Authentic Viennese recipes for Apricot Kuchen, Apfelstrudel, Plum Dumplings, Sauerbraten, Wiener Schnitzel. Scrumptious, delicious things to make in your own kitchen Plus stories about why Fanni sailed to America from Vienna in 1921, never to return. And stories about how Fanni got her family through the Great Depression with her cooking and how Fanni saved her daughter "from a monster "