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(KAH-fee klach): noun (fr. German Kaffee = coffee + Klatch = gossip): a casual gathering for coffee and conversation, usu. accompanied by pastry
Coffee Klatsch sounds like a term from our grandmother's generation, but it still applies today whenever friends get together over a steaming cuppa and a flaky pastry. Hold your own Coffee Klatsch with our yummy coffee beverages to brighten your gathering, and try our recipes and tips for making tempting homemade pastry. The Coffee Klatsch is still a common habit in Germany, where people meet friends in bakeries and coffee shops in the afternoons to enjoy a sweet and a coffee together. And if you're worried about all that buttery pastry, do what the German ladies do. Hedy Wurz, the co-author of The New German Cookbook (HarperCollins, 1993), says, laughing, "The ladies who are supposed to be watching their weight order a big slice of torte with whipped cream on top--and then they put a diet sweetener in their coffee!"
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