Edibles & Potables: Dining in Austria’s capital can be a “Wiener Melange”

As a prelude to the day’s meandering, be aware that a Wiener Melange (or Vienna blend) is the city’s coffee shop specialty similar to cappuccino, but using a lighter coffee roast. Merriam-Webster further explains the Gallic background of “mélange” as we English speakers know it. Mélange got mixed into the melting pot of English back in the 1600s. It derives from the Middle French verb mesler, which means “to mix.” “Mélange” is actually one of several French contributions to the English body of words for miscellaneous mixtures. “Pastiche” (meaning “a composition made up of selections of different works,” or broadly, “a disorderly mixtur ......Read more