by Bob Lipinski | Mar 21, 2025 | Cheese, Wine
By Bob Lipinski “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, President of France, 1962 speech According to popular legend, Emperor Charlemagne first tasted Brie in around 774 at a monastery and fell in love with...
by Bob Lipinski | Jan 10, 2025 | Cooking & Food
By Bob Lipinski “Water does not put out the fire in your mouth because the oily resins in capsaicin are not water soluble.” Your mouth is on fire, your heart is pounding, your forehead is perspiring, your eyes are watering, your nose is running, your throat is dry,...
by Bob Lipinski | Dec 28, 2022 | Spirits, Wine
By Bob Lipinski “The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to.” (P.J. O’Rourke, 1947-2022, Political satirist, journalist, and author)...
by Bob Lipinski | May 21, 2021 | Cooking & Food, Wine
By Bob Lipinski There are few greater aromas in the world than the smell of bacon sizzling in a frying pan. In fact, bacon’s mystical “sizzling sound” is reminiscent of the pattering of rain striking the ground. Bacon in one form or another is made throughout the...
Bob Lipinski, author of 10 books; writes, consults, and conducts training seminars on Wine, Spirits, and Food and is available for speaking engagements.
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