Category: Movable Feast
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Vienna for Beginners with Merisi
All photos via Merisi: Vienna for Beginners Vienna For beginners: Coffee Houses. Vienna is more than that, of course it is. That is IF you can pull yourself away from the siren's call. Vienna for beginners……
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What Flavor do You Dream in?
Violet, pistachio… with homemade whipped cream. Red finger nails and a polka dotted dress that is the flavor of feeling young at heart. Golden sunlight is chilled champagne on a late spring afternoon. Window…
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Palatschinke or an Austrian Crepe
Our friend Merisi could not spoil us anymore than she has… for breakfast she made palatschinke or crepes. The word crepe is derived from the Latin crispa, meaning "curled". Merisi's palatschinkes are perfectly curled. Served with Austrian's best apricot jam. …
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Marie Antoinette: Did She Have a Thing for Coffee?
I am in Vienna. Coffee is not my thing. Merisi, my Austrian friend who writes a blog about coffee houses (amongst other things) in Vienna… So it makes sense, that the moment I arrived we went to Demel's, one of…
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Terminus Nord Paris
Terminus Nord fame restaurant bistro since 1928. In front of the gare du Nord train station. Full of wonderful posters of a time gone by. Autumn theme mosaique floor, enourmous floral arrangements, black tie waiters with long white aprons. I…
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French Dining Lesson
I've noticed something recently about dining in France. You see, I like to pride myself by saying, "I am observant. I notice little, the most unimportant details when many do not." This is not a favorable quality to…