David Leite

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David Leite is a food writer and publisher of the James Beard Award-winning Web site Leite's Culinaria. He has written for Bon Appétit, Saveur, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Food Arts, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, The Washington Post, and other publications here and abroad. He's a three-time nominee for the Bert Greene Award for Food Journalism, which he won in 2006. His work has been featured in Best Food Writing (ISBN 1-56924-416-2) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. He's a regular contributor to The Morning News. He reads his essays and columns on public radio's food program "The Splendid Table hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper." A humorist, Leite brings a skewed and funny sensibility to the world of food.