Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper. Put the butter, icing sugar, plain flour, cornflour and vanilla extract in a food processor and blend until smooth. You may need to scrape the mixture ...

"Good food from regional suppliers is essential," says Pichlmaier. He likes to adapt tried-and-tested recipes to give his Austrian tapas new flavours. Take Viennese boiled beef in ravioli or roast ...

But vegetarians beware: Much traditional Austrian cuisine centers on meat. However you can increasingly find plenty of vegetarian dishes, and there's a vegan food festival in August. Traditional ...

The 11-piece Vegetable Orchestra formed in Vienna, Austria ... The performers have now perfected the art of playing with their food. Their instruments include carrots carved into recorders ...