Here it's true: The way to the heart really is through the stomach
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A typical vesper
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The famous "Black Forest Gateau"
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Good restaurants offer Black Forest cheese
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A quick glance on the menu of the village guest house will often reveal a surprising selection of culinary treats. Dishes from the Baden and Swabian tradition such as Venison "Baden-Baden", “Bibiliskäs with Brägele” - a fine quark with herbs and roast potatoes -or “Black Forest Gateau” (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) turn a normal holiday into an epicurean delight.
Best wine from sunny vineyards
Culinary pleasures are also accompanied by traditional Baden wines. Connoisseurs will appreciate the full flavour of the Gutedel, Müller-Thurgau, Riesling, Silvaner, Grau- und Weißburgunder, Bacchus, Chardonnay, Nobling, Muskateller, Kerner, Traminer and Blauer Spätburgunder. Wine cellars invite guests to test both their best vintages and new specialities and wine festivals are celebrated throughout the entire summer and autumn. In Breisach on the tip of the Kaiserstuhl, Europe's most significant wine cellar is to be found.
Traditional and regional
A proper "Vesper" is typical for the Black Forest region. In actual fact the Vesper is taken between meals and comprises hearty home made sausage, smoked trout and Black Forest ham with crusty farmer's bread. A real Vesper is always accompanied by a "Wässerli". Today, even the local residents of the Black Forest eat Vesper in place of their evening meal.
For breakfast or as a small snack - those are the occasions when Black Forest ham appears on the table. The discovery long ago of the ham both as a tasty ingredient in other dishes and as delicious culinary specialty in its own right is reflected in its use in many of the asparagus dishes of the region. The secret of "authentic" Black Forest ham: A long wait. The production process lasts around three months. Luckily every good chef in the Black Forest always has a good stock of the well matured ham.
Whether it's to round off the evening meal or after the Vesper, a "Wässerli" is tradition. High proof alcoholic fruit schnapps from cherries, plums, pears or greengages has been made in this region for generations. With more than 14,000 distilleries, the Black Forest has the highest density in the world. Even the more extravagant schapps like the "Zibärtle" from sloe plums is distilled here.
High quality or knights table
Where culinary pleasures stand so high on the list of priorities, the gourmet chefs are also to be found. 20 Black Forest chefs are priced with a Michelin Star. Baiersbronn in the north of the Black Forest enjoys particular culinary success. The "Traube Tonbach" and “Hotel Bareiss” have three Michelin stars, the Hotel Sackmann is proud of one star.
For families and groups of friends the pleasures of food may result rather indirectly from some other attraction. Perhaps the knight's table in a fortress or the mill festival. Perhaps the ancient feast event, a culinary experience like it was 100 years ago - the kids certainly will enjoy that. Almost every holiday location in the Black Forest offers gastronomical highlights a la Black Forest.
Further information can be obtained directly from local hosts or from Schwarzwald Tourismus GmbH (STG), Ludwigstr. 23, D-79104 Freiburg, tel: +49 1805.661224, fax: 661225 (14 cents/minute inside Germany, mobile telephone can be different) or in the Internet under www.kulinarisch-schwarzwald.info
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Culinary Highlights in the Black Forest
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