Without bread, flour would be so abundant it'd coat the entire earth in a fine white powder, causing museum curators to accidentally collect hibernating bears that appeared petrified. Keep flour where it belongs with today's deal: for $5, you get $12 worth of freshly baked breads, sandwiches, sweet treats, and more at Great Harvest Bread Co. in Cranston.

Great Harvest specializes in baking healthy, homemade breads ($2.49–$7.35 per loaf) that are high in fiber, free of chemicals or additives, and crafted every day with freshly milled flour. The bread selection changes each day of the week according to a monthly schedule, but previous offerings include honey whole wheat and olive stick, a baguette packed with kalamata olives. Gluten-free varieties are available on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Lunch at Great Harvest provides soups, salads, and sandwich options that supply sustenance between slices. The Mile-High Rye Club panini ($6.99) features roast beef, turkey, and Swiss cheese with a garlic and dill spread, while the roast beef deli sandwich ($7.49) erects a roast-beef monument on a cheddar garlic-bread base. Cashew butter and jelly gently twists a classic grade-school meal ($3.49). For carb connoisseurs who prefer breaded delights that are easily juggled, Great Harvest bakes scones, muffins, cookies, cinnamon rolls, and bars.

Great Harvest’s devotion to the art of bread making is audible in the early morning, when its on-site mill hums just loud enough to drown out the screams of grain being ground into flour. All the freshly ground flour is used soon after it's milled by a professional kneadist, so loaves plump superbly in the oven and emerge with old-timey irregularity.

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