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    What’s the best Austrian cookbook out there?


    I love Austrian cooking and I’m looking for as good a cookbook as possible on Austrian cooking (both gastronomical and homestyle cooking), in German of course. Last time I was at an Autrian bookstore, I found the one pictured above that seemed interesting but I’d love to hear about you and what are your favourite ones before I order something.

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    5. somefriesmotherucker on

      I would recommend „Die gute Küche“ by Ewald Plachutta.

      Its straight forward Austrian cuisine and according to my mum it’s a must have in everyone’s (austrian) household

    9. Chollub on

      “Das große Sacher Kochbuch” by Franz Maier-Bruck is the go-to in my family. Very comprehensive and iirc it even has some sections on the history of some dishes and the Austrian cuisine as a whole.

    15. Pace9247 on

      I like [this](https://amzn.eu/d/6Hv0U7R) one.

      St. Martiner Kochbuch.

      That’s a newer version of the book that my mom got in the Hauswirtschaftsschule (domestic science school) I don’t know if the word makes any sense to you. It is (was?) basically a school where mostly females go and learn how to be a housewife.

      They learn stuff like cooking, baking, cleaning, knitting, sewing, budgeting, child care and care for elderly ppl ,taditional dances and stuff like that.

    23. Flauschi0123 on

      As other users mentioned before, i would also second the plachutta cookbook. There is the normal one and a fancier “golden plachutta” cookbook. Both are very good. I dont like the restaurants but the book is great. Straight forward and really old recipes. Even my grandmither cooked with it :))
      Edit: there should also be an English version available

    27. Craftingphil on

      For classics: “Der goldene Plachutta” oder from Plachutta “Die feine Küche”. But thats more like viennese cuisine, so i am not sure how represented the austrian cuisine from western Austria (tyrol, Vorarlberg, carinthia) are represented.

    29. flohdo93 on

      das alte St. Martiner Kochbuch von meiner Mutter mit den vielen Flecken…und noch mehr handschriftlichen Anmerkungen zu den Grundrezepten

    30. Rawuza23 on

      Vom historischen Standpunkt gibts nur eins: Vom Essen auf dem Lande – Franz Maier-Bruck.

      Kein Buch lässt die österreichische Küche in allen Regionen besser erforschen. Viele Sachen dabei, die teils keiner mehr kennt, große Empfehlung.

    31. CrazyPunkCat on

      My mom got this cookbook when she moved from the Netherlands to Austria to marry my father in the 80s. My father loved traditional tyrolese food and she learned some basics like Knödel or Kaiserschmarrn from this book. She also learned German/Austrian with it!

      I won’t say that this cookbook is very good but it is part of my childhood.