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December 11, 2008. French champagne makers Deutz will be hosting a tasting at Le Flacon, a wine, spirits and fine foods store in the Old Town of Carouge, from 5 to 8 p.m. Le Flacon, 45 rue Vautier, 1227 Carouge, 022 342 15 20.

As a new bride living in Zurich, I was introduced by my Swiss husband to Coop Christmas cookies: Mailaenderli (milanais), Brunsli (bruns de Bâle), and Zimtsterne (étoiles à la cannelle), which I loved from day one.
Milanese cookies are basically just a flour, egg, butter and sugar dough cut into shapes like hearts.
Brunsli have chocolate, nuts, […]

December 6, 2008. This is St. Nicholas day and - mainly in the Swiss-German part of the country - a kind of sweet white bread shaped like an old man who has raisin eyes (and, on some breads, carries twigs) will be on sale in bakery shops.  Read more about this little figure known as […]

December 6, 2008. Special Ploughman’s lunch, Stilton, port and mince pies, plus a cheese market at the Pie Shop, just off Schaffhauserplatz in the city of Zurich, this Saturday. Regular Saturday opening hours are from 11 a.m.  to 4 p.m. Ploughman’s lunch and market this Saturday will be from 1 to 9 p.m.  www.pieshop.ch

December 6, 2008. Whisky taste with The Whisky Experience at the Cheese Club’s Fine Food Emporium in Thalwil, from 3 p.m. Lucerne-based Mark Chesterfield will be offering some free tastings of his range of Single Malts. The shop closes at 6 p.m.  More at www.thewhiskyexperience.com  and www.cheeseclub.ch

December 4, 2008. Le Flacon, a store selling wine, spirits and fine foods in the Old Town of Carouge, is hosting a wine tasting with Jean-Pierre Pellegrin of Domaine Grand’Cour in Peissy, one of Geneva’s most renowned wineries, from 5 to 8 p.m.  Le Flacon, 45 rue Vautier, 1227 Carouge, 022 342 15 20.

November 29, 2008. Twelve wineries, all of them members of the Geneva chapter of the Swiss Winemakers’ Association, are holding a ‘Vin Nouveau Day’ on the last Saturday in November from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entry is free. The wineries are:
Right Bank:
Domaine des Trois-Etoiles, Peissy (Satigny) www.trois-etoiles.ch
Domaine Dugerdil, Dardagny www.domaine-dugerdil.ch
Domaine Les Hutins, […]

November 24, 2008. Farmers bring over 50 tons of onions (including artistically braided bunches, wreathes, and more) to the Zibelemaerit, which takes place on a square within sight of the Swiss federal parliament building. www.berninfo.com

Until January 4, 2009. Exhibition open daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.matterhornterminal.ch

November 15-16, 2008. Down home Alp cheese street market in Nidwalden, one of the oldest Swiss cantons. www.alpchaes.ch