Dining in Switzerland is a real treat. Not only is the food hearty and delicious, but traditional Swiss restaurants with ancient wood beams and Swiss kitsch galore allow you to soak up the quintessentially Swiss Alpine vibe. Swiss cuisine centers around dairy. It’s hard to find a meal without cheese, milk, butter and/or cream. Of […]
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Lactose, Lactose, Lactose
When visiting Switzerland, you have to try really hard to avoid fondue. There are special fondue restaurants and most local eateries we saw offered this multi-thousand-calorie dish. Much as pasta tastes different in Italy, fondue tastes different here. For one, it’s very smooth. Less gloppy, you could say. The restaurant in which we ate used […]
Fondue
In this part of Europe, fondue is not relegated to kitschy Alpine-themed restaurants or 1970’s sitcoms. Instead, it is a very serious winter tradition to be served with fendant, a Swiss white wine. The earliest recorded fondue recipe was from a 1699 Swiss cookbook. However, the recipe was a bit different – it called for […]
