By Mary Wade Burnside
Times West Virginian
FAIRMONT —
Like many area residents, Joyce Lipinski Evans grew up celebrating her Italian culture in part through the food her mother, Goldie DeFazio Lipinski, would make for her family in Monongah.
But on her father’s side, Evans had access to another culture, one that included pierogies and cabbage and sausage.
“I had the best of both worlds of food,” Evans said. “I had Italian food and my dad did cook a lot. He would fix the baccala, the dried fish, and so did the Italians. He would have to soak it and rinse it and soak it some more and role it in egg and fry it in a skillet.
“His cabbage and kielbasa also was wonderful.”
All four of her grandparents were born abroad and all ended up traveling across the Atlantic Ocean and settling in Monongah.
