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Cuvée Romaine — full of vivacity and persistence!

It was my mother-in-law’s birthday last week. I know she wouldn’t want me to tell you which one, so I’ll just let you guess. I will, however, introduce you to her special wine. In 1999, my father-in-law created a special this wine for her: Cuvée Romaine. It is named for my mother-in-law. Cuvée (blend) and …

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Category: Ma vie en Suisse, Swiss wine, SwitzerlandTag: Featured

Jamie Oliver’s fish pie: A British classic–pimped with nutrition

This video showed up in my Facebook feed last week. I shared it to remind myself to make it. And make it I did. Last night.  I was seduced when he said: “I make it for my family all the time.”   Everybody ate up! Including Mpants who always says: “I don’t like XXX.” Mpants finished …

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One-pot spaghetti puttanesca

Easy, one-pot, midweek dinner for the whole family. Double it, and invite your neighbours. Recommended with Caprice du Temps Pinot Blanc. I invited my neighbour over for dinner on Wednesday. Both of our husbands were somewhere else for dinner. Better for us. The kids can play together. We (I) get some adult conversation. She arrives …

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Le verre d'amité

Le verre de l’amitié

Date:     1960 – 1969. Lieu:    St-Luc, Anniviers. Source:  http://www.notrehistoire.ch There are so many things to like about this picture. The first thing which drew me to it was the title: “Le verre de l’amitié”. Which translates to English as: “A glass of friendship“. A glass of friendship! Isn’t that exactly what you should …

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Category: Swiss wine, SwitzerlandTag: Featured

Spinach Feta Gallette

Ingredients: In the original recipe, there are ingredients for the pastry, but I just bought the pre-made filo pastry stuff. Dough: buy it pre-made. So much easier. Filling:  2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil 3 small sweet (white) onions, diced 1 large bag (in Switzerland, you can get a large bag) of spinach. In America, you …

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