In German, "noch einmal" means "again," and serves as a common request for more beer at a bar. Tradition has you ordering a round just before running low. Today, it's "noch einmal" one more rye bread, seeing as how I over-ordered rye...
Serving in the U.S. Army in Germany, I always meant to get to Berlin. It never happened, so, in the meantime, I try to exact the science of a "kurz sauer, a sourdough Berliner bread. It's a path towards baking mildly acid loaf bread with a bit of commercial...
Once you get a handle on rye breads and the mystery of German baking, you'll return for the moist and deep flavors that permeate from a grain that's more or less a grass. Thankfully I got a copy of Nil's E- book, "Brot," over at his blog, The...
