Famous Ties

One of the most famous French desserts is the Napoleon which ironically has nothing to do with Napoleon Bonaparte. The name is actually a mistranslation of the French word "Napolitain" which places its origins in Naples, Italy.

August Zang (August 2, 1807 - March 4, 1888),

August Zang was a nineteenth century Austrian entrepreneur best known for founding the Viennese daily "Die Presse". He also had a major influence on French baking methods, but his role in this regard is less-known, in part because of Zang's own later efforts. Zang's Boulangerie Viennoise in 1909 (when Philibert Jacquet owned it). The bakery proper is at left, the tea salon at right. Son of Christophe Boniface Zang, a prominent Vienna surgeon, August Zang became an artillery officer before going to Paris (probably in 1837) to found a famous Viennese Bakery ("Boulangerie Viennoise"), which opened in 1838 or 1839.[1] The bakery was quickly imitated and its Austrian kipfel became the French croissant.