Timeline of National Fun with Fondue Month 2021

National Fun with Fondue Month timeline

Mid 1960s

Hello...chocolate!

Swiss restaurateur Konrad Egli invented chocolate fondue at his Chalet Suisse restaurant in New York as part of a promotion for Toblerone.

1964

Fondue at the Fair

Fondue was promoted to Americans inside the Swiss Pavilion's Alpine restaurant at the New York World's Fair.

1930

Switzerland stakes a claim

The Swiss Cheese Union declared that fondue is the Swiss national dish.

1699

Want wine with that?

The earliest known recipe for cheese fondue appeared in a cookbook published in Zurich under the name "Käss mit Wein zu kochen" — "to cook cheese with wine." It calls for grated or cut-up cheese to be melted with wine, and for bread to be dipped in it.

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Fondue is one of the tastiest, coziest, and most social meals you can put together, so it makes sense to celebrate this truly wonderful dish in the blustery month of November. Can’t make it out to the famed restaurant La Buvette des Bains in Geneva to try the truly authentic version of fondue? Not to worry. With the right cooking equipment, fondue is easy enough to make and share with your favorite people during National Fondue Lovers Month. Oh, and no double-dipping!

 

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