Take a look at this lovely slide show!
The culinary experiences of our Culinary Chemist Jenn Oliver as she travels around Switzerland: a photo exhibit slide show.
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Switzerland: Tasting Week (La Semaine du Goût) Program
by Jonell Galloway
Click to see the Tasting Week program for the entire country. Tasting week runs from 13 to 23 September 2012.
This year many of the events are sponsored by Savoring a week of ‘slow food’ across the country.
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Switzerland: Historical Cheese Events around the Country
Keep up with all the real (vs. industrial) cheese events all over Switzerland. Click here for listings and updates.
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MarketDay: Swiss Farmers Market, Late August
Take a walk through the late August farmers market in Switzerland with Jonell Galloway.
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Switzerland: Restaurants in Geneva open on Sunday night
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Switzerland: Restaurants in Geneva open on Sunday night
Lai Thai
Lai Thai is in an elegant setting. The owner went to Swiss hotel school, so you are always greeted like a king or queen and the service is impeccable. A wide range of Northern Thai dishes you don’t ordinarily find in hole-in-the-wall type Thai restaurants, such as the special Thai rice and fish fritters with a delicious dipping sauce, as well as great massamans. Set menus go for CHF 55, 65 and 78 and the servings are generous. Located in what was formerly a Geneva institution, the Café Gothard.
Rue du Gothard 11
1225 Chêne-Bourg
Tel. +41 (0)22 348 48 17
Les 3s
Traditional Italian cuisine in a chic contemporary decor, located in Plainpalais near the Musée Patek Philippe. The bar serves tapas with the cocktails and is a hangout for young people.
Avenue du Mail 15bis
1205 GenevaTel. +41 (0)22 328 07 01Site.
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Switzerland: Fresh Fruit Séré/Quark Cheese Mousse
by Jonell Galloway
In Switzerland, séré, as it is called in the French-speaking part of the country, or quark, as it is called in the German-speaking part, is a fresh cheese similar to curd cheese or cottage cheese and to ricotta, but the process of making it differs somewhat. Milk is first soured, then warmed until the desired degree of denaturation of milk proteins is met. It is then strained, so that it is smooth in consistency.
It is good eaten simply, with fresh fruit and a touch of sugar, but it can also be used for cooking.
When summer fruit is so abundant, this fresh fruit mousse makes for a different way of eating it.
You can buy either the full-fat version or a low-fat one. The full-fat version will be marked séré de crème in supermarkets; the full-fat version will be marked séré maigre or quark “maigre,” meaning low-fat. For this recipe, it’s best to buy it homemade from the cheesemonger or the full-fat version.
If séré is not available in your area, follow this easy recipe to make it yourself.
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Switzerland: Cucumber and Tarragon Salad Recipe
Switzerland: Cucumber and Tarragon Salad Recipe
Spontaneous Cuisine: A Swiss Recipe
When the days are hot and sultry, few things can be as refreshing as a cold cucumber salad, especially this classic cucumber and tarragon salad. In Switzerland, we make it with sour cream and tarragon, while in France they cook the cucumbers slightly and then add crème fraîche and chives.
This salad goes perfectly with a grilled chicken breast or any white fish. It also goes perfectly with smoked or natural salmon, in which case you might want to replace the tarragon with fresh dill or dill seeds.
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Switzerland: Looking for a Farmers Market in Geneva?
Click here for Geneva Tourism’s list. Take a look at this photo documentary of what’s on offer at Swiss farmers markets.
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Switzerland: Summer in Geneva
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by Jonell Galloway
OUR LATEST DISCOVERY
Hotel Intercontinental Geneva Pool and Poolside Restaurant
Every weekend the Hotel Intercontinental Geneva opens its large outdoor swimming pool to the public. The poolside restaurant serves light, healthy, inventive dishes, such as vegetable tempura (shown below) and mezzes, as well as healthy drinks such as the Detox Smoothie (shown below). They use local and Swiss ingredients as much as possible, buying them directly from farmers and producers and working in close conjunction with OPAGE, the Geneva cantonal promoters for agriculture, so the vegetables and fruit are of a surprising freshness.
The price is 50 CHF for the entire day during the week, and 90 CHF on weekends. It is best to reserve ahead, since on nice sunny days people head for the lake or pools, and Geneva is lacking in large outdoor pools. The spa is right next door and poolsiders, and it is also available pool guests.
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