Handbrot - happy is winter

You will not need a hand warmer when you hold a Handbrot in your hand .

The warmth that you feel will not only make you smile ,

it sets off a little sparkler sizzle that makes you so content and happy as if you were next to a special fireplace listening to the wood crackle .

Baumkuchen - German spit cake on firewood

Well here's yet another " new " discovery which is not exactly new because this has been around for a long time already , just that it is new to me . If you have gone on a gourmet spree through Tokyo , you would have probably seen this in a glitzy Ginza mall , churned out in very pristine surrounds .

What I am about to show you next is closely related to kürtőskalács , the Hungarian chimney spit cake . Baumkuchen is also a spit cake , and while they do have modern ovens to do the job , I'm sure there is nothing more magical than watching it being molded into shape over firewood , at a German Christmas Market .

Prager Grillschinken - beauty and some ham

We had a lot of free time to slowly explore all closely connected Christmas Markets in Dresden on foot . This stall is located along the quieter perimeters of the 2nd market , we visited ( there are altogether 5 in this area alone ).

Brisk business as you can see from the crowd .

Prager means Prague and Schinken is ham ....you put two and two together and it means ham grilled Czech style .