LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – One of Europe’s most respected chefs, Benoît Violier, died Sunday, age 44, at his home in Crissier, not far from the Hôtel de Ville restaurant. Police say it appears that he shot himself with a firearm in an act of suicide. He and his wife Brigitte have run the restaurant since 2012, […]
Food & dining
Geneva airport’s Altitude: new chef, look, food
Republished from genevalunch.com, my news site. Note: no word as yet on what is happening to the fine wine collection carried by Altitude, including many Swiss wines. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The gastronomic restaurant Altitude at Geneva’s international airport will have a new name, Le Chef, a new interior and a new celebrity chef, Benjamin Luzuy, […]
Geneva airport gets new chef, renames restaurant
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The gastronomic restaurant Altitude at Geneva’s international airport will have a new name, Le Chef, a new interior and a new celebrity chef, Benjamin Luzuy, a “rising star of the gastronomic world”, according to an airport press release. The restaurant’s renovation began Monday; it will re-open at the end of February 2016, […]
Happy 2016 – and Kings’ Day from Spain
Celebrating 6 January in southern Spain, a big holiday here – in Spanish style with a very blue meringue and an apple eau-de-vie, before heading off towards Rioja en route home to Switzerland. Obliged to pass through Bordeaux and Burgundy. May 2016 carry on the way it is starting 🙂
Sour cream, Swiss style
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 […]