Waht is the the staple ingredients and waht are the cultural dishes of Austria?

When I visited Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) I noticed that they have a lot of meat and dumplings on their menus: leberknodel (liver dumplings), wurst (sausages), meat stew, wiener schnitzel (breaded veal).

But the best is still their desserts: apfelstrudel (strudels), sacher torte (nice rich chocolate cake with apricot filling), marillenknodel (apricot dumplings).