I have always found that the translation “cold cuts” does not do a Brettljause justice. It is like translating “Speck”...
Month: December 2015
This was my second walk through the Wachau Valley in its Winterschlaf, and it looked as dead as a year...
As the year draws to a close, and the chances of finding another Martinigansl are approaching zero, it is time...
This year the Viennese authorities made a little-advertised decision that caused me to literally scream “Finally!” Without much fuss, they...
Josefinenalm is a temporary hut built in the inner yard of the old general hospital (now a University campus) just...
Normally a Martinigansl in the middle of December is something unheard of. OK, Schönbrunner Stöckl calls it a „Christmas goose“...
Do you know those little sandwiches (also called canapés) sometimes provided at office parties? Those you can quickly eat with...
It’s not every day that a new restaurant serving a Brettljause-like dish opens in Vienna (heck, it’s not even every...
Most Austrian restaurants stops serving goose after the second week of November. A handful continue for one more week. A...