Rambling Epicure food blog log – 7 Jan. 2010
GenevaLunch News Vegetarian blog Mostly Eating is one of the most well-balanced vegetarian sites I’ve seen. It is overflowing with creative, tasty combinations of flavors, and contains recipes for...
View ArticleCafé du Simplon and the Orient Express
GenevaLunch News Take the Venice Simplon Orient-Express at the Café du Simplon in Lausanne If you’ve always dreamed of taking the Orient Express but don’t have the time or budget, the Café du Simplon...
View ArticleThe philosophy of fine dining in Crissier
GenevaLunch News Fine dining, Rudolf Steiner style The Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner was the inventor of the spiritual movement anthroposophy, a kind of intuitive ethics which has thrived in...
View ArticleSwiss and international food news 24 February
GenevaLunch News This week’s foodie overview I spend a lot of time reading, researching and tweeting about food and restaurants these days, so I thought I’d jot down my tweets from the last few days....
View ArticleSeasonal winter recipe suggestions
GenevaLunch News Recipes using seasonal ingredients found in Switzerland in February Papet vaudois, a Swiss sausage and leek specialty from canton Vaud. Worry no more mushroom barley soup with crusty...
View ArticleSwiss recipe: pan-fried Sérac cheese & potato salad
GenevaLunch News Swiss Sérac cheese, a fresh cow’s milk cheese made with whey Whey cheese is produced when the curds are separated from the whey to make cheese. Ricotta is also a whey cheese, but...
View ArticleStrawberries: low fat & high fiber sauces & salads
GenevaLunch News Please, Mara des Bois, get thee here! Even though we still don’t have local strawberries in the Lake Geneva region, it’s almost impossible to resist the Spanish and French ones that...
View ArticleRecipe: Easy corn flan
GenevaLunch News Ingredients 500 g / 1 lb. of canned corn, drained 2 eggs 1 T. of fresh chives 2 dl / 1 cup crème fraîche Optional: 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped Small baking dish Another baking dish...
View ArticlePlanet Menu Tuesday: cut your meat consumption, counsels WWF
GenevaLunch News WWF Switzerland was encouraging us all to have a vegetarian lunch today, and while they didn’t catch some of us on time, their reminder that meat should be the exception, not the rule...
View ArticleDietary choices questioned in trial over baby’s death
GenevaLunch News A trial in France over responsibility for the death of an 11-month-old girl in March 2008 has provoked questions about people’s dietary choices. The French parents are being prosecuted...
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