Article: Fondue pot flame has burned steadily

Fondue pot flame has burned steadily, if not always brightly

By MARLENE PARRISH

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Say "fondue" and you're talking party. There's something festive about a group of friends and family sitting down together around a table, dipping food into a communal pot.

Fondue is a food style that drops in and out of popularity. As the saying goes, "everything old is new again," and fondue parties are back.

Fondue originated in Switzerland as a way of using up hardened cheese. In early times, peasants made bread and cheese in the summer and fall to last through the winter. By midwinter, both had become rock hard.

In the long, cold Swiss winters it was a good idea to huddle around ...

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