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Post-soviet French pastry and the difficulty of asking audiences for financial support in Central and Eastern Europe
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Post-soviet French pastry and the difficulty of asking audiences for financial support in CEE
There are amazing pistachio eclairs in downtown Bucharest. There is great hazelnut ice cream, fluffy cheese doughnuts with salted caramel sauce, fancy salads with three kinds of fish roe, and all the specialty coffee shops in the world. The latter is not just my observation; a lea…