Making bread with Chuck McGinty

Monday, June 3, 2019

I arrive at Chuck and Laura McGinty's home in Cape Girardeau with a notebook and pen, clothes slightly damp. It's raining outside. I am here because I've heard Chuck makes bread, and I want to learn, too. There is something about bread that resonates with me: it provides for basic, as well as deeper, needs. While I'm here, I find out Chuck doesn't sell any of his bread, only gives it away.

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