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Citrus takes centre stage at Viennese orangery

18th – 21st May, 2018. 10am – 6pm Great Orangery Schlosspark Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria.   Citrus fruits are complex, endlessly fascinating and so useful in the kitchen. Around the world they are a staple ingredient to homecooks and chefs and have botantists asking questions such as: is the kumquat a sister of the orange or […]

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Reservations open today for Vienna Restaurant Week & 4 top cookery schools

Reservations open today (February 9, 2016) for the twice-yearly Vienna Restaurant Week. But get in quick as the best tables are quickly snapped up as diners seek to eat top flight food for more modest prices. Twice a year restaurants across Vienna get together and revel attracting diners from around the city, country and further […]

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4 of the best: Viennese restaurants

Sitting imperially at the centre of Europe the Austrian capital Vienna is enjoying a renaissance in culture food, while becoming ever so slightly hip and fashionable. Viennese table favourites with a global fanbase include Weiner Schnitzel and one of the world’s great street foods – sausages with semmel (a deliciously sweet bread roll demanding to […]

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Wrinkled wonder fruits for your Eurovision party

As one the world’s greatest cities, Vienna prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest, the glittery songfest that propelled the wonderful Conchita Wurst into global fame and notoriety it time to think of how to feed family and friends as they gather around the TV to enjoy the show on May 23rd. This will be […]

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Cocktail hopping and eating through Vienna Restaurant Week

Dozens of Austria’ s top restaurants and bars are busy preparing for this year’s Vienna Restaurant Week (23 February – 1 March) and the 150th anniversary of the city’s Ringstraße. This famous street, with its trams and tree-lined pavements, circles the imperial city’s central district with dozens of architectural masterpieces including government buildings, royal palaces, […]

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