The David Blahg
@davidleite.skystack.xyz
Essays, humor, food writing, recipes, and musings from an inveterate cook, baker, and eater. An irrepressible Cat Lady.
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The Feast Before the Fast • If I'm going to hell, I'm arriving with a full stomach.
The Feast Before the Fast
If I'm going to hell, I'm arriving with a full stomach.
davidleite.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The Feast Before the Fast • If I'm going to hell, I'm arriving with a full stomach.
The Best Damn Super Bowl Recipes From a Guy Who's Never Watched the Super Bowl • Just because I don't watch it doesn't mean I don't know how to eat as if I do.
The Best Damn Super Bowl Recipes From a Guy Who's Never Watched the Super Bowl
Just because I don't watch it doesn't mean I don't know how to eat as if I do.
davidleite.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The Best Damn Super Bowl Recipes From a Guy Who's Never Watched the Super Bowl • Just because I don't watch it doesn't mean I don't know how to eat as if I do.
When the Snow Hits, Hit the Kitchen • Hunker down, don't kill each other & cook
When the Snow Hits, Hit the Kitchen
Hunker down, don't kill each other & cook
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
When the Snow Hits, Hit the Kitchen • Hunker down, don't kill each other & cook
12 Easy Cheese Recipes for Ultimate Comfort • Man can live by cheese alone.
12 Easy Cheese Recipes for Ultimate Comfort
Man can live by cheese alone.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
12 Easy Cheese Recipes for Ultimate Comfort • Man can live by cheese alone.
Healthy-ish Recipes (That Don’t Taste Like Sadness) • Make one recipe and call me in the morning.
Healthy-ish Recipes (That Don’t Taste Like Sadness)
Make one recipe and call me in the morning.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Healthy-ish Recipes (That Don’t Taste Like Sadness) • Make one recipe and call me in the morning.
Your 2025 MVPs (Most Valuable Plates) • You're a star, and YOU'RE a star and YOU'RE A STAR!
Your 2025 MVPs (Most Valuable Plates)
You're a star, and YOU'RE a star and YOU'RE A STAR!
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Your 2025 MVPs (Most Valuable Plates) • You're a star, and YOU'RE a star and YOU'RE A STAR!
The Snacks That Save the Holidays • Hospitality isn’t about having everything—it’s about making something with what you have.
The Snacks That Save the Holidays
Hospitality isn’t about having everything—it’s about making something with what you have.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The Snacks That Save the Holidays • Hospitality isn’t about having everything—it’s about making something with what you have.
From Portugal, with Love • It's the making of the food, not the food itself that's our Christmas tradition.
From Portugal, with Love
It's the making of the food, not the food itself that's our Christmas tradition.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
From Portugal, with Love • It's the making of the food, not the food itself that's our Christmas tradition.
It's Soup (and Stew) o'Clock Somewhere • Soups, like cocktails, should have a designated hour, I decree.
It's Soup (and Stew) o'Clock Somewhere
Soups, like cocktails, should have a designated hour, I decree.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
It's Soup (and Stew) o'Clock Somewhere • Soups, like cocktails, should have a designated hour, I decree.
I'll Have a Norman Rockwell Christmas if It Kills Me • Cookies and hot chocolate and candy canes, dammit!
I'll Have a Norman Rockwell Christmas if It Kills Me
Cookies and hot chocolate and candy canes, dammit!
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I'll Have a Norman Rockwell Christmas if It Kills Me • Cookies and hot chocolate and candy canes, dammit!
Why I Like Simple Thanksgivings the Best • Some things just don't need zhuzhing up.
Why I Like Simple Thanksgivings the Best
Some things just don't need zhuzhing up.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Why I Like Simple Thanksgivings the Best • Some things just don't need zhuzhing up.
Join Me in Lisbon Next May for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Culinary Trip • It's time for a little joy in all our lives.
Join Me in Lisbon Next May for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Culinary Trip
It's time for a little joy in all our lives.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Join Me in Lisbon Next May for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Culinary Trip • It's time for a little joy in all our lives.
The Gravy Recipe for People Who Think They Can't Make Gravy • The 15-minute cure for the last 15 minutes of Thanksgiving prep.
The Gravy Recipe for People Who Think They Can't Make Gravy
The 15-minute cure for the last 15 minutes of Thanksgiving prep.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
The Gravy Recipe for People Who Think They Can't Make Gravy • The 15-minute cure for the last 15 minutes of Thanksgiving prep.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Thanksgiving, but Were Popping Too Many Xanax to Remember • Yes, it's panic-attack time again! Consider this your prescription.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Thanksgiving, but Were Popping Too Many Xanax to Remember
Yes, it's panic-attack time again! Consider this your prescription.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Everything You Wanted to Know About Thanksgiving, but Were Popping Too Many Xanax to Remember • Yes, it's panic-attack time again! Consider this your prescription.
Burnt Offerings: My Epic Thanksgiving Fail, Courtesy of Endless Likes • My obsessive quest for social media love almost cost me our house.
Burnt Offerings: My Epic Thanksgiving Fail, Courtesy of Endless Likes
My obsessive quest for social media love almost cost me our house.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Burnt Offerings: My Epic Thanksgiving Fail, Courtesy of Endless Likes • My obsessive quest for social media love almost cost me our house.
How to Game the Thanksgiving Dessert Table • How my holiday PTSD led to dessert-table domination.
How to Game the Thanksgiving Dessert Table
How my holiday PTSD led to dessert-table domination.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
How to Game the Thanksgiving Dessert Table • How my holiday PTSD led to dessert-table domination.
My Thanksgiving Hors d’Oeuvres + Cocktails • Think of nibbles as diplomacy wrapped in puff pastry.
My Thanksgiving Hors d’Oeuvres + Cocktails
Think of nibbles as diplomacy wrapped in puff pastry.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
My Thanksgiving Hors d’Oeuvres + Cocktails • Think of nibbles as diplomacy wrapped in puff pastry.
Don't You Dare Reach for the Can of Jellied Cranberry Sauce • Suddenly the once-ignored berry is strutting, posing, and is in absolutely everything.
Don't You Dare Reach for the Can of Jellied Cranberry Sauce
Suddenly the once-ignored berry is strutting, posing, and is in absolutely everything.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Don't You Dare Reach for the Can of Jellied Cranberry Sauce • Suddenly the once-ignored berry is strutting, posing, and is in absolutely everything.
What to Cook and Bake in November • Before Thanksgiving-Palooza hits, you need to eat.
What to Cook and Bake in November
Before Thanksgiving-Palooza hits, you need to eat.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
What to Cook and Bake in November • Before Thanksgiving-Palooza hits, you need to eat.
Thanksgiving SOS/911/HELP! • Cuz everybody screws up sometimes. Even us!
Thanksgiving SOS/911/HELP!
Cuz everybody screws up sometimes. Even us!
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Thanksgiving SOS/911/HELP! • Cuz everybody screws up sometimes. Even us!
Comfort Soup Season is Baaaaaaack! • Simmer, slurp, and sigh.
Comfort Soup Season is Baaaaaaack!
Simmer, slurp, and sigh.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Comfort Soup Season is Baaaaaaack! • Simmer, slurp, and sigh.
Autumn Baking Series, Part 1: The Foundation • Be a better baker, not a better recipe follower.
Autumn Baking Series, Part 1: The Foundation
Be a better baker, not a better recipe follower.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Autumn Baking Series, Part 1: The Foundation • Be a better baker, not a better recipe follower.
Where Have All the Cocoa Powders Gone? • No Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, or Nestlé? Climate, Disease, and Low Pay Are Killing Our Cocoa. What's next?
Where Have All the Cocoa Powders Gone?
No Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, or Nestlé? Climate, Disease, and Low Pay Are Killing Our Cocoa. What's next?
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Where Have All the Cocoa Powders Gone? • No Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, or Nestlé? Climate, Disease, and Low Pay Are Killing Our Cocoa. What's next?
14 Telltale Signs a Recipe’s a Winner • Really great writers make it look effortless.
14 Telltale Signs a Recipe’s a Winner
Really great writers make it look effortless.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
14 Telltale Signs a Recipe’s a Winner • Really great writers make it look effortless.
Call Me Sugar Daddy • A chorus of pretty young things flit through my days, demand endless indulgences, and take me for all I'm worth. And I couldn't be happier.
Call Me Sugar Daddy
A chorus of pretty young things flit through my days, demand endless indulgences, and take me for all I'm worth. And I couldn't be happier.
davidleite.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Call Me Sugar Daddy • A chorus of pretty young things flit through my days, demand endless indulgences, and take me for all I'm worth. And I couldn't be happier.