Faithful snackers may have noticed a bit of a gap between the last two posts. Contrary to your assumptions, I was not being lazy; I was en voyage in Zurich. I tried desperately to find that uniquely special Swiss objet to bring home, and came up empty handed. With the malling of the western world 
near complete, what’s the point of paying more to carry home something you can buy on Fifth Avenue? I was a sad shopper until I went to the grocery store. Happily, there are still a lot of regional differences in terms of what people eat, even amongst the offerings of the global brands. Heinz Exotic Sauce anyone? How about the Knobluach? Everything I brought back in my suitcase was edible.
How could I resist the allure of food in a tube? Seems the Swiss have a penchant for it, with everything from pâté-like sandwich spreads to seafood spreads for canapés and chestnut ‘vermicelli’ for making mont-blanc at home (which I intend to do…at some point before the 2007 expiration date). Grab a six pack of rainbow
eggs, a can of budget drink and a tube of tuna and you’ve got a great in-flight picknickeier. Or some very unusual souvenirs.
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