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Planet Menu Tuesday: cut your meat consumption, counsels WWF

14/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

WWF Switzerland was encouraging us all to have a vegetarian lunch today, and while they didn’t catch some of us on time, their reminder that meat should be the exception, not the rule for meals, will come with me to the supermarket as I buy tonight’s dinner supplies. If you eat meat in moderation six […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: environmental footprint, fruits, Green, meat consumption, planet, vegetables, vegetarian, WWF

The philosophy of fine dining in Crissier

01/02/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Fine dining, Rudolf Steiner style The Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner was the inventor of the spiritual movement anthroposophy, a kind of intuitive ethics which has thrived in Switzerland, chiefly through the Waldorf schools and through foundations and communities inspired by his teachings. This seventeenth-century castle, Le Castel, was bought by the Lausanne branch of the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: biodynamic, Dining, gourmet dining, holidays, Lake Geneva, Le Castel, No-smoking restaurants, organic, Restaurant guide, restaurants, Restaurants with terraces, Romantic dining, Rudolf Steiner, Special occasions, suisse, Swiss, Switzerland, terrace, Valentine's dinner, vegetarian

Café du Simplon and the Orient Express

22/01/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Take the Venice Simplon Orient-Express at the Café du Simplon in Lausanne If you’ve always dreamed of taking the Orient Express but don’t have the time or budget, the Café du Simplon in Lausanne might be the next best thing. The name of the café comes from the street where it is found, the rue […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Boucherie Simon, cafe, Cafés and bars with Wifi, Lake Geneva, Lausanne, Restaurant guide, suisse, Swiss, Switzerland, vegetarian, Venice Simplon Orient-Express, wifi

Thanksgiving recipe: Indian pudding

21/11/2009 by Ellen Wallace

When it comes to traditional American recipes, Fanny Farmer is still about as reliable a source as you can find. Since corn was the main grain in North America before the Europeans arrived, I think every Thanksgiving meal should include some kind of corn dish, just for symbolic purposes. We can be almost certain that […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: American Market, corn meal, desserts, Desserts and puddings, Europe, Fanny Farmer, Geneva, geneve, holiday, Indian pudding, Lake Geneva, molasses, recipe, Recipes, suisse, Swiss, Switzerland, Thanksgiving, vegetarian, Where to buy it

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