The Automatic Feast

Self-Service Bodegas and Steak Tartare Vending Machines in Switzerland

Last week I wrote about the six weeks I spent in the canton of Vaud, in the French-speaking southwest of Switzerland, and some of the amazing foods I encountered: aged gruyère from meadow-fed cows at the Fromagerie Gourmande, Slow Food-approved walnut oil from the Moulin de Sévery, and Servagnin, a rare wine made from a 600-year-old Pinot Noir clone I e…