The rye baker: classic breads from Europe and America

The making of a rye baker. The unruly weed ; The reaper's harvest ; Rye baking today

Ingredients

Nine steps to great rye bread

Equipment

Immigrant bread: America

The essential loaf: France and Spain

Robust and complex: Holland, Denmark, and northern Germany

Sweet and crisp: Sweden, Finland, and Iceland

Aromatic and flavorful: Bavaria, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy

Dark and intense: Russia and the Baltics

Tender and piquant: southern Poland

Rich and varied: central and southwestern Germany.