Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
To be included in the association's database, a food must be recognised as traditionally Swiss, have been produced for at least 40 years and remain in production. [1] The project's scope is limited to processed foodstuffs, such as cheeses or meat products. It does not include unprocessed food (with a few exceptions), wines, recipes or dishes.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Food and drink festivals in Switzerland (1 P) I. ... Pages in category "Festivals in Switzerland"
Language links are at the top of the page across from the title.
This page was last edited on 28 February 2020, at 01:51 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
The climate of Switzerland allows for a large variety of terroirs, and therefore a wide range of indigenous food, from simple cereals to refined products like cheese and wine. [1] [2] Switzerland is historically an agricultural country, with many regions being isolated from each other by the Alps. Therefore, one of the main characteristics of ...
The organising committee is free to choose how often the festival takes place, but the idea is that it is held once in a generation. [2] Up to now, the interval between two festivals has varied between 14 and 28 years. The most recent festival took place in July and August 2019, [3] 20 years after the preceding one (1999). [4]
View history; General ... Food and drink festivals in Switzerland (1 P) S. ... (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Cultural festivals in Switzerland"
Just like the carnival common in the Rhineland, the Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht takes its origins from festivities, which were celebrated to consume perishable food before the beginning of lent. These kind of events have been recorded in central Europe from at least the 13th century.