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Fromage frais, goat cheese (fresh, dry or creamy), Tomme cheese, Petit Robé or Robéchon; in Haute-Savoie, cheese is an ever-recurrent pleasure to be enjoyed with crusty bread. Here are some places richly evocative of their region and well worth a visit:
Goat cheese farms La Ferme des Moises - Laëtitia Bibollet will be happy to show you around her farm and let you meet her 70 goats and kids. As you make their sweet acquaintance, Laëtitia will share some fascinating explanations about the fabrication of her cheese with you. Apart from the little goat cheese in all its forms - fresh, half-dry, dry, creamy, fromage frais - she also prepares tapenade and fig specialties. Truly delicious! La Ferme des Moises: The Moises Plateau in Habère Poche. Visit the farm: free access to the goats (70 goats and kids). Direct farm sale Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 to 12 am and from 4 to 7 pm, and on Sundays from 10 to 12 am and from 4 to 6 pm. Tel. + 33 (0)450 31 09 05 «Chez Robé» Farm - Cathie and Denis Condevaux show you around their farm and their 36 goats. To be discovered among their specialties: Petit Robé, Robéchon, Tomme cheese, Fromage frais. The farm is open to the public from 5 pm onwards. «Chez Robé» Farm. 228 Route Follieuse in Lucinges, Tel. +33 (0)450 43 34 25 Traditional Baker – organic bread «Pain Grange» Bakery - 723 Route de la Forge in Neydens Home-made breads and pastries made from organically grown ingredients Open Monday through Friday: from 7:30 to 12:30 am and from 4 to 7 pm Tel. +33 (0)450 49 02 34 Le Four de Mallouaz - «Mallouaz» Hamlet in Burdignin Fresh breads and cakes Open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 to 12 pm and on Fridays from 8:30 am to 8 pm. Tel. +33 (0)450 39 54 09 Photo: A. Bouvet - Maison de l'Image |