It was only recently that I found sunchokes at a farmers' market here in Geneva - fortunately, I was able to recall the French word ...

When I left Denmark in 2002, things were just starting to change . After that the changes accelerated, and for me the effect was amplified b...

I've gone on about Danish gravy traditions here before, and one of the dishes I'm used to having white gravy with is lamb. Then, re...

Although I'm a great fan of what I have tried from the Middle Eastern kitchen, I must say I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject...

When I grew up the beer market in Denmark was pretty homogeneous. First of all the market was almost completely dominated by breweries Carls...

When it was recently Mrs. Throat-Erator's birthday I made an omelette with fresh golden chanterelles I had picked up at the farmers'...

Appenzell in the north-eastern part of Switzerland, has a reputation for being a backwards, kind of rural place - most infamously how women ...

We recently had some delicious fish cakes at an Asian restaurant, so I was interested in trying my hand at the art - in the end these were q...

When we were on vacation in Ticino this past summer we had the chance to try some local beer. Birra San Martino located in Mendrisio (we bou...

After being recently schooled on the subject of Gumbo, I decided to revisit the subject - sans the maligned Lima beans. However, I chose t...

As the title promises .. more Swiss beer. Or maybe not? Studying the fine print, one notices that both of these beers are made by Heineken S...

Some years ago Mrs. Throat-Erator wanted to give me a special experience and took me out to dinner in Copenhagen at a nice place . It was qu...

Curiously I found a bunch of South American beers in my local store Asian Spices here in Geneva. Not only curious because it goes to show th...

This week rabbit was on sale at the supermarket so we decided to have our hand at cooking it. Having no experience with this particular meat...

Røget Rullepølse ("smoked rolled sausage") is a Danish speciality I sometimes ask people to bring me when I have visitors from th...

Pizza with tomato sauce, red onion, canned anchovies, capers and mozzarella - no extra salt needed. The irony (considering how close to Ita...

As it turns out, the supermarket chain Coop sells a few beers that you won't find anywhere else, so I thought I'd give them a post h...

Not too long ago I made my first home-made flour tortillas, but of course I also had to try to make corn tortillas. Fortunately I found a st...

OK .. now it's get a little complicated. If I've understood it correctly, both Anker and Cardinal are produced by Cardinal Brewery i...

Near to my new home I've found a lovely little store called Asian Spices - all kinds of exotic goods from all over Asia are crammed into...