After living in Austria, and Germany, I am familiar with the fluffy jelly-filled doughnuts of Austria called Krapfen. An infamous former president brought the sweet yeast doughnut, Berliner, to our attention. This yeasted dough is essentially the same recipe with the same origin. A common theme throughout Europe is regional variation and claims. I was …
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Febbraio è per l’Italia(no)
Just as German Chocolate Cake is not actually of German origin, the culinary world as misled us by claiming dishes as Italian. For example, the nutty Italian Cream Cake is famously from Texas, and possibly found in Canada in the 1910s. Likewise, the popular Italian dressing that makes Olive Garden’s salad enticing, is American made. …
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