Category: Food & Drink
-
Geneva’s coolest crossroads at Rues Jean-Violette & Prévost Martin
A locale that’s unique in many ways THOSE of us who enjoy shopping in Geneva are well acquainted with the charming and spoiled-for-choice areas of the Rue du Marché, the Old Town, and the lovely enclave of Carouge. Yet there’s another budding hotspot that also offers — if perhaps in less concentrated abundance, but just as…
-
Recipes from your herb garden: Divine Green Goddess Dressing
THIS unctuous, full-of-flavor dressing has to be one of our all-time favourites. It works with almost everything, especially with seasonal white or green asparagus, and it takes full advantage of the abundant herbs that bloom outside our kitchen door (or on the grocery store shelf). My husband adapted this from an old recipe book we picked…
-
Cappuccino gets star treatment at Boréal
OF LIFE’S simple pleasures, surely a beautifully made cappuccino ranks high on the list. But it’s surprising how many coffee shops get it all wrong: bitter coffee, lifeless froth, no heart put either into or onto the precious brew. So I was completely won over after trying a cappuccino at the boréal espresso lab (that’s…
-
Quick, easy, spicy: tomato & cannellini bean soup with harissa & honey
A FEW years ago I subscribed to delicious. magazine as a birthday gift for my husband, who loves to cook (and is very good at it, too). It’s turned out to be one of our best and reasonably priced “investments”. We always find at least two or three recipes that we have to try out…
-
Guillaume Bichet in Coppet: chocolate made with a delicate, contemporary artisanal touch
WHEN in 2011 Guillaume and Elodie Bichet opened their eponymously named Confiserie-Pâtisserie in an enticing shop near the medieval stone fountain on Coppet’s charming Grand-Rue in Canton Vaud, clearly fine-food lovers were in for something special.
Creative Living Geneva 