By Shawn Lawrence Otto Reprinted with permission from MinnPost, a Minnesota USA online community newspaper. Second in a five-part science/travel series. Geneva, Switzerland — In Italy they like to eat late. Most people don’t even head out to the restaurants until about 9. And in Torino there are many of them, mostly spilling out onto […]
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Migros opts for more organic bread grains
Swiss food news Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Switzerland’s largest supermarket chain, Migros, will increase by one-third its purchases of Swiss Integrated Production grains for bread at the 2011 harvest, significantly increasing its use of near-organic grains. Integrated Production (IP, or PI in French) is a label that covers a set of very high standards followed […]
White star marks the spot where Sherlock left us
By Bob Evans Meiringen, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – High on a bleak crag above this small crossroads town in central Switzerland, a large white X marks a world-famous spot which draws tourists and their cameras from around the globe. Travellers leap from the cable car as it slides to a halt after an 8-minute climb from […]
Eat-me-now apricots brighten Valais roadsides
By Ellen Wallace Saillon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – There are dozens of good reasons to go to canton Valais right now, starting with temperatures that fall one degree for every 200 metres or so of altitude in the Alps. But the best reason for the next week to 10 days is apricots, fully ripe now, with […]
It’s heat wave season – think mint!
Three great ways to cool down with fresh mint By Gillian Rogers Known in Greek mythology as the herb of hospitality, nothing cools and refreshes quite like fresh mint. Mojitos, lemonade, and granitas anyone? Fresh mint granita 2 cups of water 1 cup chopped mint leaves (spearmint works well) 1/2 cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon […]