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Swiss Alpine garden fresh pumpkin pie

25/11/2010 by Ellen Wallace

We harvest 20-40 pumpkins from our Alpine garden every October, dry them for a month on the warm stones of the veranda to harden them off, then store them in a cool dark area for winter eating. We grow them at 1,100 metres altitude, on dirt mixed with a good dose of the neighboring farmer’s […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alps, cooking, fresh, garden, ingredients, pie, pumpkin, Swiss, Switzerland, Thanksgiving

Plum pie: that annual Geneva favourite (French lesson included!)

09/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – (Video link included) Some dishes are simply delicious; others we love because of the memories they evoke. It’s not always easy to fall in love with the specialties in a country where you didn’t grow up. I’ve always loved American apple pie and I have a certain amount of fame in […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: American appllie pie, cooking lessons in French, farmers, fruit sellers, Geneva, holiday, ingredients, Jeune genevois, Pique-Assiette, plum pie, Seasonal, Switzerland, TSR

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