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Leite was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and raised in Swansea, Massachusetts.
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His work has been featured in Best Food Writing () 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" 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 National Public Radio 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." In 2012 he served a guest host of "Cooking Today" on Martha Stewart Radio.
In 2013 he began broadcasting the popular podcast Talking With My Mouth Full. A humorist, Leite brings a skewed and funny sensibility to the world of food.
Leite is currently at work on Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression to be published by Dey Street Books, a division of HarperCollins. Leite lives in New York City and Roxbury, Connecticut.
In 2004, he became citizen of Portugal.
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