Hi, I'm Andie.
I live near the Swiss Alps, in Bern, and I love not only melting cheese, but all kinds of Swiss cooking.
All in Swiss People
Gotthelf’s moral tale The Black Spider was intended to put the fear of God in its readers and warn against pacts with the devil.
Here is my long, very abridged, translated, re-telling of the story.
Jeremias Gotthelf, son of the Emmental, remains one of Switzerland’s most notable writers and a mainstay of German literature.
A specialist in household management and nutrition, her cookbook 550 Rezepte von Frau Pfarrer Gschwind lays out numerous recipes of her day, plus methodology.
Born penniless in Switzerland, Ritz, with ingenuity and exacting standards, went from humble beginnings to having his very name be a synonym for unabashed luxury.
Grande Dame of Swiss cuisine, her seminal work Aus Schweizer Küchen marries historic recipes with Swiss customs and food traditions.
The Fülscher Kochbuch remains a trusted source for many classic Swiss recipes, as well as a bible of practical kitchen advice.
One of the most famous sanatoriums of the early 20th century belonged to Dr. Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, the creator of Birchermüesli.
