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Cheese fondue, originating in Switzerland, is the original fondue, hence the French term fondue for "melted". Since the 1950s, however, the term fondue has been generalized to a number of other dishes in which a food is dipped or cooked into a communal pot kept hot. [1] Fondue eaten as a communal meal is referred to as a fondue party.
At the base of the fondue pot is the heat source (stove or candles). Fondue was first described in 1699 in a Zürich manuscript by Albert Hauser. It is entitled To cook cheese with wine and resembles the recipe of today. Fondue was also promoted by the Swiss Cheese Union in the early 20th century. [23] Today, it is often considered to be the ...
Fondue (UK: / ˈ f ɒ n dj uː / FON-dew, US: / f ɒ n ˈ dj uː / fon-DEW, [3] [4] French:, Swiss Standard German: [fɔ̃ːˈdyː] ⓘ; Italian: fonduta) is a Swiss [5] dish of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot (caquelon or fondue pot) over a portable stove (réchaud) heated with a candle or spirit lamp, and eaten by dipping bread and sometimes vegetables or other foods into the ...
The Café de Paris on the rue du Mont-Blanc in Geneva, Switzerland, where the sauce and its entrecôte dish were first created A closely similar sauce is also served by the Entrecôte groups of restaurants operated by the descendants of Paul Gineste de Saurs in Paris, Geneva, Toulouse, Lyon, Madrid, London, New York, Beirut, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh ...
Chasselas is widely grown in Switzerland, where it has several regional synonym names, the main one being Fendant in the canton of Valais. It is considered an ideal pairing for raclette or fondue. Chasselas is also known as Perlan in the Mandement district of Geneva. In 2009, it was Switzerland's second-most planted grape variety at 4,013 ...
To extend the south-side promenade of the Lake of Geneva from the Jardin Anglais, the Quai Gustave-Ador was constructed in 1856 with a length of around 1,800 m. [ 1 ] In 1936–37 the first rosebushes were planted and since then there are more than 13,000 rosebushes.
This list contains all cultural property of regional significance (class B) in the canton of Geneva from the 2014 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality. The geographic coordinates provided are in the Swiss coordinate system as given in the Inventory.
According to oral tradition, on returning home, many Swiss from Geneva and the La Côte would occasionally gather to taste slices of cheese fried in a pan in butter, accompanied by bread and many pitchers of white wine. In memory of the assaults on the famous Sebastopol tower, this famous cheese-based dish was named after the fort and called ...