Anne-Sophie Pic, Michelin-star chef, to hold special Emotion dinner Anne-Sophie Pic, the Michelin-starred chef at the Beaurivage Palace in Lausanne, is putting on the spread to welcome in summer on Tuesday, 29 June. This fairytale dinner will be held on the terrace, if the weather permits. It starts with a cocktail party at 18H30 in […]
Archives for May 2010
Open Day in Geneva: how to visit wineries, where to go (update)
Update 29 May Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva is the grandaddy of Swiss wine open days: it was the first to offer this, in 1987, and the event has become hugely popular. Several things contribute to this: almost all the cellars participate, some 80 out of 95, they are geographically fairly close so it is […]
Blind tasting at EHL’s gourmet restaurant
Lausanne’s prestigious hotel management school EHL is holding a blind wine tasting dinner on 2 June 2010 at 19H30 in its gourmet restaurant, Berceau des Sens, which is run by the EHL students. The hotel manager and students have chosen wines to go with each gourmet dish, but all wine tasting is “blind”. The person […]
New at Swiss supermarket: Balkan foods
By Ellen Wallace, GL editor The Swiss supermarket chain Migros has just introduced seven new food products from the Balkans that it will carry regularly, to answer a growing demand, it says. The products, from Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, are: Vegeta, a trendy mix of spices and herbs, from Croatia Podravka beef slices, Croatia Podravka […]
Flower Power plane for San Francisco rolls out in Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The new Swiss Flower Power plane, a startling change from the normally more discreet Swiss fleet planes, was scheduled to roll onto the tarmac in Zurich late Wednesday afternoon. The company will offer six flights a week to the California city starting 2 June. It has been teasing fans with snapshots […]