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Here you will find the famous original Café Central Gateau, the Café Central book - Viennese culinary culture: then and now - with Viennese coffee house culture, illustrated recipes and a coffee glossary, the Café Central paperback with anecdotes around the famous Viennese coffee house and gift coupons for consumptions of your choice.

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The Cafe Central Paperback

Around the legend of the famous coffee house in the Palais Ferstel and the cafe culture in Vienna itself during the alteration of the Austrian history.

Read about Sultan Suleiman, who’s Turkish army left tons of coffee in Vienna. It is the Vienna of Ferdinand Raimund and the Strauss musical dynasty.
Meet the famous characters like Peter Altenberg and Karl Kraus, Arthur Schnitzler, Herzl, Adler, Loos, Zweig, Bahr, Trotzki, Schiele, Klimt and Freud. They all return in this book back to the small round tables in the Café Central and tell their story. A most enjoyable collection of anecdotes and informative history.

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The Cafe Central Book – Viennese culinary culture: then and now

With this new book is the myth of the Viennese coffee house culture in a contemporary perspective considered.

Besides the historical facts about the birth and blossoming of Viennese coffee house scene, contains this book also an attractively illustrated recipe section with cook- and baking instructions of the classics and new creations of the Viennese patisserie and Viennese cuisine.

A dictionary of Viennese coffee specialties - from Advocaat to Tsar's coffee - completes the book and makes it to an entertaining and informative guide for all coffee lovers and friends of the relaxed lifestyle.

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