More Americans claim German ancestry than any other, so it only made sense to Penfield Publisher Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret to update Penfield's 1991 book on German-American life, heritage, and culture. The result is "German Touches: Recipes and Traditions" by Mary Sharp of Cedar Rapids, a freelance writer and editor and former city editor of The Gazette. The newly released title updates, revises, and expands "German-American Life: Recipes and Traditions,"...