Austrian culinary tradition

The Sound of Music

“The sound of music” is world famous. The story of the singing Trapp family, which appeared as a book in 1949, was immortalized as a...

Tavern Culture

“Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und Gesang, der bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang.” (“He who doesn’t love wine, women and song remains a fool...

Austrian culinary tradition

Jausen Culture at the Wine Tavern

For us Austrians, it is a piece of our identity. The name “Heurige”, or wine tavern, derives from “heuer” which means “this year’s” and the...

Austrian culinary tradition

Celebration Culture

“Festivities should be celebrated as and when they come” – goes an old saying which couldn’t be any better suited to Austria. Therefore, now we...

Austrian culinary tradition

Austrian Christmas

“I would like my Austrian Christmas as always …” … sang the famous Austrian singer Wolfgang Ambros. Between you and me, who doesn’t think the...

Italian Recipes

Why can you find Italian Recipes on an Austrian Cooking Portal? Because we just LOVE everything about our southern neighbor. We cherish the sea, the...

Austrian culinary tradition

Austrian Fast Food at the Würstelstandl

We Austrians are only too familiar with this feeling: we’re going around town, have done a lot of shopping and then suddenly our stomachs start...

Austrian culinary tradition

Coffee House Culture

It’s coffee time… Coffee house literature, rustling newspapers, heated conversations and the ever-present cigarette smoke in the air which is occasionally covered by the aroma...

Austrian culinary tradition

Top 7 Recipes

The all-stars of Austrian recipes. Dishes that are famous and popular all over the world! Wiener Schnitzel Apple Strudel Sacher Torte Kaiserschmarrn Palatschinken Salzburger Nockerl...

German Recipes

German Recipes like Eisbein, Bratwurst and more. Austrians love this kind of food, so one might think that Germany is one of our dearest neighbors....