Folks are calling this grilled chicken thighs with arugula salad “wonderful” and “perfectly balanced” and “restaurant quality.” Sorta enticing, yes?
- 25 M
- 1 H, 30 M
- 4
Linda Pacchiano, Recipe Tester
A list of all the recipes Linda Pacchiano has tested.
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, 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 now teaches at the County College of Morris in Randolph, NJ and serves as a Wilton method instructor, teaching all levels of cake decorating courses. She’s a member of the International Cake Exploration Societe, Baker’s Dozen East at the Institute of Culinary Education, New York City and New Jersey Cake Decorators, NJ Confectionary Arts Guild, and Junior League of Morristown, NJ.
Homemade Tomato Paste
Never again tussle with that teensy tin can that always contains too much or too little paste for your recipe. Nope. Never again. Not with this mellow, caramelized homemade conserva.
- 50 M
- 6 H
- 122
Cheeseburgers with Everything Sauce
Burgers smothered in everything sauce or, as we like to call it, awesome sauce. Whatever you call it, it’s a game changer.
- Quick Glance
- 20 M
- 30 M
- 0
Classic Coleslaw
How fortunate for us—and by us, we mean humanity—that there exists this recipe for the best classic coleslaw we’ve ever had.
- 15 M
- 2 H, 25 M
- 10
Black Coffee Ice Cream
Know how every once in a while you taste something that’s so insanely satiating that a single spoonful pretty much satisfies? Nah, neither do we. Pass this ice cream, please.
- 25 M
- 35 M
- 14
Strawberry Ice Cream
The tempered sweetness of this spectacular strawberry ice cream relies on in-season strawberries rather than obscene amounts of sugar for flavor. This is no ordinary ice cream.
- Quick Glance
- 30 M
- 1 H
- 16
Grilled Chicken Wings With Maple Bourbon Sauce
Slightly sweet with just the right amount of heat. That’s our verdict on these grilled chicken wings that are cooked to perfection.
- Quick Glance
- 45 M
- 1 H, 15 M
- 0
Texas-Style Barbecue Sauce
Ridiculously easy to make yet complex as heck in taste. Slightly sweet with only a hint of heat. Kid-tested and adult-approved.
- Quick Glance
- 20 M
- 1 H, 50 M
- 0
Bacon Manchego Cheese Burger
We’re bringing back fusion cuisine in style with this unabashedly American burger and its Spanish-inspired accoutrements.
- 30 M
- 30 M
- 4
Smoked Pork Shoulder
This smoked pork shoulder with its simple and soulful dry rub and foolproof instructions mean no more standing in line ever again for takeout ‘cue. Here’s how to make it at home.
- 1 H, 15 M
- 22 H
- 13
Hershey’s Chocolate Cake Redux
Forever? Completely? Sounds like words used only in conjunction with things that inspire lasting love. Like this cake.
- 20 M
- 55 M
- 277
Memphis Style Ribs
Memphis style ribs simply means rubs that are slathered with a spice rub made of paprika, red chile pepper, and black pepper and left to slooooooowly cook until imbued with the flavor and aroma of the spices. No barbecue sauce necessary.
- 20 M
- 5 H
- 2
Grilled Whole Trout
Forever banish your fears of cooking whole fish with this ideal lesson in how to cook fish so you achieve shatteringly crisp skin and tender fish.
- Quick Glance
- 40 M
- 1 H
- 0
Easy Cream Biscuits
Scandalously simple. Ethereally airy. Magical. That’s but a sampling of what folks are saying about these two-ingredient, Southern-style cream biscuits.
- 15 M
- 30 M
- 26