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.

by Dry-Asparagus7107

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  1. Classic is Kronen zeitung Kochbuch gelb (the yellow one).

    You can find it on willhaben.

  5. 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. “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.

  14. How to start a religious war …

    Plachuttas books
    And Sacherkochbuch are safe bets

  15. 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    That’s a newer version of the book that my mom got in the Hauswirtschaftsschule (domestic science school) I don’t know if the word makes any sense to you.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.

  17. Die Prato (Katharina Prato, Die süddeutsche Küche).

  22. Franz Ruhm Kochbuch, jedoch nichts für Beginner

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

  30. 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. 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.

  39. the one my mother received in school.’morgen bist du hausfrau’ – ‘tomorrow ur a housewive’
    i love that one.

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