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Article #413: Fondue - Types Of Fondue And Restaurants That Serve It

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Several years ago, I worked for a company burners that are heated by tea lights,
that had a corporate office in Belgium, butane, alcohol & electricity. For cheese
and some Belgian employees came and and chocolate fondue, a traditional pot
visited our local office on a business called a caquelon is used. This is
trip. As I was chatting with one of them, typically made from ceramic or
the subject of fondue came up. I earthenware. An enameled iron or copper
offhandedly mentioned this favorite pot is used for Fondue Bourguignon. If
fondue restaurant of mine, and raved you don't want to deal with the mess and
about the delicious chocolate fondue hassle of making fondue at home (the
dessert. Across his face came a look of fondue pots can be difficult to clean
incredulous horror. He had the same after a meal), there are many restaurants
expression I must have had when I saw that specialize in fondue that you can go
spam sushi in Hawaii for the first time. to. My favorite, La Fondue in Saratoga,
For him, the only proper fondue was California, is whimsically decorated,
cheese fondue, and a chocolate fondue was with a romantic, slightly gothic ambiance
just a wrong, unnatural thing. Any that looks like the kind of place La
notions of Americans being a savage, Cirque du Soleil would go to for lunch.
uncultured and decadent people must have Many styles of cheese fondue are
been confirmed in his eyes. Nevertheless, available, such as Mediterranean
we have chocolate fondue, and I am (cheddar, beer & sun-dried tomatoes) and
forever grateful for it. Specifically, we Stinking Rose (Swiss, wine & garlic). For
have Konrad Egli to thank, a Swiss(!) the Fondue Bourguignon, exotic meats such
chef who created it for New York's Chalet as wild boar and ostrich are offered, as
Swiss restaurant in 1964. He had earlier well as tasty dipping sauces. The
already started to popularize the more chocolate fondue, though, is to die for.
traditional fondue through his restaurant Along with your choice of chocolate
by featuring both the cheese style and (milk, bittersweet or white) and
the method of cooking meat cubes in hot flavorings (Amaretto, Irish Cream and
oil (Fondue Bourguignon). Well, with the others), you can dunk in pieces of
introduction of the chocolate element, snicker bars, marshmallows, strawberries,
the craze really took off. Fondue became apples, bananas & sponge cake. Bring a
a popular menu item at American dinner large appetite when you come here, so you
parties throughout the 60's and 70's, and have room for all the delectable courses.
is starting to become popular again. If you would like to experience the fun
Fondue originally came from the mountains and novelty of fondue yourself, here is a
of Switzerland, where poverty-stricken selection of fondue restaurants that may
peasants had little to sustain them be in your area: The Melting Pot - 70
except for Gruyere cheese, bread loaves restaurants in locations all across the
and lots of wine. Poor peasants. Making country Boiling Point Fondue -
do of these meager ingredients, they Woodinville, WA Café Fondue -
combined them to create what became the Merrillville, IN Dante's Down the Hatch -
traditional fondue, melting the hard Atlanta, GA Der Fondue Chessel -
cheese with the wine in a communal Keystone, CO Fondue Fred's - Berkeley, CA
earthenware pot, and taking turns dipping Fondue Room - Mount Clemens, MI Forever
the bread into the tasty mixture. Fondue Fondue - La Jolla, CA & San Diego, CA
Bourguignon, on the other hand, was a Geja's Café - Chicago, IL La Fondue
French creation. Born out of necessity, a Bourguignonne - Sherman Oaks, CA The
medieval monk by the name of Johann du Magic Pot Fondue Bistro - Edgewater, NJ
Putzxe came up with the idea. He worked Mona Lisa Fondue Restaurant - Nampa, ID
in the vineyards of Burgundy and needed a Potpourri Fondue Restaurant - Mentor, OH
convenient way to have lunch while he Simply Fondue - Dallas, TX
harvested the grapes. A pot filled with Carolyn Croyle is the owner of a website
hot oil set nearby where he could dunk & devoted to foodies everywhere. We offer
cook tasty morsels of meat while he food-themed articles, books, movies,
worked was the solution. Today, there are gourmet food, kitchen products and more.
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