Schweizerhaus, a huge beer garden, popular with locals and tourists alike has opened for the summer season this week just in time for the warmer weather this weekend in Vienna. The beer garden opens every year on 15 March at 10am and many locals rush to its opening to sink their first beer of the […]
Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) leader Josef Bucher demonstrated his cooking skills at the weekend. The MP who is also a hotel owner told guests at the “Habsaburger von Eduard Mainoni” wine bar that if a politician could manage it – then it can’t be difficult.” The party’s regional coordinator Markus Fauland was […]
An invigorating and healthy soup and a baguette with spreads was offered by top cook Johanna Maier together with her son Tobias and husband Dietmar to the delight of guests who joined her to celebrate the traditional Lent Soup Event organised by the Catholic women’s movement. Guests who turned up at the St. Peter monastery […]
Already broken your new year’s resolution? Well if you have, you are not alone. Statistics show that only 50 per cent of people even manage to keep their resolution past the end of January whereas 25 per cent of people give up after just one week so… if you are still going strong as spring […]
Two violin legends were celebrating after being awarded the Tobi-Reiser prize – handed out this year for the 21st time over the weekend. Folk music legends Rudolf Pietsch and Hermann Härtel were awarded the prize for “bringing back the violin as a central instrument in folk music after a long period of absence”. The Tobi-Reiser […]
The first coffee maker on wheels has arrived in Vienna. Budding barista Felix Veres has been driving his cafe converted Piaggio Ape around the capital since the start of January, seving coffee on the move. Whist mobile cafes have been a feature of city’s such as Hamburg and Amsterdam for some time now, they have […]
The team from Landgasthof Kaiserbrunn, who have a long history themselves, have put that of the Habsburgs’ onto their menu. The small inn in Reichenau an der Rax, Austria, which serves up a range of regional Austrian dishes to hungry guests, has dug out some of the most traditional recipes of the Habsburg era. With […]
With the spring temperatures finally upon us, Austrian herbs are starting to show their first signs of life. The official herb year begins for expert Inge Daberer and Chef Walter Schmitz in March with the end of the month also seeing the release of their new herb cookbook. The new herb cookbook contains 100 specialist […]
The four star gourmet Jagdhotel in Guntramsdorf, Austria, is hosting two evenings of wine and top culinary fare during March. The wine tasting will take place in the hotel located just 20 kilometres from Vienna. Creative, regional cuisine lies at the heart of Gabriele and Franz Fakler’s hotel located on the Austrian wine route in […]
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 […]