Visiting Switzerland this past summer, one of our day trips led us through the alps to an open-air museum in the town of Ballenberg. Celebrating the local region, it included a terrific exhibit on the milling of local flour and the baking of local breads.
As usual my sister is filled with a busy schedule, and that includes making läckerli, my brother in-laws favorite go to cookie for office parties; and it's no wonder for the taste of the Baselland delicacy, of a nut and spiced baked cookie lingers if they last long...
Sitting on the Rhine river in Basel Switzerland, Xocolatl is a cafe that specializes in fair-trade coffee and chocolate. Known as "bean-to-bar, it's a lovely place to sit and just inhale the rich aromas as you enjoy coffee, chocolate, and tarts. Here are some photos...
Visiting Basel while in Switzerland to see my sister, we met up with Sabino Spadaccino and his beautiful wife, Suzanne Schmollgruber. Together, we took a train down the alpine spine to Ticino, the Italian speaking Swiss canton. There we had a great afternoon hanging...
Here are some of the breads I baked while visiting my sister in Switzerland.
Visiting my sister in Basel, we went to lunch at an area called "the Markthalle," a space built on the site formerly used for an indoor farmer's market. Under its sunlit dome, lives a hive of food courts, buzzing with shops selling a variety...
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