I ate my way around Alsace – and survived

There are trips where you visit the spa, centre yourself and return home refreshed. Maybe you notice locals thriving into their golden years and vow to adopt their habit of eating olive oil and tomatoes. Then there are trips to Alsace. You don’t go to Alsace to practise restraint, vegetarianism or intermittent fasting: you go there to eat.  

Alsace: home to choucroute garnie, tarte flambée, Riesling, pretzels and, don’t be afraid to say it, pork knuckles. This area of France, with its…