You can’t come to Germany and not drink beer. The beer-drinking tradition in Germany goes back centuries and it continues to be an important part of their lifestyle today. Pilsner is the most popular beer in Germany. It is a pale lager, with most towns brewing their own version. Of a...
Just ordered my Nuruk to do this recipe – looking forward to trying it. Nuruk is pretty difficult to get over here (I’ve ended up ordering it from eBay and it’s coming from South Korea). With the Nuruk/Yeast that you strain out of the Makgeoli before bottling… Is it possible to...
As a very final note, I can’t let this article end without mentioning one of my favorite books, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich’sA Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, based on her Diary, 1785-1812. It’s a magnificently annotated and transcribed account of a late eighteenth/early ninet...