From the Alpine valleys of Tyrol to the vineyards of Styria and the coffeehouses of Vienna, each part of the country eats differently, but with the same quiet precision that defines Austrian life.

In Austria, Eva-Maria Steinbichler and her daughter, Petra Steinbichler, showed The Milk Street team how to prepare a proper apple Strudel. The result was a light, barely there pastry surrounding a ...