European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 ipod Fem living Star dining in Alsace by Leah Larkin features editor even if you Arent interested in cathedrals and could care less about scenery and hate there is still a reason to visit France cuisine is a religion in says Fer nand his Auberge do Cheval Blanc inn of the White horse in a town in Northern has earned a coveted Star in the Miche Lin red the Book which rates award ing three stars to the Only 19 restaurants in France have three stars 536 have one Mischler is proud of the it is very he is maintaining the Quality of the cuisine which earned him the that is not the ingredients Are the most important aspect in Mischler to ensure that he has the Best for his the 41yearold chef flies to Paris every tuesday to shop at the cites at 1 wednesday morning when the Market he is he visits the fish Section then onto the Section where meat and poultry Are and at about 10 he finishes up in the produce he then flies Back Why Doest he shopping in the area of 40 special ingredients i May i could probably Only find 10 in he three fifths of All the fresh products consumed in France Are sold in Mischler believes that even if you make a mistake or two in if the product is the Overall result May not be but it will be its hard to imagine that who also gives cooking lessons during Winter could make a mistake in the try his nine course Deg ustation tasting menu a delightfully sinful experience with one course better than the during a recent a French Friend and i spent three hours Savouring the fruits of Mischler we started with an aperitif course to open the appetite a piquant mixture of octopus and then came the hours a plate of warm pieces of Scal lops and veal sweetbreads on a bed of that was followed by warm oysters wrapped in spinach leaves and smothered with a Champagne Mischler specially is you can do so Many Dif Ferent things with he the possibilities Are in for the next he paired a Mediterranean with an Orange sauce an exquisite now it was time to cleanse the palate with a fruit sorbet swimming in Marc de a potent alcohol made from gewurztraminer the idea of eating sherbet in the Middle of a gourmet dinner May seem it is if you Are going to continue you need a Quail in a red wine sauce with a Deli Cate Type of was followed by Lamb files surrounded by a variety of fresh for dessert Erma bombed when our children were Small our House always seemed to be filled with Wal Towall they played ate fought infected one another and one summer we actually planned a vacation around one of them before we realized he want it would have been Nice to be Able to use my own bathroom but As the kids it Means they like in the years that we never sat Down to meals that the phone did not i thought it rude and the kids said i didst it meant that we were being popular carried a High Price we never had a Nice Snow in the front Yard that looked like a Currier and Ives ours had deep ridges in it and Hal made snowmen and dog in the summer the Yard had big holes in it from tent stakes and grass beaten Down by there was warm goats cheese on and then the piece de resistance for the Sweet tooth a Platter with Small portions of seven different kinds of an incredible adventure in and All for just 230 French about beverages not full dinner menus with fewer courses Are available starting at 125 francs about the building that houses Auberge do Cheval Blanc has been a restaurant for More than 200 it was originally a coach House purchased by the Mischler family in in the fernands father turned it into a country restaurant it is still a family business with Mischler wife work ing As hostess and his father helping out As its a pleasure to make people to see them says Fernand Mischler who is obviously proud of his sons just Down the Road in the next Niederstein is another restaurant with almost the same a Cheval it May not have any Michelin but there Are stars among its Charles the tells of movie stars who have eaten at his but he is especially proud of one of his current regular customers West German Chancellor Helmut he dines Here about three times a year and Hes been coming Here for about the past 20 says Zinck of the German Vincks Cheval Blanc is a hotel As Well As is a family business dating Back to his just returned from working in a three Star restaurant near Lyon to share chefs duties with his their specialities Are fresh out of the Stream that runs by the and another favor Ite is their foie gras House Goose a taste experience which is pure you can even buy some to take who also purchases Many of his ingredients in says that he gets a Large percentage of German he has found that they like their so he tries to make his Servings larger than those in the average French you know what they say about the food of we have the Quality of the French cuisine and the Quantity of the he menus at a Cheval Blanc Range in Price from 50 to 130 francs about to a tasting menu of numerous courses is about rooms in the which has a swimming Pool and Tennis Start at per for reservations at the hotel Contact hotel restaurant a Cheval 27 route de 67510 for dinner reservations or information about cooking courses at Auberge do Cheval Blanc in write the restaurant at 67510 or phone paths and big Muddy spots where someone left the Gar Den Hose it was because everyone liked a couple of times i lost Faith in our i said to a kid called Doug one cant you Ever bleed at Home on your own furniture he in not there that that was our House became a Haven for a band that needed a place to a Clearinghouse for storage area for bicycles in need of repair and a drop off for the paper when they started to drive sometimes during the Middle of the a group of them would cruise in front of the House and blow my husband would Are you sure this is because were and i would there crazy about one we awoke to discover the House and Yard had been draped in toilet it dangled from the Trees and rooftops and waved from the to antennas and the just when i thought it  be i heard Thunder and then our kids were its a they dont do it to Only people they my husband and i looked at one  they make an enemy once in a while the Yard Doest have ridges in it and there Are no More grease spots on the when 1 make a folded i dont have to repair the holes in it before the front door stands the music is Barry if the phone rings during we let it but in the Middle of the one of them will stumble drop off a suitcase full of dirty clothes in the Utility leave the refrigerator door open and attract car Fuls of people whose radios you can hear a Block they stuff food in every opening of their faces and go through the House like the path of a then they its just As i  stand to be that popular c los times Syndicate