A local mom, who specialises in cooking Mexican dishes and home-baked pastries, is offering knowitall.ch readers the chance to win one of her delicious chocolate cakes!
Having tasted one of Gabriela’s deliciously moist chocolate cakes, Know-it-all passport editor, Lisa Cirieco, was intrigued to try her Mexican homemade tortilla soft tacos with salsa verde sauce, as well as homemade chipotle sauce that looks like chutney, so has no hesitation in recommending her services to our readers!
Asked how she came to be so passionate about cooking, Gabriela told knowitall.ch, "I come from a Mexican family where food is very important. My mum was a very proud cook and taught us how important it was to gather friends and family around delicious food."
She continued, "After retiring from the United Nations, I looked for activities to continue being active in life; I started drawing zentagle-inspired designs and have even presented my work at different venues including the Espace-Santé in Bellevue, Geneva! However, my lifelong passion for cooking was nurtured again when I started to prepare typical Mexican food for my son's business, promoting artisanal Tequila (Tequila Villalpando). Things snowballed from there and, before I knew it, clients were asking me to bake pastries and cakes for them too!"
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A new subscription service has been launched in Geneva to take the hassle out of cooking and allow you to eat more healthily.
Called BeyondFood, the service enables you to receive a weekly delivery of fresh, local ingredients that can be used, with the aid of easy-to-follow recipe cards, to prepare 3 delicious meals for 2 or 4 people.
With vegetarian and non-vegetarian options on offer every week, there is something to suit everyone, especially parents who are looking to provide enticing and healthy meals for their children.
Co-founder Marie-Lou Veillon, told knowitall.ch, “The ingredients we choose are seasonal, fresh, mostly local and organic. We believe our service is special in so far as it makes cooking easier, healthier and more enjoyable, while promoting projects that support the local community and preserve the environment. By building partnerships with cooperatives and associations active in Geneva, BeyondFood has become more than a company and acts mores like part of a network. By cooking with us people are not only getting recipes and ingredients delivered to their home, they are also supporting a different approach to consuming, one that is more local, ethical, sustainable and indirectly helps other associations and cooperatives to prosper.”
Asked how she came to set up up her own food delivery service in the region, Marie-Lou told us, “My partner, Luca, and I co-founded this business. He used to work at the World Economic Forum, which gave him a solid experience dealing with start-ups and new businesses. He wanted to innovate by setting-up a service that would allow us to do business differently, with values, and by creating a network instead of solely running after profits.”
A new discovery center has just opened in Vevey, celebrating 150 years in the history of Nestlé.
A fun and engaging experience for all the family, “nest” is located just 2 minutes from Vevey station, and includes an interactive tour through time, multi-language audio guides with child-friendly versions, and a Mini-Fabrique factory-like environment packed with fun activities for the kids. There is also a new Café Henri offering a delicious range of freshly cooked hot and cold food, and a boutique where you can buy vintage souvenirs from the Nestlé brand.
Imposing entrance
When you first enter the center you can’t fail to be impressed by the grand Piazza, a huge open atrium, which combines old industrial design with a modern contemporary look. At the heart of the hall, there is an artistic life-size tree composed of more than 1200 flowers, all handmade from different products.
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A new discount pass has been launched, that will allow children to dine free at some of the best gastronomic restaurants in Switzerland!
Called Chic Kids, the card will allow children up to the age of 12 to receive one free meal at each of the participating restaurants, when they dine with their family.
With an annual pass costing just Fr.89.-, it will take about 6 meals for you to recover the money spent on the pass, which means all remaining meals are absolutely free. With 24 restaurants currently participating in the scheme, and more being added each week, this means your children are guaranteed a healthy, gastronomic meal approximately once every 2 weeks for the period of validity of the card!
When asked what inspired her to create the new pass, co-founder Isabelle Grobéty told knowitall.ch, “As a chef and son of a restaurant owner, my husband has spent the last 20 years educating me in the art of fine dining and introducing me to the some of the best gastronomic experiences on this planet! When our daughter was born a few years ago, we were initially concerned that we might no longer be able to dine at some of the top quality restaurants that we were used to visiting, given their reputation for being a bit stuffy and unwelcoming to young children.”
She continued, “However, we have been pleasantly surprised. With some careful research we have been able to identify a number of restaurants, which not only allow young children to dine there, but are keen to educate them in the art of appreciating good food, and recognising different flavors that work well together.”
Print off this 10% voucher for American Dream Diner valid from 14 June through 31 August, 2016. Cannot be cumulated.
Print off this 10% voucher for the American Market valid from 14 June through 31 August, 2016. Cannot be cumulated.
The American Market is offering our readers 10% off all goods purchased from its food stores in Geneva and Nyon during the period of Euro 2016 football tournament, and through end-August! This means that supporters can stock up on their favorite drinks and snacks during the tournament and enjoy them while watching football/soccer matches at home with family and friends.
As a specialist supplier of both British and American food, the American Market caters for most tastes. So whether you fancy a bottle of Anchor Liberty Ale or Irn-Bru, or some Reese’s peanut butter cups or nacho cheese sauces, you are sure to find the full range of sport-ready, tv-watching junk foods to accompany you as you support your favorite teams throughout the tournament! You can visit their website to see the full range of products on offer, so why not make a list of the items you fancy before setting off?
