Flay. He reads his essays and columns, as well as acts as a correspondent, on public radio's food program The Splendid Table hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper.{{cite web |url = http://www.splendidtable.org |title = Splendidtable.org |publisher = Splendidtable.org |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} In 2012 he served a guest host of Cooking Today on Martha Stewart Radio. In 2013 he began broadcasting the popular podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-with-my-mouth-full/id638873865 Talking With My Mouth Full]. In August 2009 his first book, The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors From Europe's Western Coast, was published by Clarkson Potter{{cite web |url = http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/clarksonpotter.html |title = Randomhouse.com |publisher = Randomhouse.com |accessdate = November 13, 2011 }} and won the 2010 First Book/Julia Child Award. A humorist, Leite brings a skewed and funny sensibility to the world of food.
In 2016, he was featured on the "Our Portuguese Table" podcast hosted by Angela Simões and Maria Lawton.{{Cite news |last=Angela |first=Maria and |date=2016-06-13 |title=Finding His Culinary Path and Love of being Portuguese - Meet David Leite! |url=https://www.ourportuguesetable.com/single-post/2016/06/13/finding-his-culinary-path-and-love-of-being-portuguese-meet-david-leite |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=ourportuguesetable |language=en}}
[https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Banana-Memoir-Manic-Depression/dp/0062414372 Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression], Leite's second book, was published on April 11, 2017, by [http://www.harpercollins.com/search-results/?imprint=dey-street-books Dey Street Books], a division of HarperCollins.
Awards
- Association of Food Journalists Awards
- Awards Beard James{{cite web |url = http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_past_award |title = James Beard Foundation |author = |date = |work = jamesbeard.org |accessdate = June 1, 2016 }}
- Bert Greene Awards
- Culinary Hall of Fame Induction{{cite web |url = http://www.culinaryhalloffame.com/culinary-media/press-releases/2842-leites-culinary-inducted |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130120023922/http://www.culinaryhalloffame.com/culinary-media/press-releases/2842-leites-culinary-inducted |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 20, 2013 |title = Leite's Culinaria (David Leite) Inducted |author = |date = |work = culinaryhalloffame.com |accessdate = June 1, 2016 }}
- IACP/Julia Child Award for Best First Book{{cite web |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/18-iacp-award-winning-cookbooks-for-2010-5536914.html |title = 18 IACP award-winning cookbooks for 2010 |author = |date = April 23, 2010 |work = independent.co.uk/ |accessdate = June 1, 2016 }}
Bibliography
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062414372 Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression]. Dey Street Books: 2017.
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307394417 The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors From Europe's Western Coast]. Clarkson Potter: 2009.
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Category:American food writers
Category:American people of Portuguese descent
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