February 6 to March 1, 2009. Are you dying for some borscht? Soljanka (spicy meat soup)? Missing a good old Stolichny salad (meat and potatoes with vegetables, eggs and mayonnaise)? Pine no more; Zurich’s Hotel Storchen is featuring three whole weeks of Russian cooking. Log onto www.storchen.ch for details and the number to call to […]
Posts on ‘January 21st, 2009’
St. Moritz Gourmet Festival
February 2-6, 2009. Supported by eight uppest-market hotels in the Graubünden resort, this 16th annual Gourmet Festival features star guest cooks, lavish meals and abundant tastings - e.g. of chocolate, champagne, brandy and molecular cocktails. For those wishing to participate there are special deals called “gourmet arrangements” at the hotels, which include Badrutt’s, Suvretta House, […]
If you are in Davos
January 28 to February 1, 2009. If you plan to attend the World Economic Forum or its Open Forum - open to the general public, organized parallel to the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, more at www.weforum.org - take advantage of being in canton Graubünden to sample local specialties, among the most distinctive in Switzerland: […]
Chinese New Year in Geneva
January 25, 2009. Everyone regardless of creed is invited to ring in the Year of the Ox, which begins on January 26, at Geneva’s Buddhist temple. Run by Chinese Buddhist nuns, the temple known as the Geneva Conference Center of Buddhism will be serving a free vegetarian meal at 6:30 p.m. Various services follow between […]