To celebrate the launch of its new brandname and logo, “le Cercle du Thé” tea shop in Nyon is offering knowitall.ch readers the chance to win afternoon tea for two!
With more than 200 different teas to choose from, plus the serving of home-made scones, real clotted cream and strawberry jam, as well as fresh sandwiches and sweet delicacies, this is one prize that you will certainly want to win!
About “le Cercle du Thé”
Le Cercle du Thé is the new name that owner, Anne von Erlach, has decided to give to her popular tea shop in Nyon. First launched four years ago under the name La Boite à Thé, the shop is a haven of tranquillity in the bustling centre of Nyon, close to the Place Perdtemps car park.
Selling “all things tea-related”, the shop includes a beautiful display of multi-colored tea sets and tea pots, canisters, thermos flasks, spices, syrups, chocolates, and biscuits, as well as a vast array of honey and jams. To create the perfect environment for your tea drinking, the shop also sells a wide variety of candles and mini-statuettes, plus additional items such as jewelry, scarves, and wraps.
In the summer, guests have the option of taking their tea outside in a beautiful, small terrace, sheltered from the noise of the streets outside.
Why the new name?
Asked why she wanted to rebrand her tea shop, Anne told knowitall.ch, “I wanted to give the shop a bit of a boost, and create a new “spirit”, with additional services that I felt our customers would appreciate. In Asia a circle is a concept strongly associated with Zen. A circle symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and the void. Le Cercle du Thé is a natural outcome of this.”
Domino’s Pizza, a long-time partner of the Genève-Servette Hockey Club, wants to make Friday the 13th your lucky day! One lucky winner will win 13 tickets to the Genève-Servette Hockey game against HC Fribourg-Gotteron this Friday, 13 January! Additionally, the winner and their guests will receive 13 pizzas and 13 drinks! This is a wonderful opportunity to get a group of friends or your own sports team together for a great night out at the hockey game, and change your luck on Friday the 13th!
To participate in the draw, just stop by any of the 4 Domino’s Pizza restaurants in Geneva to pick up an entry form, which you need to fill out and hand straight back in! No purchase is necessary, although who can resist a delicious Domino’s Pizza?
Here are a few ideas for quick and easy apéritifs, with ingredients sourced from local supermarkets. The common feature of all recipes featured in this list is simplicity – none of us wants to spend hours creating gourmet dishes at this time of year. So read on… and if you have a few ideas of your own, please send them in to us and we will add them to this year's list.
If you still need further inspiration, then why not try out one of the "festive" cookery lessons in the area! Many of the local cookery schools offer classes in the run up to Christmas. Check out the new chapter, Cook like a Local, in the new 10th edition of Know-it-all passport to find a local school near you! (Cooking courses are on pages 162 to 164).
And don't forget to check out the recipes in "Healthy Sweet + Spicy Christmas Recipes", the amazing eBook from knowitall.ch guest blogger, Hiba Giacoletto.
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A new subscription service has been launched in Geneva to take the hassle out of cooking and allow you to eat more healthily.
Called BeyondFood, the service enables you to receive a weekly delivery of fresh, local ingredients that can be used, with the aid of easy-to-follow recipe cards, to prepare 3 delicious meals for 2 or 4 people.
With vegetarian and non-vegetarian options on offer every week, there is something to suit everyone, especially parents who are looking to provide enticing and healthy meals for their children.
Co-founder Marie-Lou Veillon, told knowitall.ch, “The ingredients we choose are seasonal, fresh, mostly local and organic. We believe our service is special in so far as it makes cooking easier, healthier and more enjoyable, while promoting projects that support the local community and preserve the environment. By building partnerships with cooperatives and associations active in Geneva, BeyondFood has become more than a company and acts mores like part of a network. By cooking with us people are not only getting recipes and ingredients delivered to their home, they are also supporting a different approach to consuming, one that is more local, ethical, sustainable and indirectly helps other associations and cooperatives to prosper.”
Asked how she came to set up up her own food delivery service in the region, Marie-Lou told us, “My partner, Luca, and I co-founded this business. He used to work at the World Economic Forum, which gave him a solid experience dealing with start-ups and new businesses. He wanted to innovate by setting-up a service that would allow us to do business differently, with values, and by creating a network instead of solely running after profits.”
A new discovery center has just opened in Vevey, celebrating 150 years in the history of Nestlé.
A fun and engaging experience for all the family, “nest” is located just 2 minutes from Vevey station, and includes an interactive tour through time, multi-language audio guides with child-friendly versions, and a Mini-Fabrique factory-like environment packed with fun activities for the kids. There is also a new Café Henri offering a delicious range of freshly cooked hot and cold food, and a boutique where you can buy vintage souvenirs from the Nestlé brand.
Imposing entrance
When you first enter the center you can’t fail to be impressed by the grand Piazza, a huge open atrium, which combines old industrial design with a modern contemporary look. At the heart of the hall, there is an artistic life-size tree composed of more than 1200 flowers, all handmade from different products.
