So here its is my first blog post , not really into self indulgent twaddle , but why not.

Well winters here at long last , its been a while, after the hottest and driest autumn on record, i managed to hike around mountains at an altitude of 200 metres last week with only a jumper on ,global warming is truly here , although its dumping down as we speak,

Christmas time for a chef is no walk in the park ,always working, some of the buseiest times of the year , lasts for about a month, also logistically difficult , sourcing the right ingredients at the right time , as a lot of suppliers are closed , on and off for 2 weeks, its the same all over the world , christmas menus , new years menus , functions , banquets , buffets and sit down gastronomic dinners ,I have not had a christmas day off for as long as i can remmeber. but its the time when all the hoteliers and resturanters make a bit of cash in the ever increasingly diffucult world of caterings.

But Christmas is a very different in every country ,everyone eats different food ,Here in Verbier there are all sorts of people ,Americans ,British , Swiss , Italians and Swedes , one year i had a client the wanted to eat magret of duck , with get this , sweet potatoes with marshmallows , ( Her choice ) American , not all Americans eat this i suppose ( Hope ).

So with this in mind i thought i would look into finding out about
christmas culinary traditions and give you some recipes.

And why do British eat turkey for Christmas ? As Turkey is a native bird to the Americas. ( Strange , but i'll get back to you on this).

Jamie