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Linda McElroy

Linda McElroy has been a tester with the LC gang since 2015. Credits include a 40-year stint in the restaurant industry. Starting as a prep cook cleaning 50 pounds of calamari every night and carving buckets of “lemon crowns” to garnish seafood platters–to establishing an Italian restaurant in Seattle with her husband, he in the front of the house, and Linda in the kitchen.

Other culinary interests have included her own catering business, recipe editing, recipe development, recipe curator of International recipes for Dining for Women, and of course, recipe testing for Leite’s! Linda may well be one of the “testier” recipe testers for Leites. If it doesn’t work for her, it definitely won’t work for you, and she will let you know it! Anything awarded a TC from Linda is most definitely high praise.

Linda McElroy
A yellow bowl filled with cowboy caviar salad with a bowl of tortilla chips on the side.

Cowboy Caviar Salad

30 mins

A bowl of apple cider steamed mussels topped with parsley, fries on the side

Apple Cider Steamed Mussels

50 mins

A Dutch oven filled with a cherry tomato confit of Sun Gold cherry tomatoes, oil, and fresh basil leaves.

Cherry Tomato Confit

1 hr 15 mins

An oval baking dish filled with a slow roasted lamb shoulder, surrounded by orange wedges and cinnamon sticks.

Slow Roasted Lamb

11 hrs

A person holding an ice cream cone with 2 scoops of blackberry ice cream.

Blackberry Ice Cream

10 hrs

Five jars of jam, two apricot and three strawberry rhubarb jam, with some wildflowers.

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

30 mins

A bluebarb pie with one slice missing and two forks resting beside the pie.

Bluebarb Pie

3 hrs

A white bowl filled with chili, with shredded cheese on top, and a spoon and two pieces of cornbread on the side.

Easy Chili

1 hr 30 mins

Two white bowls of Tuscan bean soup on a white surface.

Tuscan Bean Soup

5 hrs 45 mins

Two oval dishes filled with lamb shank shepherd's pie and a spoon resting beside them.

Lamb Shank Shepherd’s Pie

4 hrs

A white bowl filled with pozole verde, topped with sliced radishes, pepitas, avocado, and cilantro.

Pozole Verde

1 hr

A metal skillet filled with creamy pasta covered with shredded Parmesan and cracked pepper, with a large serving spoon. A bowl of Parmesan and a pepper mill sit beside it.

Cacio e Pepe

25 mins

A cast iron pot filled with braised short rib chili with a bowl of diced onion on the side and a handful of cilantro.

Short Rib Chili

4 hrs 30 mins

A metal container filled with pumpkin ice cream and a metal ice cream scoop resting inside.

Pumpkin Ice Cream

4 hrs 30 mins

Ham hock and split pea soup in a pottery bowl, garnished with bay leaves, sitting on a plate with a pile of small croutons.

Split Pea Soup with Ham Hock

2 hrs 30 mins

Barefoot Contessa fresh lemon mousse in a soufflé dish with the edges decorated with swirls of whipped cream and lemon slices.

Barefoot Contessa Fresh Lemon Mousse

45 mins

A piece of homemade pancetta sliced to show the circular pattern.

Homemade Pancetta

21 d

A platter with several crab cake burgers topped with tomato in a soft roll.

Crab Cake Burger

45 mins

Two white bowls of Portuguese fennel soup with spoons resting inside and crusty bread on the side.

Portuguese Fennel Soup

2 hrs

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