Tired of working in the kitchen? Then

bring fondue to the table. You needn t

wait for a party, or for family guests to

arrive. Any time is the right time to

cook-at-the-table with fondue.

Fondues give menus seemingly new

and exciting twists, yet the idea orig-

inated long ago. Out of a fervent desire

to utilize hardened cheese and bread,

the Swiss concocted a mouth-watering

cheese-wine mixture. The cheese was

melted in wine, and the bread cubes

were then dunked in the mixture. The

name fondue came from the French

word fondre which means "to melt."

In this section we have put together

the most widely acclaimed fondues

from appetizers through desserts. Along