A few years ago, I wrote about a German food inspired menu that I prepared for my family for the holidays, not knowing at that point when I would be able to visit the country myself. That changed in May when an unexpected work trip came up. A meeting was scheduled at one of our offices near Frankfurt for a project that I was participating in and, conveniently, a few colleagues I was looking forward to meeting were also based in the same office. The timing was perfect, my schedule was open, and I was able to get the approval…