Suppose I told you the raspberry Danish pastry that we know and love in the USA didn't originate with the Danish.  Blasphemy, you say. No, it's true. In Denmark pastries are called Weinerbrød (which translates to "Vienna bread") after their origins in none other than Austria. In the 1850s bakers went on strike in Denmark, …

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