Swiss Apple Cake
With a light, fluffy, buttery, lemon scented sponge base, a generous helping of tender, sweet apples and a crunchy, sugary topping, this Swiss Apple Cake is traditional comfort food at its best. It is full of flavour…
Grand Hôtel & Kurhaus, Arolla, Valais
A very quick trip to this stunning place with the beautiful Miss Emma for a quick Arolla Spritz (basically an Aperol Spritz, but made with génépi), a scrumptious slice of apple tart, a cup of black coffee,…
Hotel Restaurant La Cambuse, Les Collons 1900
This welcoming, busy, family run alpine restaurant serves a range of traditional and fusion dishes, with some irresistible desserts, including wonderful fruit tarts.
Chalet La Maya, Les Collons, Switzerland
Chalet la Maya is our favourite restaurant, hands down, in Les Collons near our chalet in Switzerland. We have been eating here for nearly 15 years and have seen the restaurant undergo a renovation both with their…
- Breakfast and Brunch, Family and Pets, Main Courses, Potato Dishes, Recipes, Savoury Breakfast and Brunch, Vegetarian Starters and Lunch
Swiss Rösti
Coming to the Alps and not eating Rösti would be like having strawberries at Wimbledon without cream, drinking gin without tonic or tea without some milk. (No arguments here please – I’m British and we drink our…
- Breakfast and Brunch, Cheese, Main Courses, Meat, Meat and Poultry, Potato Dishes, Recipes, Rice, Pasta, Grains and Sides, Savoury Breakfast and Brunch, Starters and Lunch
Raclette Served with Baked Potatoes, Bundnerfleish, Gherkins, Pickled Onions, Apple and Tomatoes
Raclette, a delicious alpine cheese heated, melted and scraped onto cooked potatoes, is synonymous with the Alps and specifically the Valais area of Switzerland, which is where we come to. You can get it everywhere: in the…
Alpine Cooking By Meredith Erickson
A celebration of the Alps – a cookery book, a travel guide and a history lesson to nourish your appetite and your mind and feed your inner wanderlust. Just before Christmas David Lebovitz wrote an article about…
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