How do you solve a problem like [Fraulein] Maria?

I, like millions of other Americans, am part of the great bread baking bonanza that’s emerged from the global pandemic of Covid-19. I’ve always been a baker, but now I’m even more prolific.

Several weeks ago my friend Wolf gifted me some of her sourdough starter. She dropped it off in an 8-ounce ball jar with a taped note of instructions on how to take care of my “Fraulein…