Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression by David LeiteMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I was totally entertained by the honesty in this novel by David Leite. He is disadvantaged in a way because he is a minority (Portuguese), he is a homosexual (I say disadvantaged only because he is closeted and therefore leads different lives until he is able to accept himself and other then can do so also). In addition to this, he is also showing signs of bipolar disorder.
His triumph is in the one thing he loves...food. And when he meets the right person who allows him to express who he really is, along with the love of food he grew up with (although that was a tortured path at points), he is able to find something closer to happiness.
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Born Fall River, MA, The United States
Website http://leitesculinaria.com
Twitter davidleite
Genre Memoir, Cookbooks
Influences David Sedaris Jeffery Steingarten, John Irving
Member Since September 2009
David Leite is a cookbook author, food writer, and memoirist. His newest book, Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression, was published by Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.
He's also the publisher of the website Leite's Culinaria, which has won two James Beard awards, as well as the writer of The David Blahg. He's the author of The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast, which won the 2010 IACP First Book/Julia Child Award.
His writing has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Pastry Art & Design, Food Arts, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post and the Charlotte Observer. His awards include a 2008 James Beard award for Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes (New York Times), a 2006 Bert Green Award for Food Journalism, and Association of Food Journalists awards in 2006 and 2007.
David has been a frequent guest and host on Martha Stewart Living Radio programs, including “Cooking Today,” as well as a guest on Lucinda Scala Quinn’s program, “Mad Hungry Monday.” He’s also been heard on NPR’s “All Thing Considered” and is correspondent on public radio’s The Splendid Table hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. He’s appeared on History Channel 2’s “United Stuff of America,” Food Network’s “Beat Bobby Flay,” The Today Show, “Radical Sabbatical,” and is a regular guest on WTNH-TV. (less)
Born Fall River, MA, The United States
Website http://leitesculinaria.com
Twitter davidleite
Genre Memoir, Cookbooks
Influences David Sedaris Jeffery Steingarten, John Irving
Member Since September 2009
David Leite is a cookbook author, food writer, and memoirist. His newest book, Notes on a Banana: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Manic Depression, was published by Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.
He's also the publisher of the website Leite's Culinaria, which has won two James Beard awards, as well as the writer of The David Blahg. He's the author of The New Portuguese Table: Exciting Flavors from Europe's Western Coast, which won the 2010 IACP First Book/Julia Child Award.
His writing has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Pastry Art & Design, Food Arts, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post and the Charlotte Observer. His awards include a 2008 James Beard award for Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes (New York Times), a 2006 Bert Green Award for Food Journalism, and Association of Food Journalists awards in 2006 and 2007.
David has been a frequent guest and host on Martha Stewart Living Radio programs, including “Cooking Today,” as well as a guest on Lucinda Scala Quinn’s program, “Mad Hungry Monday.” He’s also been heard on NPR’s “All Thing Considered” and is correspondent on public radio’s The Splendid Table hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper. He’s appeared on History Channel 2’s “United Stuff of America,” Food Network’s “Beat Bobby Flay,” The Today Show, “Radical Sabbatical,” and is a regular guest on WTNH-TV. (less)
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