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After being forced to stop working (illness) Brigitta Pertschy discovered the art of making liqueurs with the fruits and herbs from her own garden. The production is limited as the label says: “Brigittas limited editions”. Because of the pureness she offers high quality liqueurs and sirups. To have an idea have a look at her website: www.brigittas.at or better order a bottle and taste the good stuff!
Brigitta Pertschy, Matznerstraße 20, 2223 Kleinharras
Mail: brigitta@brigittas.at
Februar 22nd, 2010
Here, in the northern Wine district of lower Austria, around the end of October almost every restaurant announces the upcoming “Gansl Essen” (goose eating) as an event you should not miss. Usually you order in time so that the chef has time to prepare the bird, to be crispy on your plate. Red cabbage and dumplings are traditional side dishes.
Continue Reading November 6th, 2009
I just heard on television that Belgium has more than 1500 varieties of beer. Drinking beer becomes more and more popular again. More information: click on Beer in Flanders. Planning a trip combining beer, good dining and culture click on Belgian beer routes.
September 19th, 2009
In Austria the yearly per capita consumption of meat, according to AMA Marketing, is about 66,4 kg, 40 kg of it is pork. Converted to an average meat portion of 200 g, it means that “the Austrian” eats at least 3 times a week Pork. I personally avoid to eat pork. I just do not like the taste of it and beyond that, I always feel sorry for the lively pigs on the trucks that I pass on the Brünner Straße.
Therefore I try to concentrate on vegetarian cooking, it´s creative and healthy. Looking for new recipes , one of my favorite websites is
Continue Reading August 10th, 2009
In the sunny Wine district, idilliycly situated at the border of the Laa lowlands, you can find the village Loosdorf. Driving trough Loosdorf you can´t oversee the signs: “Himbeergarten Hummel”. The farm is specialized in Organic Fruit, especially berries. At this moment the raspberries were ready to pick. We stopped to inform us about the location of the fields, they were situated outside of the village. After picking some buckets full of raspberries we returned to the farm where we paid for our crop. In the house of the family Hummel we found a nicely decorated shop where other raspberry products like schnapps, liquor, marmalade, syrup, chocolate,… were offered for sale.
Continue Reading Juli 2nd, 2009
Christmas cookies are fun to make and certainly fun to eat. Here in the northern Wine district of Lower Austria the tradition of baking cookies and exchanging recipes is very lively.
This year a new collection of private recipes came out, called “Weinviertler Krapferl “(local word for cookies). Margit Schick, the Author collected 150 well tested recipes and photographed every cookie herself. The result is a unique collection of goodies. As some people say that Christmas cookies are made for giving away, this book will help you to make some heartwarming gifts.
More info about the book: margitschick@aon.at
November 24th, 2008
