Until April 19, 2009. On at Vaud’s Château de Prangins - which is part of the Swiss National Museum - is an exhibit called A la vôtre! Zum Wohl! Salute! that traces the history of beverages in Switzerland back to the Middle Ages. If you go on a Saturday or Sunday between 2:30 and 4:30 […]
Posts on ‘December 21st, 2008’
Holiday wine and spirits
Baccarat sparkling wines produced by the Cave de Genève have won a passel of gold medals in international competitions like ‘Chardonnay du Monde’ in Burgundy. Brut Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay, and Brut Rosé Prestige, both retail for CHF 13.90 a bottle and are available among other places at Coop. More at www.cavedegeneve.ch
The Bader […]
Seasonal cakes and bakes
Yule logs - classic desserts for both Christmas and New Year’s meals - will be on sale in the bakery shops in many imaginative guises, although the classic bûche de Noël really does resemble a log (i.e. have chocolate icing and sylvan decorations like mushrooms) since the cake takes its references from the old medieval […]
Festive meals
If you’re in a Swiss city over the holidays, and decide you’d like to eat out on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve or January 1, you may be feeling like splurging and want to go to a top-rated gastronomic restaurant. Then you discover that most are closed during the holiday season […]