Spicy Hot Sausage with Red Cabbage and Fennel

Spicy Hot Sausage with Red Cabbage and Fennel

Sep 9, 2026 | Cooking & Food

By Bob Lipinski I had this dish in Trento, Italy many years ago, and although I don’t have the exact recipe, this is a close version. Ingredients: 6 links spicy hot Italian sausage ¼ cup olive oil 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped 4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped 1...
Thanksgiving Dinner Tips & What To Drink

Thanksgiving Dinner Tips & What To Drink

Nov 19, 2021 | Cooking & Food, Wine

By Bob Lipinski Thanksgiving signifies family, food, drink, fun, history, and tradition, all wrapped up into one midweek day. The Pilgrims held the first Thanksgiving Day in the autumn of 1621 to celebrate their first successful harvest season. Wild grapes were...
Arneis, Cortese, Erbaluce—Piedmont’s Indigenous White Grapes

Arneis, Cortese, Erbaluce—Piedmont’s Indigenous White Grapes

Aug 23, 2021 | Wine

By Bob Lipinski Piedmont is one of 20 grape-growing regions in the northwest of Italy, bordered by France to the west and Switzerland to the north. The Ligurian Apennines and the Alps surround Piedmont to the south, west, and north. The word Piedmont is a contraction...
Farfalle with Uncooked Tomato Sauce

Farfalle with Uncooked Tomato Sauce

Sep 17, 2020 | Cooking & Food, Wine

By Bob Lipinski Absolutely one of my favorite summertime cold pasta dishes! Ingredients 1 pound farfalle, cooked al dente 1 teaspoon olive oil 8 cloves garlic, chopped fine 2-1/2 pounds Roma tomatoes, quartered lengthwise into wedges (smaller if necessary), then cut...

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