Cleaning vinegar: an ecological, economical multipurpose cleaning product White distilled vinegar is still a standard cleaning product in Switzerland. It can replace many of the more expensive, name-brand cleaning products with all their “new and improved” claims and hefty price tags. It’s not new, and it’s not improved, but it serves hundreds of purposes around […]
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The perfect non-stick frying pan: Swiss Diamond
Perfect non-stick frying pans and cookware with a lifetime guarantee Updated 19 June The perfect frying pan was invented in Switzerland and is even made in Switzerland. The company Swiss Diamond International in Sierre makes it, and it really does contain diamond chips. There are many reasons for investing in Swiss Diamond cookware. It is […]
Savoie Philippe Chevrier: gourmet cruise on restored 1914 steamboat on Lake Geneva
Geneva’s star of stars: Chateauvieux chef Philippe Chevrier Philippe Chevrier of none other than the exclusive Domaine de Chateauvieux in Satigny has fond memories of childhood lake cruises in steamboats. It is therefore with nostalgic pleasure that he took on the task of organizing gourmet cruises on the steamboat Savoie in Geneva, commissioned in 1914 […]
Cave Berthaudin wine tasting at Beau Rivage
The Rambling Epicure covered this Cave Berthaudin’s spring wine tasting and gala dinner at the Beau Rivage in Ellen Wallace’s blog Among the vines.
Cooking classes in English at Ecole-Club Migros
The 2008-2009 program for the Ecole-Club Migros in Geneva and Nyon has just come out, and they are offering two cooking classes in English. Both classes are held in the downtown Geneva building, located at 5 rue du Prince, 1204 Geneva. Both the “Gourmet cooking” and “Swiss gourmet” classes consist of three 2-hour periods. The […]