Every year in Springtime I am busy visiting my favorite places in Valais, where you can find the almond trees in blossom. The spectacle is amazing, I can’t get enough of looking at these gorgeous pink spring flowers. Nothing is as pretty in the spring as the flowering almond trees. The Almond comes originally from the Middle East and was spread by humans in ancient time to northern…
Today I went to the local food shop looking for a salad of dents-du-lion. Of course, you can’t resist buying some other food, direct from the provider and so freshly presented. It’s like picking up your food in your own garden. They have a huge quantity of different salads, vegetables, apples, and also cheese and saucisses from the region nearby. This shop is only…
Some years ago I discovered in a bakery shop in Montana a fantastic bread, it’s the special bread from the Valais, but this version is made with apricots, figs, and raisins. Every time I go to Montana, I come back home with this bread, made by the bakery pastry shop Taillens, which is a family enterprise, founded over 70 years ago. The bread has a rich texture, you…