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David Leite

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My New Line of Products

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Last year, I partnered with World Spice, a boutique artisan spice purveyor in Seattle, to create several unique blends that perfectly capture the flavors I grew up tasting in my family's Portuguese home.

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Most recently, I created a cookie kit that lets you make the identical cookies I wrote about in the New York Times--the famous 36-hour chocolate chip cookies--with the hard-to-find couverture chocolate that make these cookies simply the best!

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Chow,

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My Ultimate
Chocolate Chip
Cookie Kit

Finally, they’re here! The viral sensation from the article I wrote for the New York Times. Now, you can make them at home with the very same hard-to-find ingredients as the original. All you need are melted butter and eggs!

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Spectacular. We waited the full 36 hours once we prepared the dough. It was a grueling wait but we made it through and they were beyond perfect. Just enough crunch. Magnifico. Well done, David. Cookie rockstar.

– Simon

A Taste of Portugal

A Taste of Portugal, my first spice blend, is bursting with the flavors I grew up with: smoked paprika, garlic, citrus, bay leaf, piri piri chiles, coriander, red wine, and more. It’ll amp-up any of your dishes with just a spoonful or two.

"Highly recommended! Quick and easy short cut to delicious dinner. Added to shrimp sautéed in olive oil and presto dinner was ready in less than ten minutes. Ordering again now (in less than a week) because we don’t want to be without it! Thank you."–Karletta M.

The Portuguese Kitchen

This gift set includes "A Taste of Portugal" spice blend (above) plus
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  • Fiery piri-piri peppers
  • Earthy rosemary,
  • Turkish bay leaves
  • Smoked paprika
  • Tingly Indonesian cinnamon