A wine class teacher told me you should sniff fruit in stores as often as possible to really register those smells, so if you see people bending over the fruit and breathing (in) heavily, they might be wine lovers. I do the same with flowers. Last Sunday before going from the Château Mercier in Sierre, […]
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Spring comes, fighting cows need no coaxing
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saturday 11 May was the first day out in the pastures, as a herd, for cows at a farm above Sierre, canton Valais in Switzerland. The Val d’Herens cows are famously called fighting cows because the pregnant cows, with hormones ready to take on the world, battle each other to find the […]
Easter Saturday: Irish stewed kid with Guinness and prunes
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tomorrow is the classic roast, gigot d’agneau, for Easter dinner at our house. I’ve been longing, however, for the Easter meal I had when I lived on the west coast of Ireland, young goat (kid) stewed gently in Guinness, with prunes, onion and garlic. A packet of kid, labelled “1/2 cabri”, nearly […]
Old eggs, snakes in booze: extreme food tasting comes to Morges
Everyone was interested in the aphrodisiacs.
FEATURE – Swiss cows come out fighting
Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Wednesday night in villages near the resort of Crans-Montana farmers and friends cheered, wine glasses in hand, as Spring was officially declared in the Swiss Alps by those who know the mountainside best. [Ed.note: click on images to view larger.] The fighting cows were let out of their barns, with the […]