A recurring post on expat forums is how to find sour cream, what it’s called in French, how to use it. Holidays mean guests and they often mean you’re making nibbly foods and dips (I’m big on making guacamole, for example). Swissmilk, the dairy industry board’s consumer website, has just published a useful page on […]
Archives for December 2015
Geneva’s Cornavin extension gets funding
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It will be 8 years before construction work begins on an underground extension of Geneva’s Cornavin train station, but the CHF1.6 billion project now has funding. The three levels of government involved and the CFF rail company signed a basic framework convention Monday 7 December that will add two underground tracks, a […]
2016 autoroute sticker, purple, on sale
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The 2016 autoroute sticker went on sale this week, CHF40 for the year, the same price as in the past. = The new sticker can be bought in garages, gas stations, post offices and at customs offices and automobile service offices. The sticker is valid from 1 December 2015 to 31 January […]
Lavaux embraces organic
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lavaux is about to put to rest forever the idea that organic wines are second-best, following a decision by a group of growers-producers Wednesday evening to stop using all synthetic products and to sharply curb the number of vine treatments by helicopters, from 7-8 a year to 4. The vote by producers […]