Post-soviet French pastry and audience revenues in the CEE media space

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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…