It is amazing how time flies…  Today is our 4th wedding anniversary!  I dedicate this post to my hubby, Stephan.  We have a good thing going… we laugh together, we work together and we argue like the Costanzas!  :P  I wouldn’t want it any other way.  Thank you for always being so supportive of me, in every thing I do.  You’re the best fan club a girl could ask for.

Here’s a few pictures from our wedding… no food shots today!  Tonight, we’ll be going to my favorite Miami restaurant… Joe’s Stone Crab for a decadent dinner to celebrate.  Before drinking too much wine, hopefully we can get some pictures of the amazing food there!
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Now I’m not going to get all political on my blog, because it is a food blog.  I won’t even tell you who I’ve voted for.

But… I found this site, Yes We Carve, and knew I had to join in the festivities.  I’m not usually one to carve a pumpkin because, honestly, I’m not that creative.  In the past, when I did carve one, it was just a sad slash mouth with two teeth and triangle eyes/nose.  Not pretty.  But now that I’ve discovered Jack O’Lantern templates, I plan to do more carving in the future.  It was actually lots of fun.

Now for the moral of the post.  If you’re an American, it is your duty to vote.  Of course… I’d like everyone to vote for the candidate I support.  Again, since I’m not going to get political, I won’t say who Stephan and I voted for a few days ago during early voting.  :)

Have a safe and fun Halloween and weekend!  Please vote on Tuesday, November 4th!

Today is the day all of the Daring Bakers post their monthly treat for all to see.  Since I’m out of the country right now, I haven’t been able to do mine.  I actually made the lavash (crackers) here, but I just don’t have the time to get the post done.  But things could be worscht..

I’ve come to think of Germany as “The Land of Sausage.”  Well… that is because it is.  The variety of tube-steak here is utterly mind boggling.  Just in the regular grocery store, you can find hundreds of different weiners.   You can find it in the refrigerated area, the fancy stuff in the butcher area… even suspended in liquid and unrefrigerated.  This one scares me a bit.  Meat that doesn’t need refrigeration makes me think of spam.  Spam is bad… on many levels.  This is where I found a peculiar shape of weiner.  Balls.  Yes, in Germany, you can find weiners in the shape of balls.  I can just imagine the lovely display you could create with weiner balls (appropriately called Party Balls.)

Due to the immense worscht eating society, I’ve noticed a peculiar by-product… a phenomena, if you will.  Worscht Air. The air is scented with it.  You can be having a nice walk in the neighborhood, and it is possible to catch a whiff.  Walk in the city, and you definitely smell it, coming from the grills at the outdoor worscht stalls.  I think the frankfurter sellers here have found a way to release the smell into the air, so people constantly crave it… Anyone else that has been in Frankfurt know what I mean?

We’re leaving first thing in the morning for Miami…. it was a fabulous vacation, and three weeks suddenly seemed too short… :(