🌍 France (Vienna croissant; refined in Paris 1830s-1850s; Julius Meinl vs. Austria; French croissant tradition; AOC/AOP pending)
🕰️ ~1683 Vienna (legends of croissant after Ottoman siege); 1830s-1850s Paris (Mènic Michel and Sylvain Goyon refined the Vienna pastry into the croissant); 20th century global icon