Gourmand Amy Eber is on the Swiss food trail—every Thursday at 5:40 pm (Repeats Fridays at 1:40 pm) Food Scout podcast feed Gourmand Amy Eber is on the Swiss food trail—every Thursday at 5:40 pm (Repeats Fridays at 1:40 pm) Food Scout podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:45:13 UT Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:59:50 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no This is proving to be a good year for chocolate lovers as two popular chocolate shows, including the world’s largest event dedicated to this delight, the Paris-based Salon du Chocolat, will occur in Switzerland this year, and both are open to the public. To mark the occasion, food scout Amy Eber gives listeners an explanation of how fine chocolate is harvested and produced: more WRS coverage on chocolate Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-from-bean-to-bar-how-fine-chocolate-is-.shtml?28872 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18872 chocolate Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://zurich.salon-du-chocolat.com/ http://www.salondeschocolatiers.com/index-en.html http://ballenberg.ch/en/Partner/Home-made/Chocolaterie_du_Ballenberg Food scout Amy Eber visits the cheese making Aegerter family in Schangnau, Emmental. They produce such varieties as Schangnauer mountain cheese, nut cheese, and Edelweiss cheese. However what interests her the most are three varieties of mozzarella made using locally-sourced water buffalo milk, sheep milk and cow milk. Eber describes how Herr Aegerter has perfected the tricky mozzarella making process, and why each variety requires a very skilled hand to produce: more WRS coverage on cheese Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-a-tasty-water-buffalo-mozarella-from-em.shtml?28753 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18753 cheese Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-bringing-the-water-buffalo-to-switzerla.shtml?28643 http://www.hohgant-kaeserei.ch http://www.regionalprodukte.ch/aktuell.html Amy Eber travels up the mountain in Emmental to visit water buffalo farmer Hans Bieri and his family to ask how and why he brought these beautiful, passive animals to Switzerland. Water buffalo are native to Asia, though they are sometimes confused with the American buffalo which is actually a bison:  Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-bringing-the-water-buffalo-to-switzerla.shtml?28643 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18643 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.regionalprodukte.ch/aktuell.html Since moving to Switzerland, Amy Eber has yearned for her native New York-style bagels. Now she’s found a Swiss man with equal passion. After years of research, Martin Ackerman teamed up with Rado Petrov to make their dream come true, and our own bagel snob says it’s the closest thing you can get outside New York: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:28:58 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/swiss-bagelboys-match-manhattan.shtml?28534 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18534 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.mybagel.ch/?Bagel_%28eng%29 http://www.mybagel.ch/?Bagel_%28eng%29:Video_from_NYC http://www.cheeseclub.ch/en/welcome.html http://www.im-viadukt.ch/ Amy Eber has been hard at work testing variations on the Ticinese bread cake called torta di pane—a tasty treat that’s very different from American or British-style bread pudding: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-torta-di-pane-ticinos-take-on-bread-pud.shtml?28395 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18395 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://luganotourism.blogspot.com/2006/12/torta-di-pane-cake-of-bread.html Amy Eber explores the origins of Basel-Style Salmon only to discover the once-plentiful salmon swimming in the Rhine have all but disappeared. She explains how this happened and why there is hope for the future return of abundance, but in the meantime you’ll have to make yours with non-Swiss salmon—don’t worry, it still tastes great: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:33:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-basel-style-salmon.shtml?28295 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18295 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/bettybossi/recipes/41821_en.pdf Food scout Amy Eber has a tough assignment tasting different kinds of hot spicy wines, or mulled wine, across the country. She looks into the medieval origins and the modern day varieties of this warming beverage, available at Christmas markets everywhere. Plus, she gives tips on how to perfect your own recipe: more WRS coverage on wine Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-the-medieval-origins-of-mulled-wine.shtml?28222 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18222 wine Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.chandrakurt.com/ Amy Eber investigates what might have been in the famous Geneva pot of soup that was thrown out the window at an enemy troop scaling the city wall that awoke the city fold and lead to the defeat of the invaders in 1602: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-escalade-soup.shtml?28112 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18112 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-marmite-the-swiss-way-hint-its-chocolat.shtml?28001 Amy Eber explains why chocolate cauldrons filled with marzipan vegetables and fruit jelly candies have been showing up everywhere in Geneva during the build-up to the city’s Fête de l’Escalade: more WRS coverage on chocolate Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:33:34 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-marmite-the-swiss-way-hint-its-chocolat.shtml?28001 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18001 chocolate Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.1602.ch/ http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/weekender/the-weekender-its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-y.shtml?28013 Food scout Amy Eber gets up early in the morning to attend the annual Bern Onion Market. This year farmers brought in over 50 tons of onions. Woven and decorated plaits of onions were for sale as were comical onion figurines, baby onions in basinets, onion necklaces and countless other whimsical items celebrating the onion. Amy buys onions, pumpkin, garlic, bacon and cheese at the market and concocted a topping that can be used for pizza, focaccia, puff pastry or pasta: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-a-tasty-topping-inspired-by-the-bern-on.shtml?27893 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17893 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/video/celebrating-onions-in-bern.shtml?12069 In the weeks leading up to St Nicholas Day on December 6, bakeries in the German-speaking regions of Switzerland sell a slightly sweet bread in the shape of a man—the beloved Grittibänz. Amy Eber looks at the origin of the name and shares her recipe to make your own: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:27:15 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-baking-a-st-nicholas-day-bread-man.shtml?27720 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17720 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap Guides/Events Calendar http://www.klausjagen.ch/index.en.html Food Scout Amy Eber visits the Meyer family bakery in Altbueron in canton Lucerne to learn more about the spiced, glazed festival treat called Magenbrot. Their only customers are market stall vendors, yet they produce an astonishing 7 to 15 tons of Magenbrot per week during the fall festival season: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:13:53 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-magenbrotmore-delicious-than-it-sounds.shtml?27610 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17610 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.magenbrot-profi.ch/ Food scout Amy Eber met with renowned Swiss wine expert, consultant and author Chandra Kurt to discuss her collaborative effort with Swiss Wine Woman of the Year 2008 Madeline Gay. The women developed a collection of wines using single, ancient, indigenous grape varieties of Valais, some dating as far back (or before) Roman times: more WRS coverage on wine Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-wines-from-the-ancient-grapes-of-valais.shtml?27494 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17494 wine Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.chandrakurt.com/ http://www.provins.ch/en/entreprise/viticult/ http://www.mediagene.ch/collection/Bestellung_Collection_Chandra_Kurt_Weine.pdf Food scout Amy Eber waited impatiently all year for the Bonvillars Truffle Market held this past Saturday and she’s back with everything you need to know about Swiss truffles: how and where they’re found, ways to use them, how they should be stored—and how to buy them: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-a-swiss-truffle-primer.shtml?27373 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17373 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap http://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fischerhof.ch%2Findex.php%3Fid%3D2 http://www.truffesuisse.ch/ http://www.schweizertrueffel.ch/ http://patriciawells.com/blog/3197 Amy Eber visits many farmers’ markets and farm stands at this time of year to buy just-picked apples and freshly pressed apple juice. She shares her simple recipe for a Swiss seasonal custard made from the fresh juice, called apple juice cream: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/food/food-scout-enjoying-fresh-swiss-apple-juice-cream.shtml?27251 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17251 Programmes/Food Scout Daily Shows/The Wrap