The Pie Factory

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By Rebecca Musgrave Bibiana Binstorfer and Caroline Aitken have taken on a truly noble challenge: Introducing the humble pie to Austria. And by both the sounds and the looks of it, on your average Tuesday afternoon, they are succeeding. Almost everywhere in the world that the British have been to, they appear to have left […]

‘Nazi’ pie maker gets death threats

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A confectioner has received murder threats for offering cakes showing banned Nazi propaganda symbols and slogans.The Austrian Mauthausen Committee (MKÖ) – a Holocaust awareness group – informed police and prosecutors about Manfred Klaschka’s controversial business activities earlier this week. The MKÖ was tipped off by horrified customers of the confectioner. A catalogue of previously created […]

Pie-eyed burglars nod off on sofa

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Two burglars fell asleep after gorging on apple pie, police in Lower Austria have revealed.The friends, aged 39 and 46, stole 60 Euros from a family home in Hohenberg on Saturday night. They then left for a nearby pub where they spent the cash on cigarettes and beer.At closing time, the crooks decided to return […]