The first time I had Raclette was many years ago when I was visiting a friend in Switzerland. The snow was piled high and the temperature frightfully low, but huddled around the hot Raclette machine, we felt toasty and warm.

A cheese originating in the Swiss canton of Valais, home of the Matterhorn, today Raclette is also produced in the French regions of Savoie and Franche-Comté.

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