Food and drink

Restaurant finders:
Restaurants in Basel 1) restaurants 2) smoke-free 3) reviews
Restaurants in the Alsace
Restaurants in Germany


Local recipes:
Alsatian specialities
French recipes
Swiss recipes - Basel recipes
German recipes


English-language cookery sites:
Chow. 'A new kind of food media'
BBC Food - BBC recipe database - Nigella - Delia Smith - Jamie Oliver - Cooking Techniques - Kids' party food


Wine
Alsatian wines: a quick primer (in English) on Alsatian grape varieties and 'appelations' as well as links to information on local cellars, fairs and festivals, the route du vin (Alsatian wine route) and local brandy and liquor producers.

Article on pairing wine, people and food


Fish
English-German-French fish translations


Herbs
Passionateaboutfood.net


Cheese
Alsatian cheese producers
Fromages.com Passion for Cheeses in French and English. Includes tips on assembling a gourmet cheese board.
Cheese.com - search for a cheese by name, country, texture or milk.

 

Alsatian specialities

Amère bière	Apperitif with Amer Picon, lemon cordial and beer.
Baeckeofe/Baeckaofa	Three types of meat, marinated in white wine, slow baked with potatoes and other vegetables.
Berauwecker	Fruit cakes eaten in the Haut-Rhin on 24th December.
Bibeleskaes/kas	Fromage blanc with parsely, onion and garlic served with fried potatos.
Choucroute	Cabbage served with meat and sausages or fish.
Fleischschnaker	Ground meat, rolled up in a long pastry roll which is then cut into slices - swiss roll fashion. Served in a bouillon.
Knack (Bas Rhin) Wiennerla (Haut Rhin)	a.k.a. Saucisses de Strasbourg.
Grumberkiechle	Fried potato rissoles made from grated raw potatos, egg and onions.
Süri ruawe/navets salés	Turnips au Saumur, prepared like choucrôute.
Presskopf	Jellied pork brawn.
Raves rouges	Cooked beetroot served with salad.
Raedi/radis blanc	Long white raddish.
Meeredi/raifort	Horseradish sauce.
Rossbiff alsacien	Roasted horsemeat.
Salade mixte	Savaloy sausage with grated gruyère cheese.
Grumbersalat/Hardäpfelsalat/ salade de pommes de terre.	Potato salad with vinaigrette dressing.
Schiffaele/Schiffala	Smoked ham, often served with potato salad.
Schwitzerkässalat	Grated gruyère, seasoned with vinaigrette dressing.
Spaetzle	Look like elongated, knobly gnocci. Made with 7 fresh eggs for every kilo of hard wheat semolina. Traditionally eaten with fish and kidney (rognons) dishes.
Flammekueche/Tarte flambée	Thin-based Alsatian 'pizza' topped with cream, onions and lardoons. Tradition has it that you pick them up to eat.
Tarte à l'oignon	Onion tart. Onions, cream, short-cust pastry and grated nutmeg.
Tarte alsacienne	Apple tart.
Wedele	Ham hock.
Desserts:
Kougelhopf	Round sponge cake with a hole, topped with almonds, sprinkled with icing sugar and served with fruit.
Kougelhopf glacé	Rum-flavoured ice-cream served in a Kougelhopf mould.
Käskueche/tarte au fromage	A tart with sugared fromage blanc.
Tarte aux myrtilles	Bilberry (blueberry) tart. A popular summer dessert in the Vosges.
Tarte aux quetsches	Plum tart.