Category Archives: Swiss

Birchermüesli

Birchermüesli is hearty, nourishing and if prepared the night before a really quick breakfast. It’s readily available in Swiss bakeries and is often eaten on the go for lunch as well. There are many recipes out there, but the ones I am partial to are the overnight ones. Those few hours allow the flavours to …

A trip to Switzerland Part 2

I’m back with the second batch of my Switzerland photos! I still had trouble narrowing them down, so here’s another picture heavy post. On a particularly rainy day up in Flims, we decided to drive down into the valley to a small town called Maienfeld. I lived in Maienfeld for several years as a tween …

Cheesy Leek Tart

One of my favourite things as a child were little leek tarts that you could buy frozen at the grocery store. They were small individual round tarts that my mom made along with cheese tarts and sometimes mushroom tarts. I don’t know where my love for leek comes from – I think the only time …

Maluns and remembering my father

My dad grew up in a small Alpine village, which today is part of a large ski resort. His father was a grocer and he was the first of his siblings to go to university, leave the small village and become a lawyer. My parents met in Miami of all places – no place more …

Three Kings Cake

When we were kids, my sister ALWAYS found the piece of Three Kings Cake that had the little plastic king in it; she got to wear the crown and be the king for the day. I’m not exaggerating when saying it was always; every single year from the day she was born – a good 14 years, …

Gruyère Tart

I thought I’d share my post from Fishly News with you here – it’s really worth trying – it’s delicious and easy to make. I really don’t know what to call this – the literal translation of Käsekuchen would be Cheesecake, but then all of you would think this is dessert. So I’m calling it …