Expovina 2009 Zurich

October 31, 2009

expovina2009This year we excluded Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina and most of France. We surely like many wines from these countries, but we hardly managed last years to try something else :) So, this year we focused mainly on Germany, Austria ans Switzerland and we’ve been very positively surprised by:

PETITE ARVINE DU VALAIS 2008 (CH)
PAIEN (HEIDA) DU VALAIS 2007 (CH)
HUMAGNE BLANC 2008 (CH)
ZIZERSER PINOT NOIR 2008 (CH)
WEISSER BURGUNDER SAAR 2007 (D)
ZINFANDEL 2007 (USA)
GRUENE VELTLINER BREITER RAIN 2008 (A)
LAURENT DE COLON BLANC DE BLANCS BRUT 1999 (F)
TRIA CANOR TRIMMISER CUVEE 2007 (CH)

Give them  a nice try to this very interesting wine exhibition!

 


Aspartame kills? For real?

October 28, 2009

Finally some doubts about aspartame as food additive are coming out on mass media. It is some years I warn my friends about the danger of aspartame. However, I have been very rarely successful convincing them that aspartame is bad. They go on drinking Cola Zero, Cola Diet and eating diet products. Take care of your brains, friends. I am not the only one warning you. Read here and give a look to this documentary. First episode here, or watch it full on youtube


Wir wollen Schweizer Bauern sein !

October 26, 2009

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Hi tech jobs, job careers: over with it. I am fed up with the kind of results my job produces. Today we were by Ballenberg and we enjoyed so much being Schweizer Bauer for a day. In Tessin it was good, but also in Berner Oberland, Uri, Graubuenden and Jura it did not sound bad. Look at our picture on flickr.com - and, very important:

If you know a Bauerhof in need of new owners, here we are. We promise hard work, blog updates and all the interviews you want for a new reality show :) Just let us produce vegetable, eggs and milk!



Are there really differences between U.S. and Europe?

October 11, 2009

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I mean, I really felt like in München two evenings ago, here on the West coast. It is a pity I discovered too late a similar event was on at the local Hooters pubs. Dear Cori and Ira, I could even eat “pretzeln and brats” and have a “kill the keg contest” – and for 5$ I got a beer AND a shot! I never had this in Bayern  with you ;)


After watching U.S television channels for one week …

October 11, 2009

… (just from now and then, not 24 hours/day):

- I appreciate my hotel supplied me with advanced tooth paste
- I got scared I have breast cancer, even if I am a man
- I believe cheerleaders are necessary for a rugby team to win
- I am sure David Letterman was caught into a trap
- Mr. T convinced me I absolutely need his Flavorwave cooking device (watch post’s movie)
- I feel extremely fat and I want to buy that amazing contour sculpting device system

Sadly, if I order it today, the delivery will take from 7 to 10 days. Please, help me finding it in Europe. I see already my six packs developing in just four weeks – as seen on tv.


Wir lieben dich, Kölsch

September 6, 2009

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Nektar des Gottes
Sonne von Köln …

… Du, liebes Kölsch,
Wie Wasser von Himmeln
Erfrischt meinen Mund
Und macht mich gesund.

Dein frölich Aroma
Zum Frühstück, am Abend
Erinnerst du mir
(Du König des Bier)
Dass Leben kann sein
So glücklich und fein.

Wir lieben dich, Kölsch
Früh, Reisdorf und solch.

(Thank you Sylvia for “smuggling” some Kölsch to Switzerland :)


Pros and cons of having a young kid at home

September 2, 2009

For two days a friend of mine came to visit me with her 3 years old son. I admit it, I had no idea how could have been going with him. Tomorrow they are leaving and …

Pros:

Everything watched through the eyes of a kid acquires incredible interest. Even a blue old Ikea carpet became e ocean to be explored. Fishes, flowers and plants were of course already very interesting.

When I was back home those last two days I could not think about my job anymore: talking to the kid was much more interesting.

Forget about late nights on the net and later mornings in the bed. At 10pm in the bed, at 6am at the table for breakfast. Very healthy!

Cons:

Kids seem to eat only a small portion of what they have on the dish. They eat even less than wives. I will become soon veeeery fat.

… so, it was funny and interesting being uncle Lorenzo for a while :)


On the 1st of August we are all Swiss

August 2, 2009

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So, we conveniently celebrated on the Queen of the mountains, Mount Rigi, having some raclette for lunch. After it we climbed down to the Vierwaldstättersee, we took the Uri wheel boat and we had a bath at Luzern Lido. We finished the day admiring fireworks and big burning fires on the lake shores. Not bad, indeed!


How to bake a delicious pizza with flaky pastry

July 24, 2009

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Back home late night and no pizza pastry in the fridge? Living in the middle of nowhere and no pizza express close by? Did your wife buy flaky pastry instead of pizza pastry?

DON’T PANIC!

Just bake your pizza as usual, maybe with some more salt… and enjoy it! It will be delicious! Watch the picture, click on it, and convince yourself :)


Follow us to the witches of fire

May 25, 2009


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Follow us
to the witches of fire

Follow them
as they smoke the briar.

Burn with them
in the tasty fire.

Burn with them
you’re trapped in their wire.

Ask no mercy
till when the last fire

Ask no mercy
till when the last fire

smokes the dusk …
you’ve been set afire!