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Sternebier - real Zoigl from the communal brewer / © Photo: Georg Berg

Zoigl Inn in the Upper Palatinate

The drinkable Zoigl beer is a bottom-fermented, unfiltered traditional beer from the northern Upper Palatinate. Windischeschenbach is considered the center of Zoigl.

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The Zoigl star is said to be older than the Star of David. As a sign of the brewers' craft, it indicates where freshly brewed beer is available / © Photo: Georg Berg

Zoigl – Beer tradition in Germany

Reportage offer with many photos: Zoigl beer is traditionally brewed only in a few communities in the Upper Palatinate by private individuals, for their own consumption.

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Raclette cheese half / © Photo: Georg Berg

Raclette – the original from the Valais

In Valais, the raclette cheese is spread with potato and cucumber. Raclette etiquette is not to wait in any case, so that everyone eats at the same time.

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In the Var department, oak trees are used for truffle cultivation. Only after 10 years the first truffles can be harvested from a tree. At the age of 20 - 30 years, the truffles become smaller, growing on the roots of the trees / © Photo: Georg Berg

The truffle and its host, the oak tree

In the Var department in Provence, oak trees are used for truffle cultivation. Only after 10 years the first truffles can be harvested.

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The price of the black winter truffle is about 600 euros per kilo at the beginning of the season and rises to about 1,000 euros per kilo by Christmas / © Photo: Georg Berg

The Aups truffle syndicate

Every year at the beginning of December, the truffle growers of the French department of Var line up in the marketplace of Aups for the opening of the truffle season. Who is allowed to sell here, to whom and at what price has been regulated by the syndicate for over 50 years.

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Truffle tracking dog Manolo after his mission / © Photo: Georg Berg

Fly, dog or pig? In search of truffles

In the Var region of Provence, most truffle growers own private land where they plant oak trees. The precious black truffle is mostly tracked down with dogs.

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Different products are created from the different degrees of grinding. The fine and silky Farina Bona flour is used for baking and flavoring dishes / © Photo: Georg Berg

Farina Bona, a Ticino specialty

Ilario Galbani has passionately continued the story of Farina Bona, the roasted corn flour he produces in Vergeletto, Ticino.

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Products of the Pasticceria Marnin in Locarno, Switzerland / © Photo: Georg Berg

Panettone in perfection

Panettone is the Christmas classic. The pastry is made perfect by sourdough, the best ingredients and time. A visit to the Pasticceria Marnin in Locarno, Ticino

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Hotel-DieuHospices de Beaune / © Photo: Georg Berg

Burgundy and its truffle specialty

Truffles take six to eight months to reach maturity. The degree of ripeness is not indicated by the size, but by the smell they emit

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Absinthe products from the Bottles Armand Guy distillery in Portarlier, France / © Photo: Georg Berg

Absinthe – forbidden and rediscovered

A rewarding look at the turbulent history of this drink, which translated into German simply means wormwood. Absinthe is the taste of the forbidden

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Smoked beer is available all year round. You can even cook with smoked beer. The Schlenkerla brewery offers many dates for this. New at Schlenkerla is a medieval meal based on old recipes and with the aromas of smoked beer / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bamberg – Food from the Middle Ages

Not sinister at all – the dishes of the privileged classes in the Middle Ages were tasty and often brimming with valuable ingredients such as saffron or pepper

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Multimedia projection at the fountain in the rose garden of Bad Kissingen. Night illumination at the fan fountain in Bad Kissingen, Germany / © Photo: Georg Berg

Culinary Bad Kissingen

Gastronom und Genussmensch Hermann Laudensack führt durch das kulinarischen Bad Kissingen. Typische Restaurants und ein Fleisch-Sommelier werden besucht

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