August 1, 2009. All over Switzerland, you can have a generous brunch of muesli, meat, fruit, cheese, bread and various specialties at farms and wineries between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on this day. Go to www.brunch.ch for lists of participating farms. Once you’ve selected where you’d like to go, you will need to reserve […]
Posts on ‘June 14th, 2009’
Fete de la Tomate, Carouge (GE)
July 18, 2009. Between La Praille and M-Parc, this giant market features over 50 varieties of tomato that you can also taste. But that’s far from all. There are over 30 stands, with all the French-speaking cantons and Bernese Jura represented and a very strong Geneva presence featuring terroir products like absinthe, cardoons, goat’s cheese, […]
Afterwork cocktails on Tuesday, Geneva
June 23, July 7, August 25, 2009. Special afterwork drinks evenings with a Daiquiri, Margarita and Caipirinha theme, in that order, are taking place this summer on the terrace of the Swissotel Metropole’s Grand Quai restaurant in Geneva (34 Quai General Guisan - Left Bank). Price per ”cocktail du soir”: CHF 15. From 6:30 to […]
Absinthe Festival, Boveresse (NE)
June 20, 2009. This village in the heart of Neuchatel absinthe country is hosting a market-style fete at which producers of the apéritif re-legalized in Switzerland in 2005 will be selling their wares. According to popular tradition, absinthe originally comes from this part of the world (created by Dr. Pierre Ordinaire in the 18th century […]