My husband and I have a hobby: we like to stay at historic hotels. Not only do we try to stay at hotels which belong to the Swiss Historic Hotel society, we also specifically pick hotels which have a history and have been around for a while. Not only in Switzerland, but in any country […]
Strawberry Shortcake
Waiting for strawberries is so hard. They are the first fruit after the winter citrus and every year it seems like it takes forever until the first ones ripen in the garden. Once the end of May/beginning of June rolls around, I start looking for the little red berries. I refuse to buy any that […]
Roasted Asparagus with Mozzarella
The asparagus season is slowly coming to a close, and I’d like to share one of my favorite dishes I made this year. I like asparagus so much, that we’ve even planted some in our garden. It will take three years before we’ll be able to have a full harvest, but you’ve got to start […]
Cheesecake with Rhubarb Compote
Every year once the tulips start blooming, we sit and watch our rhubarb plants grow. It seems like they grow overnight because before we know it, they are huge. Once the lilacs start blooming, we know it won’t be long until we can harvest the first stalks. Now that I’ve finally come to enjoy rhubarb […]
Carona and San Salvatore
With May 1 being a holiday, we had long planned a weekend to southern Switzerland in hope of finding some sun. Just like last year, when we spent the long weekend in Ascona. We were actually very lucky with the weather. While it was rainy and foggy in Ticino on Friday, we had the most […]
Plate to Plate: Chocolate Babka
The fourth Plate to Plate challenge features another Yotam Ottolenghi recipe, this time from his “Jerusalem” cookbook. When Jillian suggested a chocolate babka, I was all in. I love a good yeasted sweet bread, one of my favorites being a “nut braid”. My mother has already made this chocolate babka many times and every time […]