Brats

One of the things I love about skiing in Switzerland is that I can always find a good brat (as in bratwurst) and some pommes frites for lunch. Brats are right up there with cheese curds as one of my favorite Wisconsin foods, and there's nothing better than the smell of sausages cooking on the grill, especially after a morning of skiing. Yesterday I took a break from the brats, however, and had an awesome Chäs Spätzli dish. In very simplistic terms, you could say it's like a fancy Swiss version of mac and cheese. I've eaten Spätzli many times, and it's delicious as a side dish (especially in the Alsace with Coq au Riesling ), but I now know it's even better when baked with some really good cheese and served steaming hot at the Skihütte Groubenalp in Davos.