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Home | Linda Pacchiano

Linda Pacchiano

Linda Pacchiano has been a Leite’s Culinaria tester since December 2006. After graduating with a degree in foreign languages and international business from Georgetown University, followed by a long career in the pharmaceutical industry, she pursued culinary and pastry arts at the International Culinary Center (founded as the French Culinary Institute) in New York City. She also trained in advanced cake design at New York’s Institute for Culinary Education.

Pacchiano worked as a Chef/Instructor at the Viking Cooking School in Fairfield, NJ for six years, as an Adjunct Culinary Instructor at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ, and served as a Wilton Method Instructor for 10 years, teaching all levels of cake decorating courses.

She currently volunteers at the Morris County Interfaith Food Pantry, leading their Kitchen to Table program, creating nutritious meals, and guiding corporate volunteer groups in preparing meals for the Food Pantry’s homebound clients. She has also led cooking demonstrations for the Food Pantry’s clients, instructing them on how to prepare simple, nutritious meals in their home kitchens. She is ServSafe Certified by the U.S. National Restaurant Association.

Linda Pacchiano
A saucepan filled with roasted garlic mashed potatoes with a pat of butter on top.

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

1 hr

A bowl of cheesy mashed potatoes, topped with scallions on a table with turkey and cranberry sauce.

Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

45 mins

A platter filled with lemon-garlic chicken thighs, potato wedges, and lemon halves, and garnished with parsley sprigs.

Lemon-Garlic Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs

55 mins

Oven roasted radishes topped with herbs on a baking sheet.

Buttery Oven Roasted Radishes

40 mins

A Dutch oven with braised chicken thighs and olives, and a single thigh and three olives on a white plate.

Braised Chicken Thighs

Ten hamantaschen -- jam filled, triangle-shaped pastries -- on a white background.

Hamantaschen

2 hrs 15 mins

Five condensed milk cookie sandwiches filled with jam, with a spoonful of jam on the side.

3 Ingredient Condensed Milk Cookies

45 mins

Two white bowls of corn and roasted poblano soup garnished with cheese, paprika, and corn kernels, with a napkin and spoon on the side.

Corn and Roasted Poblano Soup

1 hr 45 mins

A whole grilled fish on a plate with a scoop of creamy cucumber salad and half of a grilled lemon.

Grilled Whole Fish with Cucumber Salad

45 mins

A red bowl filled with creamy sun-dried tomato and spinach pasta with a red cloth napkin on the side.

Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

30 mins

A square of chocolate zucchini cake with buttercream frosting on a square of parchment with a fork standing up in the center of the cake.

Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Buttercream Frosting

2 hrs 15 mins

Six fillets of quick baked fish with bread crumbs and herbs on top on an oval platter.

Quick Baked Fish with Bread Crumbs and Herbs

20 mins

A loaf of braided cinnamon bread drizzled with vanilla glaze resting on a wire rack.

Braided Cinnamon Bread

3 hrs

An oval platter containing sliced pork with chanterelles and apricot jam sauce

Pork with Chanterelles and Apricot Jam

55 mins

A serving plate topped with chicken, bacon, and broccolini, with a small bowl of fresh herbs on the side.

Quick Skillet Chicken with Bacon

40 mins

A dutch oven filled with chicken, mushroom, and corn tetrazzini on a white wooden table.

Chicken, Mushroom, and Corn Tetrazzini

1 hr 30 mins

A cherry tomato, asparagus, and herbed ricotta tart on parchment on a baking sheet

Cherry Tomato, Asparagus, and Herbed Ricotta Tart

50 mins

Two bowls of Instant Pot New England fish chowder on a blue background

Instant Pot New England Fish Chowder

1 hr

a woman's hands lifting ginger-scallion fish fillets from a baking sheet

Ginger-Scallion Fish Fillets

30 mins

A cast-iron skillet with low-carb chicken Marsala on a counter

Low-Carb Chicken Marsala

35 mins

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