These are our favorite cafes, coffee shops, and patisseries in the center of town that we pop into as we wander between activities when we visit. (And we visit often!)
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A good winter fondue in the Alpine regions of Switzerland and France is a treat savored with friends and family, especially welcome after several hours in the snow.
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Voilà: My now absolutely all-time favorite, will-eat-the-entire-batch-in-an-afternoon, go-to homemade chocolate chip cookie.
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Attentively warding off any tendencies toward creeping bad eating habits and keeping an eye out for “alone” turning into “lonely” mean, in my thinking, that eating alone has far greater benefits than it does risks.
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Traditional to the Valais region of Switzerland, it’s a meal featuring buckets of fire-roasted chestnuts as a main course.
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Wondering where to eat in Strasbourg, France? Here’s my guide of where and what to eat for all your food needs while in this gorgeous city in Alsace.
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I have a few food favorites in Lausanne—a list to which I continue to add and update as I explore.
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Visiting Annecy? Here are our go-to the restaurants (and treats!) during our stays in this active and beautiful lakefront town in France.
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Here’s what you want to know about The Cheese Train out of Montreux, Switzerland, and how to coordinate your experience.
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When you visit Basel in Switzerland, expect not just to enjoy the culture and activities on the river and in the region, but the dining as well.
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Avignon delivers in terms of food. The bakeries, patisseries, restaurants, chocolatiers, and cafes impressed us over and over again.
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I’ve encountered certain French regional specialty foods that I am only glad I tried so that I can spare you from trying them yourselves.
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Here’s our current list of the bakeries and patisseries we tried and refined the selection to a few of our absolute favorites.
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Bordeaux abounds with creative and unique sweet treats and with gut-warming casual restaurants and heavenly fine dining.
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When we got across the lane to our kitchen, I explained to Arnaud that I don’t really like crabs. However, we couldn’t very well take them back.
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Walking tours galore, food tours galore, museums everywhere, and promises of medieval and Renaissance delights. How could I refuse?
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I wish I’d taken more pictures. In all honesty, my focus stayed on the food.
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When reviving this site, I encountered entries from the series a few times. It interested me to see which items I still own—and which I still would call “loves.”
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