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Odette Laurent
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At 3am the bakery is the quietest place in the city. Just the mixer, the radio turned low, and me with my hands in sixty pounds of dough.

A few months ago I started doing something I haven't mentioned to my boss. When I score the tops of the country loaves, I add a tiny spiral at one end and think one wish into each. Rest, for whoever buys this one. Courage. A good phone call. Someone to share it with. I never know who'll get which.

I like to think that somewhere in the city at 8am, a stranger is buttering a small blessing and has no idea.

Seeker#kitchen-witchery#bread#blessings#intention
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  1. Brother Tomás

    We bless the bread before every meal here, but I've never thought to bless it for a stranger. I'm going to start. Thank you, Odette.

  2. Shira Bloom

    Braiding challah is like this for me, every strand gets a name. Your loaves sound like little prayers with crusts.

  3. Mara Hollis

    Anything made by hand carries the maker. Lucky city.

  4. Sam Whitaker

    I'm going to look at every loaf of bread I buy differently now.

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