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Chocolate Roundup #10: France, Bolivia, Australia

Kerrin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:12:19 +0000

Switzerland’s first Salon du Chocolat is in just two months, in Zürich on March 30th, 2012. You may think I can’t possibly have chocolate on my mind any more than I already do, but… everything is possible. Helping to organize this delicious event, meeting with chocolatiers and pastry chefs, and talking about chocolate around the [...]

Horse Racing on the Frozen Lake of St. Moritz

Kerrin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:32:51 +0000

The visual of handsome dark horses, racing at impressive speeds on an all-white backdrop is simply stunning. More over, the white isn’t just the snow-covered Engadine mountains in the distance, yet the frozen lake of St. Moritz that they are racing on. White Turf, a unique and truly extraordinary sporting event in Switzerland, is a [...]

Meert’s Famous Gaufres in Lille & Paris

Kerrin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:41:34 +0000

I love vintage food packaging (especially sweet, of course), kitchenware, tins, signs, molds… One of my many collections is, surprise surprise, old kugelhopf molds. I find myself still thinking about one in particular that I saw in Paris last year. While many people may walk in to the new Meert shop and head straight [...]

Happy, Sweet Holidays to All

Kerrin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:02:31 +0000

Wishing everyone happiness, good health, fruitful projects, exciting adventures… and most of all, sweetness in every way ! I hope it was a festive, delicious and joyous Christmas… …and a very happy, oily and fun Chanukah as well ! And now looking ahead to 2012… may there be more laughter, travel near and far, new [...]

Sweet Galettes in Medieval Pérouges

Kerrin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:42:02 +0000

I love medieval villages. (Murten/Morat, Gruyères, Stein am Rhein and Chur to name a few.) The more crooked the structures, the more mismatched the bricks and stones and wooden beams, the more I’m fascinated. Whether in Switzerland, France, Italy or Portugal, I roam up and down the roughly cobbled streets of these labyrinthine villages, ooh-ing [...]

Geneva’s History in a Chocolate Cauldron

Kerrin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:00:45 +0000

On my recent ‘Sweet Geneva’ tours, there was certainly a recurring theme. The window displays of every chocolate shop in town were taken over by soup cauldrons made of chocolate ! Filled with marzipan vegetables and emblazoned with Geneva’s red and yellow coat of arms, you simply couldn’t miss it. Pots made out of chocolate… [...]

The Salon du Chocolat is Coming to Switzerland !

Kerrin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:19:59 +0000

It’s all just too exciting, so I’ll simply come out and say it: the Salon du Chocolat, the world’s largest event dedicated to chocolate, will be taking place in Switzerland for the first time ! Better yet, it will be here in Zürich (at Messe Zürich) from March 30 to April 1, 2012. Mark your [...]

Slow Food Market, Hurry Back to Zürich !

Kerrin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:46:31 +0000

Recognizable by its signature snail logo, the Slow Food organization is all about understanding more about the food we eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices impact the rest of the world. Pretty much, everything that is lost with fast food ! While Slow Food Switzerland has been around [...]

Kugel-News: Sweet Tours in Geneva !

Kerrin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:20:56 +0000

Sweet Zürich tours go west ! I am taking my sweet tooth to Geneva, to reveal addresses of the city’s most passionate artisans, who will share their craft with us, whether that’s baking and decorating seasonal cakes, or perfecting a ganache and adding some rather nontraditional ingredients to it. We’ll discover Carouge, the neighborhood south [...]

The Annual Must: Salon du Chocolat in Paris

Kerrin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:42:23 +0000

When October rolls around, you may be thinking Halloween and candy corn, pumpkins, falling leaves or a colorful Indian summer. Me ? I’m thinking chocolate. Nothing out of the ordinary, but this time, chocolate in Paris. It was my annual pilgrimage to the Salon du Chocolat, a chocolate fair like no other, in its 17th [...]