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Hurricane Katrina

All of us here at Flour are devastated, shocked, and saddened by the scale of tragedy that we have witnessed in this past week with Hurricane Katrina and her aftermath. Each person is involved in his or her own way in helping the relief efforts. Jake, our resident rock star, is playing at three benefit fundraisers; he is selling his CD (Cyanide Valentine) here at Flour and donating those sales to New Orleans. Heidi is opening her home to friends who were stranded and left homeless by the hurricane. Many of our counter staff members are donating their tips to relief efforts.

We are donating our sales from September 2 entirely to relief funds. At times like these we are reminded of how we are all linked together and how we must work together to help those in desperate need.

Dinner service

What started off as somewhat of an experiment for us has grown into a full-fledged, bustling part of Flour: dinner service! We are thrilled at the response we've received from customers and for those of you not familiar with our dinner offering, please check out the menu every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. It is posted online (www.flourbakery.com) starting every Wednesday and on our front door as well.

Our dinner service was featured in the September issue of Bon Appetit (in which the article raved about our buttermilk fried chicken and huckleberry tart) and we also won a 2005 Best of Boston award for Best Takeout for our dinners. Our chef, Aniceto, and our cooks work hard every week to create delicious, fresh and simple meals for you to enjoy here at Flour or take home to eat. We hope to see you here!

New items

With the fall season comes a change in our rotating muffin selection. We will be phasing out our Ginger Peach muffin and introducing a more seasonal selection. On the roster are the return of the Bran and Good Morning muffin, as well as the Pumpkin Spice. We've recently introduced homemade granola parfaits in response to customer requests for a more healthy start to the morning. The parfait consists of layers of nonfat vanilla yogurt, homemade granola and fresh fruit. And of course every week we create a new dessert offering or two as part of our dinner menu.

On the savory front, we are taking out the Grilled Vegetable sandwich and introducing a Hummus, Cucumber and Tomato sandwich as a substitute. The Tuna sandwich is changing as well -- this is still in the works in the kitchen. And a popular sandwich from the past, the Grilled Italian, will be making a reappearance on a semi-regular basis. You'll see these changes in the next few weeks or so -- let us know what you think!

Upcoming Events

We are participating in a Progressive Dinner benefiting the Children's Hospital on Saturday October 15 in Plymouth, MA. Along with Chefs Barbara Lynch, Marc Orfaly, and Michael Schlow, Joanne will be creating a course (dessert of course!) for attendants to enjoy as they get a sneak peek at a new community that has been developed called the Pinehills. We are making chocolate pudding parfaits, lemon meringue tartlettes and mini cookies. For more information, contact 888-209-8880.

On Thursday November 3, we are participating in a fundraiser at the Westin Hotel in Waltham called REACH, which is the only emergency domestic violence shelter program serving 27 cities and towns in Greater Boston. For more information please call 617-331-7676.