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Hi Amy Thanks for the history lesson about the Acadians. I ordered a few jars for my sourdough. Sorry to hear about your illness. I had Bells Palsy which is also a nerve disease. Your beet juice bread is fun. I sometimes add brewed ☕ as my liquid to my bread dough. Nice column.

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Thanks for the good wishes Owen. I’m just copying my buddy Ellie Markovitch with the beet bread!

I used coffee in a Ryebread I made from the Southern Ground cookbook, Carolina Ground’s lovely book. It’s really fun how the recipes come from bakers who use the flour

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We missed you at Bread Camp this year. I hope you’re feeling much better.

Thanks for the excellent review of Mill Town. When I saw the headline I thought you were going to write about a flour mill but was pleasantly surprised to see a book review. She really captured what mill towns all over Maine are/were like. I live in Madison, Maine and our mill closed in 2016.

See you next year!

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