Showing posts with label Hôtel Les Cimes in Annecy. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Say Cheese in the French Alps

Reblochon is a key ingredient in fondues and in the local dish tartiflette, a comforting baked potato and cheese concoction

The French Alps are renowned for valleys sprinkled with story-book chalets, chic ski resorts, and impossibly pretty scenery. They are also famous for their food: sturdy stews and soups, diots (little sausages), mushrooms and game from the forests, and dairy produce from the rich alpine pasture: the Haute Savoie alone has more than 30 different varieties of cheese.