Cooking With Wine

Cooking With Wine

By Bob Lipinski Anyone who enjoys cooking and creating gourmet dinners or just tinkering around the stove can transform dishes into Epicurean triumphs with wine. Chefs the world over know the value of wine and have been cooking with it daily, transforming the blandest...
Six Easy-To-Drink Wines for Autumn

Six Easy-To-Drink Wines for Autumn

By Bob Lipinski As the days grow short and the air becomes crisp, what better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons than with some easy-to-drink wines. Wine is a great pleasure in life and should be enjoyed alongside a selection of foods. With that in mind,...
A Harvest Wine Dinner

A Harvest Wine Dinner

By Bob Lipinski The changing colors reflect the season of autumn, the activity of harvesting grapes to make wine. Large gondolas are filled to the brim as workers fastidiously cut the sugar-laden grape clusters from the vine. Then they are loaded onto trucks to the...
Pikliz: A Spicy Haitian Condiment!

Pikliz: A Spicy Haitian Condiment!

By Bob Lipinski I recently had the opportunity of tasting a condiment called Pikliz Royal (pee-kleez). Pikliz is a staple condiment in Haitian cuisine and is a mix of pickled cabbage, carrots, and scotch bonnet (habanero) peppers. I tried it on a multitude of foods,...
Cobb Salad

Cobb Salad

By Bob Lipinski A salad comprising chopped lettuce (Romaine, Bibb, iceberg, Boston, etc.) tomatoes, roasted or grilled (not fried) chicken breast, hard-boiled egg, avocado, crumbled blue cheese, crisp bacon, scallions, and a red wine vinaigrette. An interesting...

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