ondon, England. Second World War. A tired housewife just finished her double shift in an arms factory, and she's craving something sweet, something to help her not to think about bombardment and her husband on the battlefield far away...

id you know that in 2015 (according to the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network SDSN) the citizens of Denmark were the happiest people in the world? Some would reasonably guess that Danish pastry is one of the reasons for all that happiness, since it originated in Denmark, would they? Well, although it sounds unlikely, they would be wrong! So, why in God’s name is it called Danish at all?

o you like clouds? I do – but not those ugly, dark, rainy clouds, no! My favorites are the fluffy ones; white, cotton-like, soft and silky like…like the milk bread!

aiser rolls, also called Vienna rolls or hard rolls, are crusty, round yeast raised rolls that originated in Austria. The word 'kaiser' means emperor in German, and there is a belief that they got the name after Emperor (Kaiser) Franz Joseph I of Austria who lived at the turn of 19th and 20th century. ]]> https://pastry-maestra.local/doughs-and-batters/let-them-eat-brioche/ Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:42:55 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=5329 N

o, I'm not wrong! Yes, I know that the usual phrase is “Let them eat cake”, but the original French phrase is “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”, meaning – you guessed it – "Let Them Eat Brioche".]]>