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Our book collection showcases an array of offerings, including works by local authors, beloved staff picks, curated choices from the Ogunquit Book Club, top-ranking best sellers from the New York Times and our favorite cookbooks from top chefs. 
  • Honey: 50 Tried & True Recipes
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    Around the globe and dating back to ancient times, honey has been considered “liquid gold” for its uses as a sweetener and as medicine. It is an obvious choice as a food ingredient, and honey’s naturally antibacterial, anti-inflammatory properties make it ideal for incorporating in spa treatments. Honey is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 recipes―from drinks to desserts to entrees―for cooks who enjoy great flavor.

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  • Eggs: 50 Tried & True Recipes
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    Whether you prefer your eggs fried or scrambled, boiled or poached, you’ve undoubtedly enjoyed the distinguishable taste of the yolk paired with the whites’ mild flavor. Packed with protein, eggs are the perfect breakfast food—yet we can make them an integral part of every meal.

    Eggs is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 recipes—from beverages and breads to soups and entrees—for cooks who enjoy great flavor.

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  • Maple Syrup: 40 Tried & True Recipes
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    Maple syrup is one of nature’s sweetest treats. It reminds us of sitting at the table, savoring bite after bite of Mom’s fresh flapjacks. Maple Syrup features 40 tried-and-true recipes to please friends, neighbors, and the entire family. Create new memories that extend into every meal with this delicious favorite ingredient.

     

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  • Apples: 50 Tried and True Recipes
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    Easy to grow, abundant, and delicious, the apple is America’s favorite fruit. It has a slightly sour and bitter taste that’s overpowered by juicy sweetness―and it is enjoyed daily in homes across the country. Apples is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 great recipes. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, food stylist, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe will become an instant family favorite. The book’s full-color photography adds to the enjoyment of cooking. And when your backyard is filled with more than you can eat, you’ll find simple and delicious ways to preserve those fresh bounties.

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  • Strawberries: 50 Tried and True Recipes
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    Strawberries rank among the world’s most popular fruits. Juicy and sweet yet slightly sour, they’re easy to grow and delicious to eat. They’re wonderful on their own and even better when paired with other flavors, such as chocolate or rhubarb. Strawberries is a cookbook by Corrine Kozlak that features 50 easy recipes geared for busy cooks who enjoy great tastes.

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  • Vegan Bible
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    Vegan Bible

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    Vegan Bible

    $35.00

    You’ll discover the richness and diversity of vegan gastronomy and how cooking can still be truly creative even without eggs, meat, fish, or dairy products. Learn how to make your own vegan cheeses, how to cook astonishing egg-free, dairy-free desserts, and how to prepare 100% vegan versions of some of the great classic dishes. In addition to recipes for breakfasts, lunches, suppers and baby foods, there are recipes for every occasion: birthdays, brunches, picnics, barbecues, and family get-togethers.

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  • Castle Rock Kitchen By: Theresa Carle-Sanders
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    Castle Rock Kitchen is an immersive culinary experience from the mouthwatering to the macabre, with gorgeous, moody photographs to transport Stephen King fans to kitchen tables, diners, and picnic blankets across Maine. Recipes ranging from drinks to dessert (and every course in-between) are inspired by meals and gatherings from the more than forty novels and stories set in King’s Castle Rock multiverse—a darker, more gothic version of the Maine most are familiar with. 

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  • The New England Orchard Cookbook By: Linda Beaulieu
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    A classic regional cookbook filled with recipes from iconic orchards and cider mills throughout New England. Many of the featured farms grow more than just the beloved apple––pears, peaches, berries, and more––and over 200 recipes included in this book reflect that bounty. From sweet desserts to savory dinners, the recipes in The New England Orchard Cookbook are designed for the home cook and pay homage to the abundance of the local farm. Throughout are features about life and work at the orchards alongside gorgeous photography.

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  • The Blueberry Cookbook
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    The high-bush blueberry, along with its cousin, the low-bush wild blueberry native to Maine, is an honest American fruit, a true “local food” that was growing in North America, along with cranberries and Concord grapes, and sustaining Native cultures long before Europeans crossed the Atlantic. With more than fifty recipes featuring this popular “superfood,” The Blueberry Cookbook reflects traditional tastes as well as today’s vibrant and imaginative cooking styles. Recipes range from breakfast entrées to muffins to tasty desserts, toppings, and preserves.

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  • Leaked Recipes: The Cookbook
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    Have you ever wondered what a conspiracy menu tastes like? This book compiles major email leaks of the past 15 years through the theme of cooking. Part reportage, part cookbook, it showcases over 50 recipes for breakfast, dips, main dishes, sides and desserts. The recipes come from emails released after having been hacked, leaked, breached and uploaded by governments as part of large-scale investigations. Indulge in once-confidential instructions, shared by staff from the world’s most influential companies, government workers linked to Hillary Clinton's emails and more. Illustrating each recipe is a photograph by Emilie Baltz, offering a unique mix of office culture, technology and food appreciation. A riotous insight into office culture, politics, family and friendships, this book is a unique and engaging perspective on the pressing issue of data privacy.

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  • From Crook to Cook By: Snoop Dogg & Goon with the Spoon By: Snoop Dogg and Earl “E-40” Stevens
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    From Crook to Cook by: Snoop Dogg 

    The first cookbook and recipe book from Tha Dogg, From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen. You've seen Snoop Dogg work his culinary magic on VH1's Emmy-nominated Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, and now Tha Dogg's up in your kitchen ... with his first cookbook.

    Recipe book that delivers 50 recipes straight from Snoop's own collection: Snoop's cookbook features OG soul food cookbook staples like

    • Baked Mac & Cheese
    • Fried Bologna Sandwiches with Chips
    • Shrimp Po’ Boy

    Plus new takes on classic weeknight faves like Soft Flour Tacos and Easy Orange Chicken.

    Goon with the Spoon by: Snoop Dogg and Earl “E-40” Stevens 

    Following the breakout success of his first cookbook, From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen (more than 1 million copies sold), Snoop Dogg returns with this new collection of recipes in collaboration with his friend and iconic Bay Area rapper E-40.

    Drawing inspiration from both rappers' musical catalogs, their favorite meals to cook and eat together, and E-40's Filipino food business, Lumpia, here are 65+ crowd-pleasing dishes that range from drinks to main courses to desserts. Seriously entertaining, this soulful cookbook is the follow-up fans are hungry for.

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  • Orphan Train By: Christina Baker Kline
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    Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to "aging out" out of the foster care system. A community-service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse....

    As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren’t as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life - answers that will ultimately free them both.

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  • Big Heart Little Stove & The Lost Kitchen By: Erin French
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    Big Heart Little Stove by: Erin French 

    With dishes pulled from French’s family recipe box and the menu at The Lost Kitchen, ranging from irresistible nibbles like Pecorino Puffs and Gram’s Clam Dip; to luscious soups like Golden Tomato & Peach and Potato & Lentil with Bacon and Herbs; to heaping platters of family-style salads and sides like Peach & Blackberry Salad and Green Beans with Sage, Garlic, and Breadcrumbs; to show-stopping main courses like Pickle-Brined Roast Chicken and Wednesday Night Fish Fry; to French’s favorite all-purpose kitchen staples like Kitchen Sink Pesto and Floral Vinegar, this cookbook has all the tools you need for assembling a seamlessly special meal.

    Big Heart Little Stove is more than just a cookbook. With tips and tricks French has used in her own dining room―at home and in the restaurant―this book is your invitation to use what’s around you to create meaningful moments, from setting a table with found treasures, to adorning dishes with edible flowers, to thoughtful gestures such as offering a cold cloth on a hot day. Full of warmth and spirit, Big Heart Little Stove will show you how to create more joy and connection around your table.

    The Lost Kitchen by: Erin French 

    Erin French grew up in Freedom, Maine (population 719), helping her father at the griddle in his diner. An entirely self-taught cook who used cookbooks to form her culinary education, she founded her acclaimed restaurant, the Lost Kitchen, in the same town, creating meals that draws locals and visitors from around the world to a dining room that feels like an extension of her home. 
     
    No one can bring small-town America to life better than a native, especially when it comes to Maine, one of the country’s most off-the-beaten-path states, with an abundant natural bounty that comes from its coastline, rivers, farms, fields, and woods—a cook’s dream. Inspired by her lush locale and classic American cooking, Erin crafts deliciously satisfying and easy-to-make recipes such as Whole-Roasted Trout with Parsnip and Herb Hash, Maine Shrimp Rolls, Ramp and Fiddlehead Fried Rice, and Rhubarb Spoon Cake.

    🍲👩‍🍳🎉 Also pictured here is Erin with our own David giving Erin a beautiful set of Chris Davis mugs. 🥰

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  • Maine Most Famous Lobster Lady!
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    Is there anything more Perkins Cove than lobster? 🦞

    Barbara Walsh, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and award-winning author, writes an inspiring story about our most senior lobster trapper in Maine, and maybe even the world! Her book tells the tale of 103-year-old Virginia Oliver who began catching lobsters off Maine's coast when she was a little girl.

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  • Tomatoes: 50 Tried & True Recipes
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    Easy to grow and delicious to eat, tomatoes can be enjoyed raw and are commonly cooked in recipes. Ranging from the size of a grape to that of a softball, tomatoes provide a sweet, tangy flavor, perfect for salads, appetizers, beverages, pasta, and more. Tomatoes is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 easy recipes geared for busy cooks who enjoy great flavor. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, food stylist, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe is a crowd-pleaser! The book’s full-color photography adds to the enjoyment of cooking. Plus, an entire chapter is devoted to growing tomatoes in your own plot or container garden―with expert tips from a master gardener. Julia further provides plenty of useful information on buying tomatoes and a rundown of the different types available.
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  • Blueberries: 50 Tried & True Recipes
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    The cookbook that captures the flavor of this powerful fruit! Abundant and delicious, the blueberry is as beneficial as it is juicy. This superfood ingredient is believed to help heart heath, bone strength, mental health, and more! With a flavor that ranges between tart and sweet, blueberries are perfect as a topping, in a blended drink, and on their own. Blueberries is a cookbook by Julia Rutland that features 50 recipes to please any fruit lover. The author is a professional writer, recipe developer, recipe tester, food stylist, and television/media demonstrator, so you can be certain that every recipe is a crowd-pleaser! There a plenty of desserts, including Blueberry Cheesecake Bars, and other pies, cakes, cookies, ice cream, and bars. Starters—like Blueberry-Pecan Goat Cheese Ball and Blueberry, Lobster, and Corn Salad—are ideal for whetting an appetite, while the cookbook’s beverages, breads, and breakfast foods will become instant family favorites, relished time and again.
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  • Rhubarb: 50 Tried & True Recipes
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    The Cookbook That Captures the Taste of Summer An unusual yet surprisingly common perennial, rhubarb is as versatile as it is iconic. With a subtle yet distinct tart, earthy flavor, it’s perfect as a sauce, in a drink, and, of course, baked in a pie. Rhubarb is a cookbook by food stylist Corrine Kozlak that features 50 tried & true recipes to please friends, neighbors, and the entire family. The author has compared, tested, and tasted every recipe, while professional food photographer Kevin Scott Ramos has beautifully photographed each dish. Classic desserts, smoothies, salads, and even main dishes, the options presented here will become instant favorites, enjoyed time and again. Growing tips and the food’s fascinating history make this cookbook even more useful. People love rhubarb because it connects them to the past and to the future. It reminds them of summers long ago, and it is a predictable, dependable plant that promises to return. Authored by Corrine Kozlak. 
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  • As Cooked on TikTok
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    Featuring both viral and brand-new recipes from many of the community’s most beloved TikTok food creators!

    Bring the fun to your kitchen with some of the most popular recipes you know and love from the entertainment platform with more than one billion users globally!

    Featuring over sixty recipes from more than forty food creators on the platform, As Cooked on TikTok offers something different and delicious on every page. There’s The Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich from The Korean Vegan, Grilled Jalapeño Corn Off the Cob from Cooking with Shereen, Ramen Carbonara from Cooking with Lynja, Bang Bang Shrimp from Newt, and Strawberry Cream Puffs from ScheckEats—plus tips and techniques from TikTok star chefs like Ming Tsai, Alex Guarnaschelli, and The Pasta Queen, among others. Each recipe has not only been tested and vetted for home kitchens, but also includes a QR code to scan so you can go straight to that creator’s page. It’s like making a meal with the creator right in your kitchen with you!

    TikTok
    With billions of views and millions of fans worldwide, home cooks turn to TikTok food videos every day to discover and re-create the hottest trends in their home kitchens. TikTok food creators are changing the way people cook and think about food and are creating exciting new culinary classics that reach across time zones and oceans to inspire and entertain.
     
    Gordon Ramsay
    Gordon Ramsay launched his first restaurant, Aubergine, at the age of twenty-six. In September 1998 he opened Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, which was awarded three Michelin stars. It has been named the second-best restaurant in the world in a poll run by Resturant magazine. He lives in London with his wife Tana and their four children.
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  • Falastin By: Sami Tamimi, Tara Wigley Foreword by: Yotam Ottolenghi
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    A soulful tour of Palestinian cooking today from the Ottolenghi restaurants' executive chef and partner--120 recipes shaped by his personal story as well as the history of Palestine.
    The story of Palestine's food is really the story of its people. When the events of 1948 forced residents from all regions of Palestine together into one compressed land, recipes that were once closely guarded family secrets were shared and passed between different groups in an effort to ensure that they were not lost forever.
         In Falastin (pronounced "fa-la-steen"), Sami Tamimi retraces the lineage and evolution of his country's cuisine, born of its agriculturally optimal geography, its distinct culinary traditions, and Palestinian cooks' ingenuity and resourcefulness. Tamimi covers the territory between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River--East Jerusalem and the West Bank, up north to the Galilee and the coastal cities of Haifa and Akka, inland to Nazareth, and then south to Hebron and the coastal Gaza Strip--recounting his upbringing with eleven siblings and his decision to leave home at seventeen to cook in West Jerusalem, where he met and first worked with Yotam Ottolenghi.
         From refugee-camp cooks to the home kitchens of Gaza and the mill of a master tahini maker, Tamimi teases out the vestiges of an ancient culinary tradition as he records the derivations of a dynamic cuisine and people in more than 130 transporting photographs and 120 recipes, including:
  • Hassan's Easy Eggs with Za'atar and Lemon
  • Fish Kofta with Yogurt, Sumac, and Chile
  • Pulled-Lamb Schwarma Sandwich
  • Labneh Cheesecake with Roasted Apricots, Honey, and Cardamom
  •      Named after the Palestinian newspaper that brought together a diverse people, Falastin is a vision of a cuisine, a culture, and a way of life as experienced by one influential chef.
SAMI TAMIMI was born and raised in Jerusalem and was immersed in food from childhood. He started his career as commis-chef in a Jerusalem hotel and worked his way up, through many restaurants and ethnic traditions, to become head chef of Lilith, one of the top restaurants in Tel Aviv in the 1990's. The company now has four stores and two restaurants, NOPI and ROVI, all in central London. As the executive head chef, Sami is involved in developing and nurturing young kitchen talents and creating new dishes and innovative menus. Alongside Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi is co-author of two bestselling cookbooks: Ottolenghi: The Cookbook and Jerusalem: A Cookbook.

TARA WIGLEY spent a decade working in publishing--at the Abner Stein Literary Agency in London and then Simon & Schuster--before going to cookery school in Ireland. She has developed, tested, and writen recipes for Ottolenghi's weekly column in the Guardian magazine and monthly New York Times's columns, as well as for his cookbooks. She is the co-author of Ottolenghi Simple (2018), with Yotam Ottolenghi. For Falastin, Tara has travelled with Tamimi in Palestine and eaten her body weight in chickpeas and tahini.
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  • Vegetable Kingdom By: Bryant Terry
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    More than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real food, not powders or meat substitutes--from the James Beard Award-winning chef and author of Afro-Vegan
    Food justice activist and author Bryant Terry breaks down the fundamentals of plant-based cooking in Vegetable Kingdom, showing you how to make delicious meals from popular vegetables, grains, and legumes. Recipes like Dirty Cauliflower, Barbecued Carrots with Slow-Cooked White Beans, Millet Roux Mushroom Gumbo, and Citrus & Garlic-Herb-Braised Fennel are enticing enough without meat substitutes, instead relying on fresh ingredients, vibrant spices, and clever techniques to build flavor and texture.

    The book is organized by ingredient, making it easy to create simple dishes or showstopping meals based on what's fresh at the market. Bryant also covers the basics of vegan cooking, explaining the fundamentals of assembling flavorful salads, cooking filling soups and stews, and making tasty grains and legumes. With beautiful imagery and classic design, Vegetable Kingdom is an invaluable tool for plant-based cooking today.
    Bryant Terry is an NAACP Image Award winner and a James Beard Award-winning chef and educator and the author of Afro-Vegan and Vegetable Kingdom. He is renowned for his activism and efforts to create a healthy, equitable, and sustainable food system. He is currently the chef-in-residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, where he creates programming that celebrates the intersection of food, farming, health, activism, art, culture, and the African Diaspora. His work has been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post and on CBS This Morning and on NPR's All Things ConsideredSan Francisco magazine included Bryant among the 11 Smartest People in the Bay Area Food Scene and Fast Company named him one of 9 People Who Are Changing the Future of Food.
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  • Ottolenghi Cookbooks By: Yotam Ottolenghi
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    Yotam Ottolenghi is a seven-time New York Times best-selling cookbook author who contributes to the New York Times Food section and has a weekly column in The Guardian. His Ottolenghi Simple was selected as a best book of the year by NPR and the New York TimesJerusalem, written with Sami Tamimi, was awarded Cookbook of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals and named Best International Cookbook by the James Beard Foundation. He lives in London, where he co-owns an eponymous group of restaurants and the fine-dining destinations Nopi and Rovi.
    Ottolenghi Comfort presents creative dishes that are comfortable to both cook and eat. In more than 100 recipes, Ottolenghi—and co-authors Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller, and Tara Wigley—bring together childhood memories and travels around the world, celebrating food and friends and the connections they build together, ones to pass on from generation to generation.
     Ottolenghi Simple, powerhouse author and chef Yotam Ottolenghi presents 130 streamlined recipes packed with his signature Middle Eastern–inspired flavors, all simple in at least (and often more than) one way: made in 30 minutes or less, with 10 or fewer ingredients, in a single pot, using pantry staples, or prepared ahead of time for brilliantly, deliciously simple meals.
    Ottolenghi Flavor is a revolutionary approach to vegetable cooking. With main courses, sides, desserts, and a whole pantry of “flavor bombs” (homemade condiments), there’s something for any meal, any night of the week, including surefire hits such as Stuffed Eggplant in Curry and Coconut Dal, Spicy Mushroom Lasagne, and Romano Pepper Schnitzels. Chock-full of low-effort, high-impact dishes that pack a punch and standout meals for the relaxed cook.
    Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, the debut cookbook from the celebrated, bestselling authors of Jerusalem  and Plenty features 140 recipes culled from the popular Ottolenghi restaurants and inspired by the diverse culinary traditions of the Mediterranean.
    The recipes reflect the authors’ upbringings in Jerusalem yet also incorporate culinary traditions from California, Italy, and North Africa, among others. Featuring abundant produce and numerous fish and meat dishes, as well as Ottolenghi’s famed cakes and breads, Ottolenghi invites you into a world of inventive flavors and fresh, vibrant cooking.
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  • Local Favorite - Maine Salt Farm - Finishing Salt - 3oz
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    Our finishing salt starts as cold, clear water drawn off the coast of Maine, filtered, and then solar dried. No anti-caking agents. No iodine. This ancient process yields a finishing salt with a pure and wild meroir.
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