Now you can discover some of Switzerland's finest recipes and culinary traditions. A Taste of Switzerland includes more than 50 recipes of specialities from all regions of Switzerland. Chapters focus on festivities, breads, cheeses, sausages, game and mushrooms, the significance of chocolate, fruits, wine, and the art of the Swiss hotelier. There is a bibliography, a list of food and wine museums, an index and 119 luscious colour photographs.
Swiss food, folklore, history and traditions are interspersed with many recipes to give you a tempting taste of the richness of the country's diverse gastronomic cultures. Sue Style's writing stimulates more than your taste buds as she describes the delectable flavours that give a unique identity to each region. She takes you to dairies, vineyards, butchers and bakers, as well as to some of Switzerland's finest restaurants and hotels and shares with you her many impressions, anecdotes - and of course recipes. Clear and simple instructions enable you to prepare a whole range of Swiss dishes and specialities.
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For anybody who loves cooking and baking, who is interested in Switzerland's culinary traditions or who wants to discover the multi-faceted Swiss cuisine and try out new recipes.
Editions-Typ
Illustrationen
119
119 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder
119 colour photographs
Maße
Höhe: 23.5 cm
Breite: 23.5 cm
Dicke: 17 mm
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ISBN-13
978-3-9520002-7-4 (9783952000274)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Sue Style, a food, wine and travel writer, was born and brought up in North Yorkshire. She studied Spanish at Madrid University ad later worked for the Latin American edition of The Economist. She has published a number of books on cooking and gastronomy and writes regularly for Financial Times Weekend and sporadically for Waitrose Food Illustrated, Gourmet and Decanter.com.
Introduction;
Feasting and fasting throughout the year;
Daily bread;
Of cows and cheese;
The federal sausage feast;
Wild beasts and wild mushrooms;
Champion chocolate consumption;
Fruits of the earth and heavenly distillations;
A taste of Switzerland's wines;
The art of the Swiss hotelier;
Postscript;
Bibliography;
Food and wine museums in Switzerland;
About the author;
About Bergli Books;
Index